Legit Parenting
Craig Knippenberg, expert, and best-selling author, shares strategies for actual (imperfect) parents to build resilient kids and families with good-enough parenting so that you can have less stress and find joy in your kids and family. Discover how your child’s brain works, their social and emotional needs and learn to implement the right parenting techniques that work for you and your family, and finally ditch the parenting guilt and stress. For 35 years, Craig has been supporting parents, kids, and families as a mental health professional and raising his own resilient family. He shares his years of experience with listeners. You’ll learn how to identify a child’s strengths and build confidence and overcome challenges that today’s families experience. Craig’s approach to parenting is clear, concise, and actionable. You’ll learn how to set limits on technology without a fight, how to talk to your child so they listen, how to solve parenting differences with your partner, how to handle teen rebellion and keep your sanity, so that you can build a lasting and meaningful relationship with your child. This podcast is a mix of interviews, special co-hosts offering unique perspectives mixed with the latest research on parenting issues that matter. Hit subscribe and get ready to discover stress-free parenting.
Podcasting since 2021 • 104 episodes
Legit Parenting
Latest Episodes
Things of Beauty Olympic Edition 2026
What if the moments that make us cry at sports aren’t about the scoreboard at all, but about who we become when the clock is still running? We dive into a week of winter sports that felt like a lifetime: the stark courage of a legend risking on...
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From Olympic Awe To Everyday Parenting Lessons
We contrast the emotional highs of the Winter Olympics with the realities of youth sports in America and lay out a saner, joy-first path for families. From Norway’s fun-centered playbook to U.S. pressure, costs, and injuries, we share stori...
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Reading The Signs: Is My Child Well? Part 2
Ever wish there were a clearer line between typical teen chaos and true cause for concern? We dive into the messy middle with a brain-based roadmap parents can actually use, breaking down how impulse control, temperament, and empathy shape risk...
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How is my child? Is my child Okay? Part 1
Part 1 of a series where we ask, Is My Child Okay? We look at whether kids are actually okay by pairing brain development with today’s digital environment. Though progress markers offer hope we level with you about risk, influence, and wh...
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Best of Things of Beauty: What We Almost Miss: Three Stories of Noticing Beauty
What if the smallest pause could change the story you tell about your life? n this episode, Craig shares three powerful moments where beauty emerged from unexpected places: spontaneous phone calls to celebrate struggling stude...
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