1KHO 656: Real Education Success Starts at Home | Dr. Kelly Cagle, Parenting IQ Podcast

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Ginny Yurich sits down with Dr. Kelly Cagle, educational researcher, former teacher, and host of the Parenting IQ Podcast, for a practical, hopeful conversation about what kids actually need to thrive in today’s school-and-screen-saturated world. Kelly shares her story of moving from Brazil to the U.S. at age 11, learning English through sheer curiosity (and PBS’s Arthur), and being pushed ahead through school, an experience that made her question how quickly we rush children through development. Together, they zoom out to look at what other countries do differently (including Finland’s later start and play-based early years), why the American system often rewards compliance over growth, and how that pressure can hit certain kids, especially those with ADHD, extra hard. You’ll also get immediately usable ideas for supporting ADHD at school and at home without turning your child into a “problem to manage.” Kelly explains why small accommodations can be game-changing (gum or mints for sensory input, permission to stand or pace, movement breaks, flexible seating), and why partnering with teachers matters more than picking the “perfect” school. The heart of this episode is Kelly’s grounded message: real school success starts at home, and “less is more” isn’t a vibe, it’s a strategy. If you’re trying to un-bubble-wrap your kids, rebuild healthy rhythms, and raise children with self-control, perseverance, and a sense of belonging, this conversation will leave you encouraged and equipped. Learn more about Kelly and all she has to offer here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Eurton, I'm the founder of 1,000
0:03.6	Hours Outside, and I'm so excited to have Dr. Kelly Kagle here with us. You are doing all sorts
0:09.6	of work with the families with ADHD. You have your own podcast. You have all sorts of courses.
0:14.7	Big welcome to you. Thank you so much. I've been looking forward to this conversation for a long
0:20.6	time. All right. Tell us about your background. You've got looking forward to this conversation for a long time.
0:21.7	All right, tell us about your background. You've got this PhD from the University of Texas at Arlington
0:25.3	in K to 16 educational leadership and policy studies. Your research includes alternative
0:31.1	instructional methods and school choice, which is interesting. Is K-16 just what it means? Is
0:36.0	a kindergarten to age 16? No, no, no, no.
0:38.4	It's grade 16, as in higher education. That's what I wondered. K-16. So basically it's all the way
0:44.7	through college. That's right. So it's just a mouthful for education, kind of any level of education.
0:51.9	Although it doesn't include pre-K, you know, you study a lot of human
0:55.6	development. And so learning starts literally from the moment, honestly, of conception, right?
1:02.4	Because the mom's learning all the things the baby is developing and doing all the beautiful
1:07.0	things that creation is, you know. And so you asked how I got into this, man,
1:13.8	I'm originally from Brazil, Jenny. And so if you hear my accent come out, that's my,
1:18.1	when I, back in my coaching days, the girls would always say, we always know when Coach Kegos
1:21.7	piss because their accent comes out. So it also comes out at random times whenever I'm speaking and things like that.
1:29.7	So if it comes out, audience, now you know it's because I'm from Brazil.
1:33.6	But when I moved here to America, I spoke no English.
1:36.2	I was 11 years old.
1:38.0	The school system in Brazil is because of the way that the weather is.
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