/tags/family Family en-US Copyright Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2024-04-12/only-child-separating-truth-stereotype-parent-kid-family Assumptions about narcissism, loneliness and selfishness in only children are largely that: assumptions. But there are experiences unique to being an only child — and parenting one. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2024-04-12/only-child-separating-truth-stereotype-parent-kid-family Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2024-04-12/singled-inside-the-only-child-family-sibling-children-child-family Anita has many close friends who defy all stereotypes about only children. But when it comes to thinking about having her own kids, she still can't shake some of those ingrained ideas. She hears three perspectives on single-kid families (including that of former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins) and learns why the debunked mythology around only children still lingers today. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2024-04-12/singled-inside-the-only-child-family-sibling-children-child-family Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-12-22/incarcerated-prison-family-parent-child-jail Many incarcerated people are also parents. Their children navigate social stigma and barriers to staying in contact with their loved ones. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-12-22/incarcerated-prison-family-parent-child-jail Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-22/incarcerated-father-prison-family-parent-child-jail Anita reconnects with the woman who changed her thinking on incarceration: her beloved college thesis adviser Ashley Lucas. Ashley reflects on her father's 20-year prison sentence and the untold stories of families navigating incarceration from the outside. Journalist Sylvia A. Harvey also shares how losing her mother to asthma and her father to a life sentence in prison before she was 6 years old led her to investigate the carceral system as a whole. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-12-22/incarcerated-father-prison-family-parent-child-jail Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /health/2023-09-26/welcome-baby-fathers-course Welcome Baby, a Durham County program, has launched a new initiative aimed at giving Spanish-speaking fathers a supportive space to learn parenting skills. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:08:12 GMT /health/2023-09-26/welcome-baby-fathers-course Sharryse Piggott /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-09-01/growing-up-mixed-race-biracial-child-and-monoracial-parents-reflect In her college application essay, host Anita Rao described herself as a colorful parrot living in a cultural jungle — with her English and Indian sides occupying different realms. Now, she reflects on her biracial experience with her parents. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-09-01/growing-up-mixed-race-biracial-child-and-monoracial-parents-reflect Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-04-14/no-baby-on-board-perspectives-on-child-free-life-parent-decision Experiencing parenting is often the assumed default for a fulfilled life. But more and more people are choosing to be child-free … fighting stigma and finding happiness in that choice. Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-04-14/no-baby-on-board-perspectives-on-child-free-life-parent-decision Kaia Findlay, Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-04-14/decided-child-free-by-choice-family-parent-decision Anita has interrogated so many aspects of parenthood. But how about the decision to become a parent at all? She talks with three women about making their child-free decisions and meets a psychotherapist who's devoted her career to helping people find clarity in that choice. Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-04-14/decided-child-free-by-choice-family-parent-decision Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-03-10/singled-inside-the-only-child-family-sibling-children Anita has many close friends who defy all stereotypes about only children. But when it comes to thinking about having her own kids, she still can't shake some of those ingrained ideas. She hears three perspectives on single-kid families (including that of former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins) and learns why the debunked mythology around only children still lingers today. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-03-10/singled-inside-the-only-child-family-sibling-children Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-02-10/separated-growing-up-with-an-incarcerated-father-prison-family-parent-child-jail Anita reconnects with the woman who changed her thinking on incarceration: her beloved college thesis adviser Ashley Lucas. Ashley reflects on her father's 20-year prison sentence and the untold stories of families navigating incarceration from the outside. Journalist Sylvia A. Harvey also shares how losing her mother to asthma and her father to a life sentence in prison before she was 6 years old led her to investigate the carceral system as a whole. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:34:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-02-10/separated-growing-up-with-an-incarcerated-father-prison-family-parent-child-jail Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao