{"podcast":{"title":"The Parent Chat with Dylan Dreyer","slug":"the-parent-chat-with-dylan-dreyer-7785004","podcast_index_feed_id":7785004,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/IfLkiDmg","website_url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/56ae3642-8448-4d83-8f83-bea602669488/0eb28a2d-c8ba-4534-9ade-a781d2389aaa/3000x3000/3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"NBC News","episode_count":20,"summary":"You know her as TODAY’s candid third hour host. But Dylan Dreyer is also a mom of 3 boys, trying to figure out the big stuff: how to raise kind, confident, resilient kids and keep her sanity along the way. And like every parent, sometimes she needs…HELP! On The Parent Chat, Dylan calls in reinforcements -- from parenting experts with big advice to fellow working moms that can help all parents feel less alone. Because parenting doesn’t come with a manual…but it can come with a group chat.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T20:17:12.636916+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-parent-chat-with-dylan-dreyer-7785004"},"episode":{"title":"Advice for Anxious Parents: What to Say Instead of \"Are You Okay?\"","slug":"advice-for-anxious-parents-what-to-say-instead-of-are-you-okay","published_at":"2026-06-25T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-parent-chat-with-dylan-dreyer-7785004/advice-for-anxious-parents-what-to-say-instead-of-are-you-okay","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-parent-chat-with-dylan-dreyer-7785004","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/WyZndMW35x3t79tHlknd/nbcnews.simplecastaudio.com/335a0022-d1e7-4636-a9c7-7fb2fa843b92/episodes/ae6b16af-3f3c-4d95-9b6a-163a077f15c7/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=335a0022-d1e7-4636-a9c7-7fb2fa843b92&awEpisodeId=ae6b16af-3f3c-4d95-9b6a-163a077f15c7&feed=IfLkiDmg","summary":"In this week’s The Parent Chat, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Wendy Mogel joins Dylan Dreyer to make the case that our instinct to protect, schedule, and smooth everything over for our kids is actually making them more fragile — and what to do instead. They get into the real stuff: why \"teacup\" kids break under the lightest pressure, how to tell if your child's fighting with siblings is normal or a problem, and why the working parent guilt about overscheduling is largely misplaced. Plus the two words Dr. Mogel says every parent should know — \"wow\" and \"uffda\" — and why Dylan's been using one of them her whole life without knowing what it meant. And Dr. Mogel's parenting confession: she sent her sick daughter to ski school in Italy with a broken thermometer. The daughter ended up hallucinating that her fingers were chicken bones. She's never forgiven herself — even though her daughters call her a really good mom. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.","meta_description":"In this week’s The Parent Chat, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Wendy Mogel joins Dylan Dreyer to make the case that our instinct to prot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1701,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-parent-chat-with-dylan-dreyer-7785004/episodes/advice-for-anxious-parents-what-to-say-instead-of-are-you-okay/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-parent-chat-with-dylan-dreyer-7785004/advice-for-anxious-parents-what-to-say-instead-of-are-you-okay.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}