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If you’re having a little trouble imagining the future world our kids will be living in…you’re not alone. In a time with perhaps the most rapid changes in all of human history, how do we equip our kids to be ready to roll? Our guest is Mental Health Expert Dr. Heather Tedesco.

The Weekend with Ed Kalegi

Celebs, Current Events, and Topics that matter to you! It's a whole new take on Talk Radio heard on over 75 stations coast to coast every weekend. Ed Kalegi talks with mental health expert Dr. Heather Tedesco about her new book: "Raising a Kid Who Can: Simple Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Adaptability and Emotional Strength.”

How to Raise a Kid Who Can

Podcast - Raising an independent and strong-willed kid can be incredibly rewarding and empowering for both you and your child. In this podcast, we’ll share practical tips, expert advice, and real-life stories from parents who have been there, navigating the twists and turns of raising strong-willed children. Together, we’ll explore strategies for fostering independence, building resilience, and nurturing a positive parent-child relationship.

Press Review - Raising a Kid Who Can

Review - "Mental health professionals McCarthy, Tedesco, and Weaver present parents with engaging brain science–backed advice for incorporating these values into their family and determining how they will enable children (and parents) to thrive."

What Fresh Hell --
Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

How can we help our kids in this age of anxiety, when we can't make it go away, and we don't we have all the answers?

How To Raise A Child Who Becomes An Independent Adult

Podcast - A psychiatrist, a psychologist and a child therapist all walk into a parenting group, and… it’s a good set-up for a joke, but it’s the feeling you might get listening to Catherine McCarthy, Heather Tedesco and Jennifer Weaver, three experts and friends, who wrote a book about creating independent kids – and less cloying, worrying and meddling parents. They’re as wise as they are funny. Listen in.

4 Ways to Help Your Child Adapt to Life’s Rapid Changes

Op-Ed by Heather Tedesco, Jennifer Weaver, and Catherine McCarthy

How Parents Can Support Kids' Mental Health

GMA appearance discussing top science-based parenting strategies

10 Essentials for ‘Raising a Kid Who Can’

Interview offering advice on managing anxiety, self-motivation and resilience

Raising a Kid Who Can: Simple Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Adaptability and Emotional Strength

Review - “With insightful analysis and amusing anecdotes, McCarthy, Tedesco, and Weaver have written an accessible and well-researched book that gives parents extra guidance on child rearing by offering actionable tips.”

Raising a Kid Who Can: Simple Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Adaptability and Emotional Strength

Review - “It’s a valuable guide for helping kids help themselves.”