Parent Driven Development

051: Allowances for parents with Scott Hanselman

August 19th, 2020  |  31 mins 56 secs

allowance for parents, coder, parent, programmer, quarantine, scott hanselman

Scott Hanselman joins the podcast to talk about his approach on allowances for parents, why they're important and how exactly they can benefit the entire family.

050: Agile Household with Yvonne Marcus

August 5th, 2020  |  32 mins 15 secs

accountability, agile home, agile household, mom life, yvonne marcus

Yvonne Marcus joins the panelist to discuss Agile Household. Yvonne created Agile Homes, a four-week course that looks to get your family together by making everyone feel like a valued member of the team, and instilling autonomy and having fun!

049: Arit Amana

July 22nd, 2020  |  34 mins 24 secs

arit, new panelist, parenting podcast

New panelist Arit Amana joins the group! The group discusses quarantine, childcare duty, WFH, and all the madness in-between.

048: Darcy Lockman - All The Rage

July 8th, 2020  |  39 mins 50 secs

all the rage, darcy lockman, moms and dads, myth of equal partnership, parenting, parenting share, parenting tips

JC and Chris are joined by author and journalist, Darcy Lockman, to discuss her book All The Rage: Mothers, Fathers and The Myth of Equal Partnership. From our society culture, to patriarchy, to the parent dynamic at home, The group hashes out the realities and ways to improve parenting dynamics at home.

047: Black Lives Matter

June 24th, 2020  |  40 mins 11 secs

anti-racism, black lives matter, how to be anti-racist, how to talk to your kids about racism

KWu and Allison sit down to talk about the current worldwide movement: Black Lives Matter. Breaking down BLM movement with young kids, how we can best talk to our kids about being anti-racist, and an alley for POC.

046: Paternity Leave + Dad Talk

June 10th, 2020  |  48 mins 50 secs

dad podcast, homebrew, mike mcquaid, paternity leave, raising kids in different countries

Chris and Allison are joined by Mike McQuaid discussing paternity leave, Balancing Dad Podcast, and what it's like raising kids in different countries. Unsurprisingly, there are more difference in the UK verse the US than just calling a diaper "nappie".

045: Miriam Tocino: Zerus and Ona

May 27th, 2020  |  43 mins 12 secs

children's book, miriam tocino, new mom, parenting, zerus and ona

Allison and Chris are joined by Miriam Tocino, a former architect turned teacher and coder, new mom, and creator of Zerus and Ona, a children's book that explains the difficult topics of the binary world.

044: Recipe Swap

May 13th, 2020  |  52 mins 6 secs

at home chef, meal delivery, meal planning, recipe swap

Allison, Mandy and KWu trade kitchen hacks, recipe tips, favorite meal delivery service, and the incomparable responsibility of feeding and nourishing our kids! Tune in for tips, tricks and total mom realities.

043: Managing Parents on Your Team

April 29th, 2020  |  48 mins 27 secs

manager, managing parents, parents, teamwork

Today our panelists sit down with Nick Means to talk about strategies and experiences of managing parents on your team. Parent have unique needs as they care for little humans and some may not exactly know what those unique needs are, unless you too are a parent. We break down techniques and share experiences of what it's like managing parents in tech.

042: Career Switching

April 15th, 2020  |  42 mins 3 secs

after babies, career switching, coding school, learning to code

Today we are joined by Bekah Hawrot Weigel! Bekah is a content-creator by nature whom has recently switched into the world of coding! We discuss her career switching process, what helped, what didn't, the massive role community played a part in her success, and how she managed it all with 4 young kids in the house!

041: COVID-19

March 25th, 2020  |  46 mins 33 secs

covid-19, covid19, family, full time remote work, the new normal

Everyone's talking about it, covid-19 is all the rage. In today's episode KWu, Chris and Allison share their quarantine updates, remote work highlights, and dish on the extreme scenes seen in most grocery stores right now.

040: Ethics and Leaving a Job

March 4th, 2020  |  42 mins 46 secs

ethics, family, leaving a job, pressure and considerations, working parent

We discuss what it's like to work for a company that you may not agree with their ethics,
the difficult decisions and thoughts when you have a family and dependents counting on you.

039: Parenting Roles and Gender Equality

February 12th, 2020  |  45 mins 12 secs

equal parenting, equal partnership, fathers, mothers, progressive parenting

We're joined by Richard Schneeman this week to discuss parenting roles and gender equality. Inspired by the book, All the Rage: Mothers, Father and the Myth of Equal Partnership, we break down progressive parenting, invisible vs visible work, and how to implement a calendar system for maximum efficiency.

038: Women Mentorship with Kari Clark

January 22nd, 2020  |  51 mins 27 secs

mothering, parenting, uplift parents, women mentorship, working mom

In this episode we feature Kari Clark, founder of Uplift Parents, a coaching service and women mentorship for working moms. Kari shares all that she's learned from the most successful working moms and offers great tips to amplify your life.

037: New Panel Intro - Welcome Chris and Adarsh

January 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 23 secs

growing families, irregular schedules, traveling with kids

In this episode we welcome two new panelist to Parent Driven Development, Chris Arcand and Adarsh Pandit! We learn a little bit about our new panelist and then dive into topics about irregular work schedules, the kids, traveling with the kids, and our teams growing families.

036: The Process for International Adoption

December 11th, 2019  |  43 mins 12 secs

international adoption agencies, parenting school, process for international adoption, things to consider when adopting a child