1KHO 860: There Is No Expertise That Supersedes a Parent Who Knows Their Child | Dr. Siobhan Dunnavant, Advocates for Healthy Kids

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS

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Summary

There is no expertise that supersedes a parent who knows their child. That idea sits at the heart of this conversation with Dr. Siobhan Dunnavant, an OB-GYN with more than 25 years of experience who believes the best doctors don't silence questions. They invite them. We talk about finding the confidence to trust your instincts, navigating medical decisions without fear, raising kids in a world of screens, and why connection, movement, and time outside still shape healthier families. If you've ever walked away from an appointment feeling unheard or wondered whether you're allowed to question the experts, this conversation is for you. Learn more and find support at HealthyKidsAlliance.com . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them out below: BetterHelp: Visit www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop www.whisker.com/1000HOURS woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code 1000HOURS at checkout for 10% off your new bike purchase, excluding the woom WOW. Muzzle Sleep Tape - Go to MuzzleSleep.com and use code 1000HOURS for 10% off. Ethos Life Insurance - Get your free quote at ethos.com/1000hours Active Skin Repair - Don’t forget to put this in your first aid kit! Visit ActiveSkinRepair.com and use the code 1000HOURS to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products. 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 Erickton, the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.
0:05.0	And it is truly an honor for me to have an opportunity to talk to this wonderful woman who is doing so much for parents.
0:11.6	It's an opportunity for you to get to listen to her. We're going to be talking about this incredible platform where parents can go to increase the empowerment they have as parents to learn more.
0:22.6	Dr. Chavon. Donovan.
0:24.6	Thank you, Jenny. I'm so glad to be here. You're perfect.
0:27.6	Yeah, I'm so glad you're here.
0:30.1	Shavon, this is such an opportunity for parents because this is a day in age where it's very tricky.
0:35.3	There's a lot of swirling information and we can easily doubt ourselves and we can easily be swayed. And so what you're doing is a senior advisor at Advocates for Healthy Kids Kids, Kids, Kids, and Virginia with over 25 years of experience in women's and maternal health is critically important. People are going to find information at healthy kids alliance.com.
0:56.6	We're going to be talking about all the types of things that you offer there.
1:05.3	But you know, I think sometimes, sometimes there's experiences where we, that we have with a doctor or someone who's in a position of authority who does not like to have questions asked.
1:10.5	And so it's intriguing for
1:12.9	me to listen to you and to get a chance to talk with you and to see you as a doctor. Dr. Donovan
1:19.0	is O BGYN working for 25 years who is encouraging question and asking, who is encouraging
1:24.9	listening to your gut, trusting your gut as a parent.
1:28.5	So how did you become that type of a doctor as opposed to the one that's a little bit more
1:32.8	authoritarian?
1:34.2	Well, I started my career as a nurse.
1:37.2	I'm a mom of four kids, so I had many needs of collaboration.
1:44.0	But I truly believe in the idea of you have to choose
1:47.3	kind of your philosophy, it's a physician, and I believe it's patient-centered.
1:52.3	And so, you know, the idea, there's nothing, I tell my patients, there's nothing somebody
1:57.8	can say to me that will make me worry more than don't worry, honey.
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