Episodes

  • MOTFL 034 JAM 023: Diane, a Social Worker by Profession and Stay-at-Home Mom by Choice

    MOTFL 034 JAM 023: Diane, a Social Worker by Profession and Stay-at-Home Mom by Choice
    Sep 9 2023
      Note: This interview was recorded in 2018. Transcription: [music] Welcome to the Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Mothers on the Frontline is a nonprofit organization, founded and run by mothers of children with mental illness to promote caregiver healing and children’s mental health justice through storytelling. Our vision is a world in which mental […]
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    50 mins
  • MOTFL 033 CBF 005: Punitive Frameworks Part II

    MOTFL 033 CBF 005: Punitive Frameworks Part II
    Jul 7 2023
    This episode of the Conversations Between Friends series was recorded June 29, 2020.
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    53 mins
  • MOTFL 032 CBF 004: Punitive Frameworks Part I

    MOTFL 032 CBF 004: Punitive Frameworks Part I
    Jun 24 2020
    In this episode of the Conversations Between Friends Series, we discuss punitive systems, including policing and schools, and the frameworks and assumptions underlying their policies.   Terminology: IEP – Individualized Education Plan – the document that determines the accommodations and supports for a particular student in special education. Ontology – theory of being, framework of […]
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    38 mins
  • MOTFL 031 CBF 003 Allyship: Moving from Performativity to Authenticity

    MOTFL 031 CBF 003 Allyship: Moving from Performativity to Authenticity
    Jun 17 2020
    In this episode we discuss: what it means to be an ally the difference between performative and authentic allyship how allyship differs from friendship and being a coalition partner stigma jumping vs intersectional activism and advocacy Terms: Allyship – An active, consistent, and arduous practice of unlearning and re-evaluating, in which a person in a […]
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    53 mins
  • MOTFL 030 CBF 002: Defunding the Police

    MOTFL 030 CBF 002: Defunding the Police
    Jun 9 2020
    In this episode we have a conversation about defunding the police: what it means, what it doesn’t mean, and how the phrase raises different emotions in people depending on their personal experiences with the police and racism. How decades of consistent and pervasive defunding of community programming, healthcare, and education has harmed communities. We focus […]
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    49 mins
  • MOTFL 029 CBF 001: White Lady Tears

    MOTFL 029 CBF 001: White Lady Tears
    Jun 5 2020
    In this episode, the founders of Mothers on the Frontline discuss grief, racial privilege, policing, and the performativity of emotion. Families and communities are grieving right now. We are grieving the deaths of over 100,000 Americans to Covid-19, which has disproportionately affected Black and Brown communities. We are grieving ongoing and countless losses of African-American […]
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    52 mins
  • MOTFL 028 JAM 022: Kate, A Mother From Iowa

    MOTFL 028 JAM 022: Kate, A Mother From Iowa
    Mar 20 2020
    Kate is a mother from Iowa whose children have autism, anxiety, ADHD, sensory processing disorder and prosopagnosia. In this episode, she discusses what it was like when her son was first diagnosed, adjusting each year to new teachers, and what it is like to go through the ups and downs of parenting children who are […]
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    23 mins
  • MOTFL 027 JAM 021: Raising a child with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Anxiety

    MOTFL 027 JAM 021: Raising a child with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Anxiety
    Dec 10 2018
    [music] Welcome to Mothers on the Frontline Podcast. Today, as part of our Just Ask Mom Series,we listen to a Mom of a 9 year old diagnosed with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Anxiety in 2014. [music] Tammy: Tell us a little bit about yourself before or outside of mothering, who are you, what do […]
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    23 mins