Apr
20
2006
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- News: A different response to obesity. Car seat manufacturers are making jumbo size seats to accommodate the growing bottoms of today’s obese children.
- Email question: Expecting exercise. Working out with your pregnant partner.
- Book reviews: Books for kids about the joys and horrors of becoming a big brother and sister.
- Interview: Bad girls. A discussion about why girls are becoming more violent and what we can do about it, with James Garbarino, author of See Jane Hit.
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Apr
18
2006
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- News: Are broken hearts for real? Fighting with your spouse actually causes cardiac damage.
- Email question: To have or not to have. When is the right time to have a second (or third) child?
- Music review: Charity and the Jam Band.
- Interview: Instant fatherhood. A conversation about how men can be effective stepfathers and husbands, with Carl Pickhardt, author of Keys to Successful Stepfathering.
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Apr
13
2006
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- News: Parents and teachers see children very differently–and they have very different opinions of the major issues in education.
- Movie reviews: Great movies to watch with your son (of course you can watch with your daughter too).
- Email question: Making hollow threats. Is it okay to make threats you can't possibly back up (like taking your child's toys away for 20 years)?
- Interview: The troubled-teen industry: How tough love programs con parents and actually do more harm than good. A discusion with Maja Szalavitz, author of Help at Any Cost.
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Apr
11
2006
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- News: Unsafe toys. Eight toys and games that are just accidents waiting to happen.
- Book reviews: Travel guidebooks for adults.
- Email question: Grandpa?! How to cope with becoming a grandfather in one's 40s.
- Interview: What husbands really think about their marriages, their wives, sex, housework, and commitment. A discusion with Neil Chethik, author of Voicemale.
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Apr
06
2006
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- News: Fluoride. A little goes a long way. Too much–from drinks and supplements–can discolor and damage teeth.
- Movie Reviews: Reviews of "Yours, Mine, and Ours," and the new DVD of "Lady and the Tramp."
- Email question: Getting angry at your child. Everyone has moments of blinding fury. It's what you do with them that's really important.
- Interview: Mastering the habits that can create a lifetime of success. A discussion with Jim Canterucci, author of Personal Brilliance.
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Apr
04
2006
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- News: The benfits of good father-daughter relationships.
- Book reviews: Children's books about travel and traveling.
- Email question: Should dads get up for midnight feedings? Not if they can help it. We'll talk about why.
- Interview: Bad news in the headlines. A discussion about helping kids understand and cope with frightening events on tv, radio, and in print, with Lorna Ann Knox, author of Scary News.
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