Cindy Wang Brandt

Show Description Today we’re talking about how to raise children with healthy sexuality. I’ve hosted a couple of episodes in the past about sex and parenting. I’ve also done an episode on breaking free from purity culture. In this episode, we’re going to combine those two topics and discuss parenting after purity culture. Joining me…

Show Description Today, I am sharing some of my own stories and reflections to hold witness to this unique moment in history – the COVID-19 crisis. I wanted to provide five pandemic parenting lessons I’ve learned so far. As we make our way through this crisis, I am sure there will be more lessons to…

Show Description A couple of weeks ago, we wrapped up the Parenting Forward conference.  Today, I’m going to air some highlights from the conference so that you can experience some of the best parts of the speakers too. It may feel hyperbolic to say the conference changed my life, but in many ways, it did.…

Show Description As the world is going through major growing pains, some days, it seems impossible to extricate the pandemic from the conversation about religion and spirituality. If you are a parent going through a rocky ride when it comes to your faith, or maybe you are watching your parents maneuver a faith crisis of…

Show Description Calling all kids! Today’s episode is just for you. Check this out: usually, I talk to your parents about how to raise you with healthy spirituality. You know how doctors, nurses, and scientists can help you to stay physically healthy (like help you when you have a sore throat or stomach ache)? Well,…

Show Description One of the biggest concerns I see among parents undergoing faith deconstruction is the desire or need to find a meaningful community. This week, Casper ter Kuile joins me to discuss how parents can find community in a post-religious world. Casper is the co-host of the popular podcast, Harry Potter and the Sacred…

Show Description Throughout the series, Parenting Decentering Whiteness, my special co-host, Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand, and I have been interviewing parenting influencers of color. Parenting spaces are majority white, which is a massive distortion of the actual world in which we live. If we want to raise our children into developing meaningful relationships with those around…

Show Description This week, we continue with the series, Parenting Decentering Whiteness. We are talking about what it means to raise free people with Akilah Richards. And, returning as my co-host is Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand of Latinx Parenting.  Akilah Richards is a writer, unschooling organizer, and host of the Raising Free People podcast. In this…

Show Description This week we discuss Parenting for Liberation and the work Trina Greene Brown is doing within her organization for the Black community. As we continue the series, Parenting Decentering Whiteness, we explore what it means to be a Black parent and raising a Black child in today’s world.  Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand, the founder…