Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic
Hosted by Dr Friendtastic and Eileen Kennedy-Moore · Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, author, psychologist, focusing on children's feelings, children's friendships, parenting, mental health.
4.7from 98 ratings
- 177
- Episodes
- 31
- Transcribed
- 98
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic
Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic is a weekly, 5-min. podcast for children about making and keeping friends. Each episode features an audio recording of a question about friendship from a kid (gr. K-8) plus a practical and thought-provoking answer from Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, (aka Dr. Friendtastic,) an author and clinical psychologist based in Princeton, NJ. For transcripts and discussion questions: https://DrFriendtastic.com/podcast. To submit a question: https://DrFriendtastic.com/submit. For parent resources: https://EileenKennedyMoore.com drfriendtastic.substack.com (https://drfriendtastic.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, author, psychologist, focusing on children's feelings, children's friendships, parenting, mental health.
- Category
- kids & family · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Jan 2023
- Latest episode
- 10 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
31 of 177 episodes have a transcript.
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Best friend doesn’t want to play with her! (Hazel, Age 6.5) | 165
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What do we owe people who are not our friends? | 164
26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is her friend lying?! (Nova, Age 7) | 163
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Best friend doesn’t want to play with her! (Hazel, Age 6.5) | 165
Published 10 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Because she's your best friend, you probably expected that she would want to play with you. Most of the time, she probably does. Why do you think she didn't want to play with you that day? One possibility is that she is a mean and terrible friend because she didn't do what you expect her to do. Hmm, that doesn't make sense. It's entirely possible for someone to be a good and caring friend and also want to do something different than you want to do. Another possibility is that she likes a certain game that you don't like, or maybe she wanted to play with certain other kids because she likes them and she hasn't played with them in a while. […]
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- Hazel
- Nova
- Serena
- Julian
- Blaire
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 92 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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- Quality
- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic?
Dr Friendtastic and Eileen Kennedy-Moore host the show. Published by Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, author, psychologist, focusing on children's feelings, children's friendships, parenting, mental health..
How often do new episodes come out?
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