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Guest 1: Adie Goldberg, author of It’s a Baby Boy! and It’s Baby Girl!
Topic: The unique wonder and special nature of your son or daughter
Issues: The different health issues, hard wiring, and biological development of each sex; how to understand and nourish the core nature of each baby; actual differences between boys and girls (newborn boys are less sensitive to sound than girls, girls’ brains are on average smaller than boy’s at birth).

Guest 2: Joanna Strober, coauthor of Getting to 50-50.
Topic: How working couples can have it all by sharing it all.
Issues: Combining children and career; the huge benefits reaped by kids, husbands, and wives when couples commit to sharing equally; defining “equal”’ finding 50-50 solutions to deal with issues of money, time, and more.

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Guest 1: Jeremy Friedman, coauthor of The Baby Care Book.
Topic: A complete guide from birth to 12 months old
Issues: Everything you need to know about your baby’s birth, first few days, growth and development, feeding, solid foods, sleeping, crying, and more

Guest 2: Peter Langman, author of Why Kids Kill.
Topic: Inside the minds of school shooters.
Issues: Distinct types of children who become school shooters (narcissistic/sadistic, hallucinations/delusions, abused/traumatized); identifying early signs of possible violence; preventive measures that educators and parents can take to protect our communities

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Guest 1: Joyce Cooper-Kahn, coauthor of Late, Lost, and Unprepared.
Topic: Helping children with executive functioning
Issues: What is executive functioning? Impact of a child’s executive issues on the rest of the family; assessments; changing your child’s behavior; helping children create plans, organize, and monitor their own behavior.

Guest 2: Richard Guare, coauthor or Smart but Scattered.
Topic: The “executive skills” approach to helping kids reach their potential
Issues: Identifying your child’s strengths and weaknesses; helping your child get organized, resist impulses, stay focused, use time wisely, plan ahead, follow through on tasks, solve problems independently, and more.

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Guest 1: Ron Taffel, author of Childhood Unbound
Topic: Saving our kids' best selves–confident parenting in a world of change
Issues: Guiding children of all ages in ways that bring out the best in kids and parents; understanding our children in 21st century terms; how to encourage the good while steering the kids away from the bad.

Guest 2: Susie Leonard Weller, author of Why Don’t You Understand.
Topic: Improve family communication
Issues: Understanding the four basic thinking styles: Logical, Creative, Practical, and Relational; what to do when someone’s style is driving you crazy, how to parent a child who marches to a different drummer.

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Guest 1: E.D. Hill, author of I’m Not Your Friend, I’m Your Parent.
Topic: Helping your children set the boundaries they need…and really want
Issues: Why manners is job one and the concept of "dressing for success" is not dead.

Guest 2: Theresa Kellam, author of The Parent Survival Guide.
Topic: From chaos to harmony in ten weeks or less.
Issues: Making a loving connection, finding windows into your child’s inner world, speaking the language of play, promoting your child’s emotional maturity.