Guest 1: Brenda Nixon, author of Parenting Power in the Early Years.

Topic: Raising your child with confidence birth to age five.

Issues: Practical childcare tips for new parents

Guest 2: Ron Fairchild, Executive Director, Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University.

Topic: How to stop the summer brain drain.

Issues: School stops for summer but learning never should; how to build better bodies and behavior; summer is the perfect time for you to discover what your child does and does not know.

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Guest 1: Calvin Sandborn, author of Becoming the Kind Father.

Topic: A son’s journey of self discovery.

Issues: How a man’s relationship with his father influences who he is; helping men identify and discuss their feelings; learning to treat yourself and others as a kind father would; forgiving the less-than-kind father you may have had.

Guest 2: Elisha Cooper, author of Crawling.

Topic: A memoir of a father’s first year.

Issues: The joy, anxiety, exhaustion, and pride of new parents everywhere; coping with the ways life changes; sleep deprivation; getting it all right—or wrong.

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Guest 1: Ellen Currey-Wilson, author of The Big Turnoff. /span>

Topic: Confessions of a TV-addicted mom trying to raise a TV-free kid.

Issues: Good reasons to try to get TV viewing under control; the effect of banning TV on relationships with family and friends; keeping up with popular culture without TV; the differences between TV and watching movies or playing video games; national TV-Turnoff Week

Guest 2: Margart Pevec, co-author of What Kids Really Want to Ask.

Topic: Using movies to start meaningful conversations.

Issues: Middle schoolers were asked this question: “If you cold ask your mom or dad one question and know you would get an honest answer, what question would you ask?” This book presents those questions and presents a unique way parents can answer them and keep those lines of communication open.

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Guest 1: Michael Gilbert, author of The Disposable Male.

Topic: Sex, love and money—the world through Darwin’s eyes.

Issues: Why is men’s work is so important to their identity? Why are women so concerned with men’s prospects and finances? Benefits of single-sex education for boys as well as girls; working with nature instead of fighting it.

Guest 2: Jane Isay, author of Walking on Eggshells.

Topic: Navigating the delicate relationship between adult children and parents.

Issues: Parenthood doesn’t end when the kids move out of the house; how parents and adult children can set and respect each other’s boundaries; why parents need to learn to give advice only when it’s asked for; how children can learn to stay close to mom and dad but still be independent.

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