Helping Kids Cope in Difficult Times - with Robin Brannan
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
Release Date: 05/01/2020
Can Kids Get the COVID Vaccine & Flu Shot at the Same Time?
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
Plenty of parents jumped for joy on October 7th when Pfizer asked the FDA to grant Emergency Use Authorization to give its COVID-19 vaccine to kids aged 5–11. While the official EUA approval hasn't yet been announced, the timing of when kids can potentially get the vaccine has led many parent to wonder whether the COVID vaccine can be given with the flu shot, or if some sort of spacing is needed. In this episode, I break down a recent study that gives us the answer! Important links: SHARE this episode as an article and a podcast: SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel: FOLLOW me on Instagram: ...
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How To Get Kids To Sleep On Time—At Any Age!
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
People seem to think that sleep problems are only for babies. The moment you bring your newborn home, people start asking "How much sleep are you getting?"—and the question is more annoying than the lack of sleep! No one asks you that once you have a toddler or your kid's in school—and yet kids at these ages are often just as difficult to get to bed when they're supposed to. Enter: My 6 tips for getting kids to bed on time. This is an episode I've been asked to record for years, and I'm glad to be getting it out to you now—because we all need the sleep! You can share the article &...
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Your COVID Vaccine PB&J Questions Answered!
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
As part of the huge response to the last episode (thank you!) in which I broke down the new CDC guidelines on how vaccinated and unvaccinated people can mix, I received dozens of emails and Instgram messages from people asking questions about how the PB&J Method applies to their family's particular situation. Many of those questions had common themes—and I bet those themes are questions you might have, as well. In this episode, I present the latest data to answer those questions & help you navigate this new world where some people (adults!) are vaccinated and others (kids!) are not....
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What happens when parents are vaccinated and kids are not?
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
Now that the COVID vaccine rollout is well under way around the world—and the light at the end of the tunnel is within grasp!—we're still left with one wrinkle: How to handle gathering with family & friends when some people have gotten the vaccine and some haven't? This is especially important for families, as kids aren't likely to be able to get the vaccine until this fall or even this winter. I break down the CDC's guidelines, PLUS give you a super-simple way you can figure out what's safest for every possible situation: The Peanut Butter & Jelly Method. Hear me out on...
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Listener Favorite - The One Mistake Every Parent Makes (Including Me!)
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
I can't believe it, but The Child Repair Guide is celebrating a HUGE milestone! And to celebrate, I've dug deep into the archives to share a topic that I know impacts almost every family. I've said before that my job as a pediatrician & host of this podcast is to not just make all the parenting missteps myself, but to research the solutions & share what I find with you. Well, this one is a prime example! If this episode strikes a chord with you, take a screenshot of your podcast player as you listen, post it to your Instagram story & tag me ! You can share this episode by sharing...
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Do Schools Spread COVID? Here's What We Currently Know
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
With many areas approaching the dates and metrics they've set for reopening school—or back at school already—the question of schools' role in COVID spread has weighed heavily on many parents' minds. Well, it turns out that 50% of kids in the U.S. have been at school in-person, in one form or another, since the fall—and the data is in. I take a look at what we currently know, trying to tackle what has become an emotional topic for many, and shed some light on what we know works—and exactly what doesn't. You can share this episode as both a podcast AND an article by sharing this link: ...
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How Parents Can Better Manage Stress & Recover from Trauma - with Dr. Elizabeth Stanley
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
It goes without saying that the ability to manage stress and recover from trauma would certainly come in handy these days. For parents, these skills of mental resilience are important even in “normal times,” as our kids learn how to handle challenges and stress by watching what we do in front of them. And yet the very act of being a parent—dealing with tantrums, poor sleep, questions about behavior and big decisions to make—is stressful in and of itself. How can parents learn to manage stress in a healthy way that’s also good for their kids? My guest in this...
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What Should Your Family's 2021 Priorities Be?
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
We are finally here—the end of 2020 & the start of 2021! But the truth is, we can’t walk into 2021 hoping to reset the clock back to what life was like in 2019. This year changed us—and we need to let its lessons sink in and choose how we want to use them to direct us as we move forward. This episode explores how you can honestly assess what was good and bad, positive and painful for your family this year—and how to sort out new priorities for your family in the year ahead. TAKE $25 OFF the Mindfulness for Parents Online Course with the code NEWYEAR—sign up at and start your...
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Everything Parents Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
This is a super-special & super-exciting episode! At long last, vaccines against COVID-19 are being rolled out and administered. Parents have been asking me a host of questions, and I'm answering as many as I can right here. This episode goes over everything we currently know about how this vaccine's new approach works, its effectiveness and safety, plus the little we know about it for kids and pregnant or breastfeeding moms. Take a screenshot of your podcast player, post it to Instagram, and tag me ! You can share this episode by sharing the link Start the new year with the right mindset...
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Raising Cross-Cultural Kids: Identity & Resilience - with Dr. Anisha Abraham
The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro
Perhaps the greatest challenge we all face as we grow up is finding our identity—figuring out who we are and who we want to become. It’s no easy task—some of us adults (maybe even most of us?) are still trying to figure this out. But the challenge is even greater for cross-cultural kids & teens. Whether they’ve lived in several cultural environments, have parents whose cultures are different from that of where they live, or have multiple cultural backgrounds in their families—cross-cultural kids & teens have a wealth of ingredients mixed in together to create the...
info_outline"Fear and what you do with it are two separate things."
I love this quote from Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, especially right now.
What we and our kids do with big emotions can have more of an impact on our lives than feeling the emotions themselves.
In this episode, Robin Brannan, founder of Better Together Family Therapy, shares tips to help kids cope in difficult times.
You just might find that many of these tips helpful for yourself, too!
And on another note:
If you or someone you know has a preschooler, be sure to check out 10-Minute Preschool, a new video series featuring the one and only Monica Silvestro! Monica takes the magic of her preschool classroom and brings it to your preschooler in fun, educational videos that are 10 minutes or less.
Check them all out here, with more to come:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK2JtHmTfH5lXyUH6S8z8TY2WSnp9TdY0