04/27/08

Guest 1: Kevin Leman, author of Have a New Kid by Friday.

Topic: How to change your child’s attitude, behavior and character in five days.

Issues: Combating defiant attitudes and power struggles; Understanding why your kids do what they do–and what you can do about it; simple strategies any parent can carry out.

Guest 2: Sherman Silber, author of How to Get Pregnant

Topic: Understanding infertility and overcoming it.

Issues: The changing definition of “biological clock”; why humans don’t know when to have sex and why human sexuality is reproductively inefficient; various fertility techniques; incredible new technologies that will change the way couples have children.

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04/20/08

Guest 1: Matthew Kelley, author of Building Better Families

Topic: Raising amazing children in a changing world.

Issues: What makes a successful parent? Identifying your priorities as a family; the five things children really need; the importance of having realistic expectations of ourselves, our children, and our family.

Guest 2: Amy Baker, author of Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome

Topic: Understanding the long-term damage done to children who were turned by one parents against the other.

Issues: What is parental alienation (PA)? What was it like to be a child who was manipulated by one parent? Strategies used by parental alienators to drive a wedge between the child and the other parent; how do these children grow up?

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Guest 1: Bill Strickland, author of Make the Impossible Possible.

Topic: One man’s crusade to inspire others to dream bigger and achieve the extraordinary.

Issues: A successful life is not something you simply pursue—it’s something that you create; how to stop going through the motions of living and how to savor each and every day; how the way we treat people and ourselves influences the kind of life we have.

Guest 2: Allan Beane, author of Protect Your Child from Bullying.

Topic: Advice to help recognize, prevent, and stop bullying before your child gets hurt.

Issues: Tell-tale signs that your child is being victimized; understanding the characteristics that make a child an easy target; how to give your child a solid foundation for dealing with bullying situations; why not to teach a child to physically retaliate against a bully.

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Guest 1: Barbara Zurer Pearson, author of Raising a Bilingual Child.

Topic: A step by step guide for parents.

Issues: The tremendous advantages bilinguals have in the business world; the advantages of a bilingual upbringing and how it can enhance a child’s intellectual development; how children learn language and how it differs from the way adults learn.

Guest 2: Marie Pinak Carr, author of Prepared Parent's Operational Manual.

Topic: What parents need to know before sending a child off to college.

Issues: Getting your child (and yourself) prepared to cope with finances and budgeting, insurance issues, homesickness, long-distance physical illness, roommate troubles; what to do—and how to protect yourself—when the unexpected happens.

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