Positive Parenting, January 27, 2008 [25:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Guest 1: Sue Johnson, coauthor, and Rick Johnson, illustrator, of Grandloving.

Topic: Making memories with your grandchildren.

Issues: How grandparents provide stability and security for grandchildren; fun, inexpensive things to do with the grandkids; staying in touch over long distances; tips for grandparents caring for or raising grandchildren.

Guest 2: Lisa Guernsey, author of Into the Minds of Babes.

Topic: How screen time affects children from birth to age five.

Issues: Why the concerns about television causing ADHD are overblown; why “interactivity is not all it’s cracked up to be; how baby videos may be doing more harm that good; the damage done by having a television going in the background.

 

 Positive Parenting January 20, 2008 [25:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Guest 1: Joshua Henkin, author of Matrimony.

Topic: An award-winning novelist tackles relationships, children, betrayal, and reconciliation in his latest work.

Guest 2: Megan Francis, author of Table for Eight.

Topic: Raising a large family in a small-family world.

Issues: Housing, feeding, and schlepping a large family; making sure everyone in the family gets one-on-one time with mom and dad; having a career and a big family.

 

 Positive Parenting January 20, 2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Guest 1: Laurence Steinberg, author of The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting.

Topic: Why parenting is more science than art.

Issues: The attitudes and behaviors that have been scientifically proven to lead to happy, healthy, and successful children.

Guest 2: Koren Zailckas, author of Smashed.

Topic: A former teen alcoholic tells her story.

Issues: The availability of alcohol; how and why teens start drinking; what parents need to do to keep their kids from drinking—but aren’t.

 

 Positive Parenting January 6, 2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Guest 1: Neil Chethik, author of VoiceMale.

Topic: What husbands really think about their marriages, their wives, sex, housework, and commitment.

Issues: A unique look at men’s complex inner lives; men’s unique, masculine style of loving; what men are really looking for in the women they love.

Guest 2: Scott Haltzman, author of The Secrets of Happily Married Men.

Topic: Eight ways men can win their wife’s heart forever.

Issues: Identifying relationship challenges; how men can use their special strengths to improve relationships; overcoming gender stereotypes in marriage.