The Parent Chat with Dylan Dreyer

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“The Parent Chat with Dylan Dreyer” is your new go-to space for real talk about the wild, wonderful, and sometimes messy world of parenting. It’s a judgment-free zone where moms, dads, parents, and caregivers can learn, laugh, vent, and grow together—because none of us have it all figured out, but we’re better when we share the journey. As a busy working mom of three boys, Dylan brings her signature warmth, humor, and honesty to every episode. She connects with parents from all walks of life in conversations that are as informative as they are entertaining. Expect real stories, practical advice, and plenty of “I’ve been there too” moments. Each 35-45-minute episode features a mix of celebrity parents opening up about raising kids in the spotlight, alongside trusted experts in child development, mental health, and education offering fresh insights and actionable tips. Recorded in both remote and in-person formats, these episodes feel like a heart-to-heart with a good friend—one who gets it.

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Episodes

Surviving the Teenage Years with 'Modern Family' stars Julie Bowen & Ty Burrell

On this episode of The Parent Chat, Dylan Dreyer sits down with Modern Family's Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell — real-life parents of five teenagers — for an honest conversation about what happens when your kids stop needing you quite so much. They get into the questions parents of older kids are really asking: How do you keep the conversation going when your teenager shuts down? What do you do when you're 95% invisible and just waiting for that 5% moment? And how do you co-parent well after divorce...

May 28, 2026•35 min•Ep. 10

How to Handle Your Kid's Meltdowns Without Losing Your Own Mind

Dylan sits down with Kristin and Deena of Big Little Feelings to break down what's actually happening in your kid's brain during a meltdown, why reasoning with them in the moment never works, and what to actually do instead — whether your kid is a hitter, a scratcher, or a full public meltdown machine. Plus: what to do when you're the one about to lose it at 8pm and nobody is brushing their teeth, why forced sharing might be setting your kids up to fail, and the parenting confession neither of t...

May 21, 2026•29 min•Ep. 9

Breaking Toxic Parenting Cycles You May Not Know You're Repeating

Clinical psychologist and The Conscious Parent author Dr. Shefali joins Dylan to unpack the childhood patterns most parents are silently passing down to their kids without realizing it. Are you the fixer who does everything so no one suffers? The fighter who learned to blow up from watching your own parents? Or the freezer who shuts down when the overwhelm gets to be too much? Dr. Shefali gets honest about her own cycles too — including the moment her daughter called her out mid-conversation for...

May 14, 2026•32 min•Ep. 8

Picky Eaters, Bed Sharing, and Screen Time Limits: Emily Oster Answers the Questions You're Googling

Ever Googled your child's symptoms at 2 a.m. and ended up more anxious than when you started? You're not alone — and Brown University economist and author Emily Oster has made it her mission to replace parenting panic with actual data. In this episode of The Parent Chat, Dylan Dreyer sits down with Oster to tackle the questions that keep parents up at night: How much screen time is really too much? What do you do about a picky eater? Does it actually matter if your child sleeps in your own bed? ...

May 07, 2026•29 min•Ep. 7

Tig Notaro on Being the 'Not Favorite' Parent, Coming Out to Her Kids

Tig Notaro, comedian, writer, actress, and mom of twin nine-year-old boys, sits down with Dylan Dreyer to talk about the viral moment her sons discovered she was gay and the decision to cut back on touring so she could be more present at home. She opens up about being the "not favorite" parent for years, how her wife Stephanie quietly transformed the way she disciplines, and why she never read a parenting book before her boys arrived. Plus, the words her stepfather said to her that she's never f...

Apr 30, 2026•28 min•Ep. 6

The Fear of Becoming a Mom Nobody Talks About ft. Amanda Hirsch

Dylan Dreyer sits down with Amanda Hirsch — host of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast and mom of two boys — for a conversation about the fear nobody warned you about before becoming a mom. Not the diaper fear, the "what if I lose myself entirely and only care about snack schedules forever" fear. Amanda gets honest about how she nearly talked herself out of motherhood, the checklist she made before taking the leap, and what actually happened to her career once she had kids. Plus: parenting confe...

Apr 23, 2026•32 min•Ep. 5

Raising Resilient Kids in a World That Makes Everything Too Easy

Follow us on Instagram for more parenting content! The TODAY Parents team is @todayparents , and Dylan is @dylandreyernbc. Vicky is @vickynguyentv . Her memoir is called 'Boat Baby' , if you want to read more about her and her parents' harrowing journey from Vietnam, and her childhood and life in the US. See you next week! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....

Apr 16, 2026•31 min•Ep. 4

Dylan Dreyer & FitDadCEO: ‘Complaining is part of the joy of parenting’

Dylan Dreyer sits down with Dave Ogleton — aka @FitDadCEO — the TikTok and Instagram dad who's turned the chaos of raising six kids into hilarious, relatable parenting content. Together, they get into the parent you swore you'd be before having kids versus the parent you actually are: the rules you said you'd never break, the battles you get stuck fighting even when you don't care who wins, and the dinner table struggles over your kids immediately rejecting whatever you put in front of them. Hos...

Apr 09, 2026•27 min•Ep. 3

Ashley Graham: Raising Men Their Partners Will Thank Her For

In this episode of The Parent Chat, Dylan Dreyer sits down with model and entrepreneur Ashley Graham for an honest, hilarious conversation about what it's really like to raise three boys. Both boy moms get honest about the everyday chaos and the real work behind raising kind, emotionally intelligent men. From teaching manners and talking through big feelings, to modeling the behavior they want to see in the world, these two are thinking about the long game. Because at the end of the day, the goa...

Apr 02, 2026•29 min•Ep. 2

Erin Andrews on IVF and the Long Road to Her Son Mack

In this episode of The Parent Chat, Erin Andrews sits down with Dylan Dreyer for a conversation as raw and real as it gets — from her long journey to motherhood through IVF and surrogacy to the messy, beautiful reality of raising a toddler while working one of the most demanding jobs in sports broadcasting. Erin opens up about mom guilt, the pressure to pretend you have it all together, and why she made a promise to herself to just be honest with people. Because as both women agree — putting tha...

Apr 02, 2026•28 min•Ep. 1

Introducing: The Parent Chat with Dylan Dreyer

You know her as TODAY’s candid third hour host. But Dylan Dreyer is also a mom of 3 boys in New York City, trying to figure out the big stuff: how to raise kind, confident, resilient kids and keep her sanity along the way. And like every parent, sometimes she needs…HELP! On The Parent Chat, Dylan calls in reinforcements – from parenting experts with big advice to fellow working moms that can help all parents feel less alone. Because parenting doesn’t come with a manual, but it can come with a gr...

Mar 26, 2026•1 min

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