It's 8:47pm. Your kid is wired. You've already done the books, the water, the "one more cuddle." This is the podcast for tonight. Hey Mom Story Time is a calm bedtime podcast for kids ages 4 to 7. Each story is 8 to 10 minutes, written to gently shift the mood, settle the body, and help kids understand their big feelings. Fear. Anger. Sadness. Joy. The whole messy, beautiful list. No screens. No subscriptions. Just a soft voice, a good story, and a kid who's slowly, finally, falling asleep. Free parent guide at heymomstorytime.com.
Hey Mom Story Time
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It's 8:47pm. Your kid is wired. You've already done the books, the water, the "one more cuddle." This is the podcast for tonight. Hey Mom Story Time is a calm bedtime podcast for kids ages 4 to 7. Each story is 8 to 10 minutes, written to gently shift the mood, settle the body, and help kids understand their big feelings. Fear. Anger. Sadness. Joy. The whole messy, beautiful list. No screens. No subscriptions. Just a soft voice, a good story, and a kid who's slowly, finally, falling asleep. Free parent guide at heymomstorytime.com.
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May 17, 2026
Liora and the Mirror Moss: A Bedtime Story for Kids About Shame | Hey Mom Story Time
<p>Someone said something once, and they haven't forgotten it.</p> <p>Maybe it was another kid. Maybe it was an offhand comment from a grown-up who didn't realise how far it would travel. Your child heard it, tucked it somewhere inside, and started making themselves a little smaller.</p> <p>This is the quietest kind of hard. It barely shows from the outside.</p> <p>Liora is a small tree frog with speckled toes and a voice like a bubble popping in a poem. She likes shadows, still ponds, and naming things no one else notices. But a long time ago a larger frog snorted after she spoke and said: "Pfft, you're too floaty-quiet. So weird." The words stuck. Not like moss. Like splinters.</p> <p>After that, Liora stopped raising her hand. Stopped asking questions. Started shrinking herself, not with magic. Just with silence.</p> <p>At the Annual Pond-Hop she tries and lands face-first in the mud and hides behind a fallen log. That's where she meets Elder Lichen, a moss-dusted newt with eyes that seem to hold every kind of feeling. Lichen doesn't tell Liora she's fine. Lichen says: that ache sounds like shame. It's the trickiest trickster. It tells soft hearts they're a problem. They aren't.</p> <p>Lichen points to a low patch of moss that only shimmers when the light hits just right. "That's mirror moss. It doesn't flash like fireflies. But when you stop and really look, it reflects everything it touches. You, little frog, are like that."</p> <p>That night, Liora doesn't leap or joke. She just tells a water beetle about a cloud shaped like a sleeping snail. She sings a ripple-song to a lily pad. She names the breeze "Whim." And something small and warm flickers in her throat. A light. Not big. Not loud. But hers.</p> <p><strong>Best for:</strong> the quiet child. The one who shrank after someone laughed. The one who stopped putting their hand up. Ages 4 to 7.</p> <p><strong>Length:</strong> about 9 minutes.</p> <p>💛 Get the free parent guide and printables for this story at <a href="https://heymomstorytime.com">Hey Mom Story Time — heymomstorytime.com</a></p> <p>🎧 New here? This is Hey Mom Story Time, audio stories for kids ages 4 to 7, written to gently shift the mood, settle the body, and make the last part of the day feel like something good. </p> [ TAGS ]bedtime stories for kids, shame in children, sensitive child, kids podcast, calm bedtime stories, emotional intelligence for kids, screen-free bedtime, gentle parenting, social emotional learning, stories ages 4-7
May 17, 2026
Marvin the Monkey and the Giggle Map: A Bedtime Story for Kids About Joy | Hey Mom Story Time
<p>Today had some hard parts.</p> <p>Not tragic. Just grey. The kind of day where the weather came in and the playing stopped and dinner was fine but nothing was that good. Your kid went to bed a little flat.</p> <p>This is the story for that.</p> <p>Marvin lives in the twisty treetops of the Banana Bloom Jungle and loves maps. Not the north-south kind. He makes Giggle Maps. Each dot marks something that made his belly do a happy flip or his ears feel wiggly-light.</p> <p>One morning he packs a banana and a blue crayon and heads out. He finds a parrot with a purple juice mustache (dot). He slips in a puddle and looks like a swampy pancake (dot). He watches Grandma Turtle snore in a hammock to the rhythm of jungle drums and whispers: even snores have soul (dot).</p> <p>But in the afternoon, clouds roll in. The birds stop singing. Marvin doesn't giggle once.</p> <p>He unrolls his map. Reads all the old dots. His face softens. His belly warms.</p> <p>"Joy doesn't disappear," he whispers. "Sometimes it just hides and waits for you to remember."</p> <p><strong>Best for:</strong> the kid who had a grey day and needs help finding the floor again. A good story for any night, really, but especially the tired ordinary ones. Ages 4 to 7.</p> <p><strong>Length:</strong> about 9 minutes.</p> <p>💛 Get the free parent guide and printables for this story at <a href="https://heymomstorytime.com">Hey Mom Story Time — heymomstorytime.com</a></p> <p>🎧 New here? This is Hey Mom Story Time, audio stories for kids ages 4 to 7, written to gently shift the mood, settle the body, and make the last part of the day feel like something good. </p> [ TAGS ]bedtime stories for kids, joy for children, gratitude kids, kids podcast, calm bedtime stories, emotional intelligence for kids, screen-free bedtime, gentle parenting, social emotional learning, stories ages 4-7
May 17, 2026
Mila Moth and the Not-So-Nothing Glow: A Bedtime Story for Kids About Comparison | Hey Mom Story Time
<p>"She's better at drawing than me." "He runs faster." "Everyone else got it and I didn't."</p> <p>Comparison arrives early. Around 4 or 5, kids start measuring themselves against other kids constantly. It's a developmental thing. Doesn't make it easier to watch.</p> <p>Mila Moth lives in the Garden of Buzz-a-Lot, where every bug loves to show off. Firefly Flash goes FLASH. Beetle Bounce goes BOING. Ladybug Glee giggles hee-hee-hee. And Mila flutters in and goes shh-shhhh, and feels invisible.</p> <p>She tries everything to get noticed. Glitter glue on her wings (it dries in lumpy clumps). A mega-megaphone (it squeaks like a hiccuping mouse). A turbo-buzz backpack (pbbbt). Every trick flops. And Mila feels smaller with each try.</p> <p>That night she finds Gran-Gran Wingtip on the quiet side of the fence, an old moth wrapped in a cozy shawl. Gran-Gran gives her a three-step secret map: stop chasing other bugs' booms. Notice your own breath. Let quiet do its quiet thing.</p> <p>So Mila tries. No glitter. No gadgets. Just her soft wings, beating slow. The flowers lean closer. The crickets stop. Firefly Flash blinks low to watch. And Beetle Bounce whispers: "When you fly, I feel safe."</p> <p>Mila glows. Not with neon. With peace.</p> <p><strong>Best for:</strong> the kid who keeps comparing themselves to others. The quiet one who doesn't see their own value yet. Ages 4 to 7.</p> <p><strong>Length:</strong> about 9 minutes.</p> <p>💛 Get the free parent guide and printables for this story at <a href="https://heymomstorytime.com">Hey Mom Story Time — heymomstorytime.com</a></p> <p>🎧 New here? This is Hey Mom Story Time, audio stories for kids ages 4 to 7, written to gently shift the mood, settle the body, and make the last part of the day feel like something good. New episode every Tuesday and Friday.</p> [ TAGS ]bedtime stories for kids, comparison anxiety kids, quiet child, kids podcast, calm bedtime stories, emotional intelligence for kids, screen-free bedtime, gentle parenting, social emotional learning, stories ages 4-7
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