Guest 1: Sharon Fried Buchalter, author of New Parents Are People, Too.

Topic: Eight secrets to surviving parenthood as individuals and as a couple.

Issues: Working together to become great parents; nurturing yourselves as individuals and as a couple; identifying priorities; setting and achieving personal and family goals; learning to appreciate each other; overcoming conflicts

Guest 2: Randall Hicks, author of Adoption.

Topic: How to adopt quickly and safely.

Issues: Choosing the type of adoption that fits your family’s needs; selecting the right attorney or adoption agency; avoiding delays, red tape, scams, and other pitfalls; accomplishing an adoption—domestic or international—in a year or less.

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Guest 1: Adrianne Ahern, author of Snap Out of It Now!

Topic: Four steps to inner joy.

Issues: Learning to understand—and overcome–the reasons people say yes to the wrong relationships, let anger lead them down the wrong path, fail at diets, and believe they aren’t good enough; making a quantum leap to a life of purpose, joy, and excellence.

Guest 2: Lynn Reeves Griffin, author of Negotiation Generation.

Topic: Taking back your parental authority without punishment.

Issues: How to influence your child’s behavior—without controlling it; predicting and preventing challenging behavior; letting go of time outs, grounding, spankings, and other punishments; teaching by example

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Guest 1: Frank Lawlis, author of Mending the Broken Bond.

Topic: Developing a loving relationship with your child in 90 days.

Issues: Being the role model your child needs you to be; using empathy to resolve problems; learning when and how to forgive; channeling your child’s energy through diet, breathing exercises, and calming activities

Guest 2: Jane Hersey, author of Why Can't My Child Behave?

Topic: How foods and additives affect children’s behavior.

Issues: Understanding the effects of additives, including asthma, depression, developmental delays, and autism; easy ways to eliminate additives.

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Guest 1: Michelle Hernandez, author of Acing the College Application.

Topic: Maximizing your child’s chances for admission to the college of his or her choice.

Issues: Understanding the Common Application; how the answer to the “Why” question can make or break your application; the truth about what colleges are really looking for in essays; myths and misconceptions about the on-campus interview.

Guest 2: Richard Lerner, author of The Good Teen.

Topic: Debunking the negative myths about adolescents.

Issues: Teens have an undeserved bad rap in the media and elsewhere; redefining adolescence; all teens have the potential to develop in healthy ways; the characteristics of a good teen and what parents and others can do to encourage them

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