A conversation with Social Worker Anita Eddie, MA, ATR, MSSA, LISW-S about Halloween with young children. Parents often remember Halloween as good, scary fun - and they want to share that with their children. But the youngest children - typically 5 and under - can't yet separate reality from fantasy. So scary fun is just scary.

Host Dr. Kimberly Bell talks with Adrianne Fletcher, Ph.D., an educator, psychotherapist and author of children's books about the developmental meaning of conversations parents and children have when enjoying reading together.

You can find Dr. Fletcher's books on Amazon.com by clicking the links below. Purchases generate a small commission for non-profit Hanna Perkins Center, which produces this podcast.

• Helping Hands Healing Hands
• Meet Rocki-Grace
• Rocki-Grace and Speckled Brown Bananas

A special episode on what children need, and how to talk with them, about the most recent school shooting or other gun violence. Featuring host Dr. Kimberly Bell in conversation with Hidden Language of Children producer Bob Rosenbaum.

In the first episode of season 2, host Dr. Kimberly Bell Kim is joined by Dr. Tovah Klein, author of "How Toddlers Thrive" and "Raising Resilience" for a conversation about how parents can help children develop resilience to difficult moments, unwanted surprises and other adversities.

In a relevant departure from our usual early-childhood topics, we expand on the concept of "behavior as communication" in a conversation with Dr. Dan Ratner, author of Crushing Doubt (www.crushingdoubt.com), about the important role of the mind in managing chronic pain and discomfort.

Rique Sollisch, an early childhood consultant with Hanna Perkins Center, shares her noteworthy approach to talking with young children in a way that helps them undertand, discuss and gain mastery of their feelings.

Ideas for developmentally mindful ways to talk with young children. Compilation of "Let's Rephrase That" segments from the Hidden Language of Children podcast.

Laura Cyrocki, director of healthy meals and garden programs at Hanna Perkins School, discusses why gardening is such a fertile activity for developmental growth, and offers suggestions for getting young children started in the garden.