The Mighty Mommy's Quick and Dirty Tips for Practical Parenting
Navigating the "cringe": How to parent kids who hate emotions
In this episode, Dr. Nanika Coor guides parents through a common and confusing challenge: when kids seem to reject emotional intimacy and vulnerability. Learn about the cultural and social factors that contribute to this "aversion to mushy feelings" and get a "toolkit" of five practical, compassionate strategies. Find out how to model healthy emotional expression, use language that externalizes feelings, and reframe vulnerability as a strength, helping your child build emotional resilience and deeper connections.
18 Aug 2025 - 13 min 48 sec
Disrupting toxic masculinity & raising emotionally open boys
In this episode, Dr. Coor offers guidance for parents raising boys to reject toxic masculinity. Learn how to challenge limiting stereotypes, foster emotional openness, model healthy behavior, and navigate external pressures so you can raise sons who embrace authentic and compassionate expressions of masculinity.
11 Aug 2025 - 19 min 58 sec
Connection is protection: why social wellness matters for families
In this episode of Project Parenthood, Dr. Nanika Coor explains how strong social connections—to ourselves, our families, and our communities—act as a protective shield for our mental health. Learn practical ways to boost your family's resilience and well-being, especially if you're part of a marginalized community.
4 Aug 2025 - 11 min 14 sec
Disability Pride: Parenting for a fully inclusive world
In this episode Dr. Nanika Coor celebrates Disability Pride Month, diving into what it can truly mean for your family. Discover practical ways to unlearn old narratives about disability, embrace every unique mind and body, and become a co-conspirator in building a truly inclusive world starting at home. This episode will help you foster deeper connection, understanding, and liberation for all.
28 Jul 2025 - 11 min 30 sec
Dr. Coor is back!: Parenting for collective healing and liberation
Dr. Nanika Coor returns to Project Parenthood with new episodes! Get ready for a deepened commitment to conversations that matter, centered on building a supportive community, promoting collective healing, and embracing liberation in parenting.
21 Jul 2025 - 11 min 22 sec
Ditch roadblocks, build connections: unlocking effective communication with your child (Encore)
In this episode, Dr. Nanika Coor explores common communication roadblocks that parents often fall prey to and offers tips for building stronger connections with your children by listening more deeply.
14 Jul 2025 - 09 min 38 sec
7 ways to help your child build self-advocacy skills (Encore)
When your child fully understands their own diagnoses it not only means they can more easily explain their challenges to friends and family, but it also empowers them to ask for what they need at school. Today I’m talking about helping your child build those self-advocacy skills while they're young so they have lots of opportunities to practice and gain self-confidence in asking for support once they’re out in the real world.
7 Jul 2025 - 08 min 47 sec
Repairing the break: How to fix things with your kid (Encore)
Feeling disconnected from your child after a fight? You're not alone! In this episode, Dr. Nanika Coor explores why repairing those ruptures is key, tackles the hidden hurdles parents face, and offers a step-by-step guide to reconnect and build a stronger bond with your child.
30 Jun 2025 - 11 min 56 sec
How to thrive as an LGBTQIA+ parent (Encore)
In this episode, Dr. Nanika Coor shares ways that LGBTQIA+ parents can help their kids thrive while facing unique challenges. This in an encore of an episode that originally aired on June 12, 2023, and hosted by Dr. Nanika Coor.
23 Jun 2025 - 16 min 23 sec
How to talk to kids about Juneteenth and the fight for equality (Encore)
In this encore episode of the podcast, we revisit an episode from 2023 where Dr. Nanika Coor shared tips for talking to kids about the ways that the Black Freedom Movement—from the abolitionist movement in the 1800s to the Black Power Movement in the 1960s and 1970s—inspired many future movements—including the LGBTQIA+ liberation movement. The theme for NYC Pride Month that year was “Strength in Solidarity,” reflecting the power and resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies.
16 Jun 2025 - 13 min 05 sec