THE PARENTING IQ PODCAST
Understand your child & parent with confidence
Parenting advice is everywhere. Knowing what fits your child and your family can feel really hard.
The Parenting IQ Podcast helps you make everyday parenting decisions with greater understanding and confidence. Join Dr. Kelly Cagle and her guests for practical conversations that connect research with real family life so you can understand your child, weigh your options, and confidently choose your next step.
Hosted by Dr. Kelly Cagle, a PhD in K-16 education, ADHD researcher, and homeschooling mom of three boys, each episode helps you better understand your child’s needs, so you feel confident teaching life skills, character, and emotional intelligence that go far beyond the textbook and last a lifetime.
Some of the topics we cover include:
ADHD-friendly parenting strategies
How to motivate your kids without nagging
Building confident, connected families
Teaching life skills that stick
Rethinking academics for real-world success
Managing sibling dynamics and home rhythms
Biblical wisdom + brain science and so much more
The show is proudly part of The Christian Parenting Podcast Network.
Our mission is to help you understand your child so you can parent with confidence.
Episode 7: Put a Stop on Negative Self-Talk!
Got a kid that talks down on themselves all the time?! Take a listen to today’s episode to learn 3 ways to break that negative self-talk!
Episode 6: Prioritizing your Marriage in the Busyness of Parenthood with the henks and The Cagles
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today, we’re taking a break from conversation starters to bring you some very lovely guests. I promise you don’t want to miss this conversation between Dr. Cagle and her husband, Josh, along with the special, Desi & Mychal Henk! They dig deep and provide tons of examples about how to prioritize your MARRIAGE in the busyness of PARENTHOOD.
Episode 5: What’s a Good Friend?
Teach your kids 3 qualities to look for in others that will lead to finding GOOD FRIENDS!
Episode 4: Stuff Doesn’t Equal Success
Latest gadgets, newest cars, brand new pair of expensive jeans… stuff does NOT equal success. In fact, the less stuff, the less distractions! Learn 3 areas to declutter with your child (and maybe in your life too!)
Episode 3: Helping your Kid Create Great Habits
Healthy habits are awesome! They don’t establish themselves, however. Learn how to help your kids analyze areas where they need to create good habits and how to keep them motivated to put forth their best effort by emphasizing the benefits of the habit once it’s become second-nature to them.
Episode 2: Seeing a New Semester as a New Beginning
Parents should motivate their learners to take advantage of every “new” moment in their academic career by being engaged through asking specific questions. In this episode, learn 3 questions to help your child see a “new” semester as a brand new opportunity to improve!
Episode 1: Helping your Kids Start a New Year
On this episode with Dr. Kelly Cagle....Is your kid motivated at the possibilities of a new year?! In today’s episode of Conversation Starters, Dr. Cagle equips you to talk to your kids about exploring their interests, strengths, and areas that could improve to get them excited about a brand new year!
Episode 53: 24 Years Later: An Immigrant’s Story with Kisi Sakzenian
Tomorrow will be 24 years since Dr. Cagle’s family left their home country of Brazil! So today, you have the privilege of hearing a conversation between two sisters, Kisi Sakzenian and Dr. Kelly Cagle, as Kisi shares her journey as an 18-year-old immigrant moving to the United States.
This is an amazing conversation as they relive those transitional years and equip you to welcome some of those ideas within your home as well!
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A mind shift between student & learner
What every American home desperately needs: Less chaos, more connection
Being a healthy mom in an overstimulating world
When the world is your school: Learning that happens at home
Three character traits every child needs: Competence, creativity, and curiosity
Avoiding parental burnout
How to fight the current mental health crisis
Eight ways people are wired as learners through the 8 Multiple Intelligences theoretical lens
Improving home life with an ADHD child: Simple habits that make a big difference
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