Five with Fry

Five with Fry is your go-to podcast for understanding conflict—where it comes from, why it shows up, and how to handle it with clarity and intention. On each episode, Dr. Jen Fry breaks down the moments we avoid, the reactions we default to, and the skills it takes to move through conflict without blowing things up or shutting down.

Five with Fry is a society podcast hosted by Dr. Jen Fry, with 79 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dr. Jen Fry hosts Five with Fry, a society show with 79 episodes published.

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  Episode #8

  S4 Ep8: Congratulations, Your Kid Just Fired The Sport

  Aug 18, 20267 minS4

  Your kid says they're done, and they say it without drama. No meltdown, no blowup, just a decision. They walk away lighter. And you're the one left standing there running the numbers on everything you put in. I've watched this from the coach side for years, and the part that surprises parents most isn't losing the games. It's losing the people. Somewhere in there, your kid's team became your team. Those parents on the sideline became the friends who carried you through the hard stuff. When your kid walks away, you lose that too, and nobody tells you to expect the grief that comes with it. So this episode is about what's actually happening in you in that moment, and why the grief is real but it's yours to hold, not your child's to manage. I get into the first thing to say when they tell you (it's shorter than you'd guess), and why it matters so much that they were honest with you instead of just quietly checking out. If your athlete has said it, or you can feel it coming, this one's for you. https://jenfrytalksyouthsports.com/book

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  Episode #7

  S4 Ep7: Your kid isn't being picked on. They are being coached.

  Aug 11, 20266 minS4

  Your kid comes off the court and says the coach is picking on them again. Always calling them out, never the other kids. And before they've finished the sentence, you're already halfway to a decision about what you're going to do about it. I get why. You hear the hurt in their voice, and you want to protect them. But most of the time, that thing your kid is calling out isn't being singled out. It's being coached. And the two feel identical from the passenger seat if nobody's ever taught your kid the difference. In this episode, I talk about what actually happens when a coach keeps correcting your athlete, why the kid getting less feedback usually isn't the one doing better, and the reflex I watched parents fall into for fifteen years on the bench side — treating a correction like something's gone wrong instead of something's being built. I also get into the harder line: when tough feedback gets called abuse, and why blurring that costs your kid something later. Before You Blame the Coach is out now. If this one lands, share it with a sport parent who needs it. https://jenfrytalksyouthsports.com/book

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  Episode #6

  S4 Ep6: Put the angry email in the book (Before You Blame the Coach out now!)

  Aug 4, 20267 minS4

  Your kid gets benched. Your chest goes tight. And somewhere between the sideline and the parking lot, a message starts writing itself in your head — the one that has to be sent. This is the episode where the book is finally out, and it's the exact moment I built the book for. Because I've watched this play out from the other side of the bench for fifteen years: a parent who loves their kid, who's running on a partial story and a spike of emotion, deciding right then that the coach needs to hear it — or worse, that the internet does. I get into why that moment is where supportive parenting either holds or comes apart. Missing context. A kid who told you eighty percent of the conversation. The screenshot that outlives the apology. And the thing nobody wants to sit with — that what you do while you're hot doesn't stay with you. It follows your athlete into rooms you'll never be in. Before You Blame the Coach is out now. This one's about the pause that protects everybody, especially the kid you're trying to defend. https://jenfrytalksyouthsports.com/book

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  Episode #5

  S4 Ep5: The Secret Bribery Ring That Doesn't Exist

  Jul 28, 20267 minS4

  You've probably said some version of it. "I didn't pay all this money for you to play like that." Maybe out loud, maybe in your head on the drive home, maybe half-joking. This episode is about where that sentence actually lands. It doesn't land on the coach. It doesn't land on the club. It lands on your kid, who can't do anything with it except start believing they owe you. In this episode, I get into how money quietly turns your child's sport into a bill they think they have to pay back, why that changes how they play and practice, and why the bribery-ring rumor about club coaches falls apart the second you look at what those coaches actually earn. I also tell a story about a pair of shoes my mom bought me decades ago, and the math I've been doing in my head ever since. It's the reason I think about money and expectations the way I do, and why attaching dollars to how your kid performs costs everyone more than it looks like. If you've felt that surge when the money crosses your mind mid-game, this one's for you. Order Before You Blame the Coach at https://jenfrytalksyouthsports.com/book.

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  Episode #4

  S4 Ep4: Youth Sports Were Never Meant to Be Fair

  Jul 21, 20268 minS4

  Playing time is where I've watched more parents come undone than almost anything else. Not because they're difficult people, but because the rotation pokes at something real. Fairness. Pride. The fear sitting under all of it. And the first pivot I hear, almost every time, is some version of "it's not fair." Here's the thing I've learned from the other side of the bench: youth sports were never built to be fair. The kid who's 6'2" at twelve, the late bloomer, the one splitting practices between two sports — the reps were never going to come out even. So when fairness becomes the score you're keeping, you lose the season to a game the sport isn't playing. But there's a second thing underneath the fairness argument, and it's the one this episode is really about. Sometimes what you're sure is great...isn't. I've sat with film where a parent wants the diving, flopping, all-over-the-floor defender cut into a highlight reel — and what I see is a kid who can't stay on their feet. Same clip. Two completely different reads. You weren't missing information. You were watching the whole time and measuring by the wrong thing. That's not a knock on you. It's just the gap between what looks impressive and what a coach actually trusts. This episode is about closing that gap and asking a better question than "is it fair?"

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