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Let's face it—nobody ever went to college to learn how to raise a baby. Everyone is just making it up as they go along. "A Parent's Guide to Child Development" is your lifeline to expert wisdom. Learn about the most important information that you didn't know existed.
Hosted by Annamarie von Firley from Fledglings' Flight, this podcast gathers insights from experts in child development such as pediatric OTs, speech language pathologists, child psychologists, lactation consultants, & more, delivering practical tips & actionable advice to help optimize your child's development.
Hosted by Annamarie von Firley from Fledglings' Flight, this podcast gathers insights from experts in child development such as pediatric OTs, speech language pathologists, child psychologists, lactation consultants, & more, delivering practical tips & actionable advice to help optimize your child's development.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 4 days
Average audio length:
16 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
118 episodes
since March 18, 2025
episodic
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Have you ever wondered the learning process for a young adults mind when it comes to their functionality?
Today we're getting a rare kind of preview. Our guest works with teenagers and young adults who are still struggling with the very foundations most of us assume kids just “pick up” along the wa…
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A diagnosis can feel like an answer and a brand-new set of questions at the same time. It tells you what your child is struggling with, but not why, and it rarely explains why so many kids end up with more than one label.
In this episode, Emily Roper steps back from the individual reflexes to look…
Screens are addictive — and it’s by design.
In this clip, pediatric occupational therapist Melanie Batista pulls back the curtain on what’s actually happening in your toddler’s brain when you take the screen away and the meltdown starts. It’s not random, and it’s not “bad behavior.” It’s a learned …
Screens are addictive — and it’s by design.In this clip, pediatric occupational therapist Melanie Batista pulls back the curtain on what’s actually happening in your toddler’s brain when you take the screen away and the meltdown starts. It’s not random, and it’s not “bad behavior.” It’s a learned p…
Can a baby’s early experience of being touched, held, and moved affect whether the Moro and Fear Paralysis Reflexes integrate?
Annamarie von Firley shares a personal story about her husband, who had an allergic reaction to a shot as a baby that left his skin too raw to be handled.
Moro integratio…
Is your child prone to tantrums? Do they wet the bed, struggle to focus, or get frequent ear infections? These may not be a random collection of problems.
They can share a root cause: how your child breathes, especially while they sleep.
Host Annamarie von Firley sits down with airway-centered de…
Have you ever wondered how infants begin to understand language before they can even speak?
In this video, we explore how babies process sounds, recognize patterns, and begin developing the foundations of language from an early age.
Lois Kam Heymann, M.A. CCC-SLP, is a Speech and Language Patholog…
In this video, Marsha Familaro Enright discusses the Montessori approach to education and how it can shape the way children learn and develop. She explores the ideas behind Montessori schooling, child-centered learning, independence, and the educational environment that makes the Montessori method …
Cortisol has a bad reputation — but your newborn actually needs a spike of it right at birth. Emily Roper, Neuro-Developmental Delay Therapist and founder of Early Roots, explains why: your baby goes from having everything done for them in the womb to suddenly running their own body, and that corti…
"I'm fine" is the answer everyone gives — even when they're not. Perinatal mental health expert Lynn Ingram McFarland explains the real question to ask a new parent, and the everyday signs (sleep, eating, routines) that say more than words do.🎧 Listen to full episode: https://open.spotify…
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