The racist language, outright bigotry, and hate crimes over the past year+plus towards the Asian members of our global community, and in the United States are completely unacceptable. All of the members of Kids Listen stand with our Asian creators, families, friends, listeners, and allies to denounce this evil.

Here are four great podcast episodes for you to watch and listen to from four great shows. These episodes are for your caregiving toolkit- whether you’re a parent, grandparent, another relative, or caregiver, to move the needle and help our youngest humans grow up in a more loving world.

Peace Out Podcast

Peace…

By Jodi Murphy

When you think of podcasts, you might see them as solely entertainment for your family — listening to them as part of your children’s bedtime rituals or when you are out-and-about in the car. Both are fantastic reasons to listen, but did you know that there are numerous podcasts worthy of being a part of your homeschooling day?

Podcasts give children a much-needed break from screen time to engage them in “active listening.” Research has shown that active listening through audio increases focus, concentration, and comprehension; broadens vocabulary, and builds critical thinking.

Podcasts in the “Kids and…

Although we think every month and every day is a great time to celebrate girls and womxn everywhere, the spotlight on this month as Women’s History Month in the United States is a great prompt to call out some fantastic kidcasts from women creators and shows about strong female characters as well as womxn & girls-centered episodes from our member shows.

The Fina Mendoza Mysteries

Meet Fina Mendoza. She spends her after-school hours in the U.S. Capitol where her father is a congressman. While hunting down a lost sweatshirt in the Capitol Crypt, Fina stumbles over a mysterious creature. Is it the ghost of…

As our organization continues to grow and advocate for high-quality content for kids and their families, we are thrilled to be adding new member shows that exemplify great education and entertainment.

Here’s a quick introduction to some of our newest Kids Listen member shows that you should get to know:

Dorktales Storytime Podcast

I have a confession to make. Ever since I wrote about schedules and daily planning, I have come to resent Ben Franklin and think his hallowed schedule completely obnoxious. In fact, I think journaling to-do lists made me sick this past week. Instead of feeling inspired by Benny’s morals-obsessed daily journaling, I started to think, “Oh go fuck yourself. Do I need to do good every goddamned day?” I consulted my Power Circle about to-do list illness, and I resentfully called him all kinds of unfair names.

For the record, I still do very much love my First grader’s schedule…

I wrote in late February of 2020 about doing a very self-educational month-long money detox month for March of last year. It felt fantastic to make a commitment. I really thought it out, got back in touch with the part of myself that needed a break from constant capitalism, and I got ready to get my spending under control. As a data nerd, I was also excited to see just how low I could go.

The March money detox kicked off with an awesome event — a naked lady party thrown by a friend. I had no idea how much…

Now, more than ever, I need the strength that comes from being still. COVID times are drawing out, and we are coming up on the one-year mark since the world changed forever. I am thinking about re-taking an MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) course via Zoom, soon. It’s hard to not want to revisit the best thing I ever did for myself.

“I see you! I see you there,”

was something my MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) teacher had passed on to us from her instructor when she became certified. Our teacher encouraged us, a rag-tag group of 7 total randos, to…