Robin McEvoy, Ph.D.

12/19/2025

I don’t think kids need smartphones at an early age. I required my kids have screens (phones, tablets, laptops) out of their rooms by 10pm. (They did not like that rule).

What age do you think is a good age to get a smart phone and why?

09/18/2025

Sleep people, we need the sleep

08/25/2025

Great song and valid points

07/21/2025

This is a really good point. Don’t be afraid to reach out.

01/05/2025

A peaceful home is very important

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-sKyIDSLK5/?igsh=eGo2d2ExOGFsZm1s

12/26/2024

We are all tired at this point, but hopefully we pulled it off. Remember to take it all in stride.

My one who is always late to the party was theee hours late as usual. One of my other young adults was not there at all, but texted frequently. My punctual one helped me keep things running smoothly. Her daughter, all of 12 months old, was adorable, except during the times she burst into wailing tears because she was exhausted, but was not about to leave the party. The kitchen was a disaster by the end of the day. As expected.

But it was a good day. And I am thankful, grateful, and feeling relaxed.

Because I just focused on the good stuff.

There was good food and laughter and appreciation of each other. There was an almost- walking baby who smiled about everything and everyone. And young adults who helped clean up.

09/16/2024

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of this cute and insightful video on empathy by Brene Brown and colleagues

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/mDLMa7D6pei1uw2T/?mibextid=WC7FNe

I can’t believe it’s been ten years since we first met that damn “Wanna sandwich?” empathy-fail deer!

Thank you Katy Ross (AKA Gobblynne) and RSA for turning this talk into an amazing cartoon.

❤️, BB

https://brenebrown.com/articles/2024/09/03/katy-ross/

08/30/2024

I come from a long family line of dyslexics, so jump on any good article that updates us on the state of our understanding of it. There is a lot of good information in this article. Some of the myths still surprise me, such dyslexia not really existing.

I have always told parents that reading, like any other skill, exists on a spectrum. We have a spectrum of great singers to not so great singers, great athletes to not so great athletes, and on and on. We are not all going to be great readers. And some of us will struggle enough with reading that it qualifies as a disability (but only because we live in a society that requires the skill for many careers).

Overall, a very good article addressing the importance of identification and remediation, but also the emotional fall out of struggling in the classroom.

Persistent misunderstandings about reading struggles have impeded progress in diagnosis and treatment.

08/29/2024

I always love Jen Hatmaker. She nails it and, from previous writing of hers, I know that she has some of the parenting challenges that are not that typical

A very quick learning from my progression as a mom of littles to bigs:

When they get, let’s say, teen-ish, you no longer have to solve their problems. This is such a hard and clunky transition, because you have always solved their problems. They needed you to solve their problems. They had no skill set to solve their own problems.

But now it is time to stop solving their problems. This will feel terrifying and irresponsible, like you have jumped out of an airplane without a parachute. What kind of insane parenting is this??

Start saying things like: What are you going to do about that? What do you plan on saying? What are you hoping will happen? Let me know how this turns out. Tell me what you decide. Follow your instincts.

And then it either goes well or terribly or somewhere in between but this is how it goes. You let them live. You let them choose. You let them develop autonomy over their own choices and responses and problem-solving.

If it goes in the gutter, it isn’t because you failed them. It is because they are learning and growing up, and this is how it works.

Oh, I forgot to tell you, this feels awful. All of it. You think you are being a bad parent. You are letting them flail around like little birds without wings and you are a monster. They are ruining their life and you are letting them.

None of this is true. These are their best lessons. The ones that actually stick because they chose them. Plus, they might surprise you.

Release. Unclench. You can’t control this, and you were never supposed to. Let them grow up in their own agency, for better or for worse. Both will be their teachers.

PARENTING IS SO RELAXING.

08/28/2024

In case you are wondering if it’s just you and your parenting, it isn’t. It’s hard right now

America's mental health crisis is weighing heavily on parents struggling with economic and societal concerns as they try to raise kids, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned in an advisory issued on Wednesday.