This episode was recorded on Jan 30th, 2024.

Erica Komisar is a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parent guidance expert who has been in private practice in New York City for over 30 years. A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities and The New York Freudian Society, Ms. Komisar is a psychological consultant bringing parenting workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings. She is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Daily News. She is also a Contributing Editor to The Institute for Family Studies and appears regularly on Fox and Friends and Fox 5 News. Erica is the author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters and Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety.

Find more from Erica:
Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters: https://www.amazon.com/Being-There-Prioritizing-Motherhood-Matters/dp/0143109294/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509479701&sr=8-1&keywords=Erica+Komisar
Chicken Little The Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety: https://www.ericakomisar.com/chicken-little

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— Chapters —
00:00 - Coming Up
01:19 - Introduction: The Instincts of Mothers and Societal Expectations
04:36 - Meeting at the Arc and Podcasting Experience
08:18 - Erica's Background and the Importance of Early Mother-Child Bonding
13:15 - The Critical Role of Mothers in Child Development
19:02 - Alternatives to Maternal Presence: Kinship Bonds and Caregivers
23:36 - Daycare and Its Impact on Child Stress Levels
29:13 - The Historical Shift in Motherhood and Feminist Narratives
33:42 - Generational Trauma and the Importance of Oxytocin
40:00 - Adolescence: A Second Chance for Brain Development
46:17 - Balancing Work and Motherhood: The Role of Part-Time Work
50:09 - The Challenges of Single Motherhood and Societal Support
56:18 - The Importance of Community and Extended Family in Child Rearing
01:02:45 - The Role of Fathers and the Impact of Single-Parent Families
01:07:00 - Closing Remarks and Further Reading Recommendations