Guest 1: Rachel Compos Duffy, author of Stay Home, Stay Happy.
Topic: Secrets to loving at-home motherhood.
Issues: Embracing the choice to stay home with confidence; taking care of yourself guilt-free; mentally and physically recharging every day, and more.

Guest 2: Deborah Copaken-Kogan, author of Hell is Other Parents.
Topic: Tales of maternal combustion
Issues: A collection of witty, smart, funny, poignant essays on dealing with intrusive and judgmental other parents, modern working parenthood, raising a family on inadequate income.

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Guest 1 and 2: Po Bronson, author of NurtureShock
Topic: New thinking about children
Issues: Why just about everything you think you know about parenting could be wrong; why the most brutal person in a child’s life is often a sibling; when is it too soon—or too late—to teach a child about race; why reading to your child may not be the most effective way of stimulating vocabulary.

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Guest 1: Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, editor of My Little Red Book.
Topic: Stories about first periods.
Issues: How dads can approach his daughter's first period without making it uncomfortable for either of them; why there is a taboo around the subject matter.

Guest 2: Guest Michael Greenberg, author of Hurry Down Sunshine.
Topic: A father's story of love and madness.
Issues: What it's like to be the parent of a child who suffers from mental illness; understanding and coping with the anger, frustration, desperation, and helplessness that parents and other loved ones may feel when trying to save a child from mental illness.

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Guest 1: David Swanson, author of Help—My Kid Is Driving Me Crazy.
Topic: How kids manipulate their parents.
Issues: Why kids manipulate; Learning to recognize 17 distinct types of manipulate and what you need to do to disarm them.

Guest 2: Diana Peters Meyer, author of Overcoming School Anxiety.
Topic: Getting kids ready for school.
Issues: How to help your child deal with separation, tests, homework, bullies, math phobia, and other worries; telling the difference between normal start-of-school jitters and anxiety that warrants a call to the specialists.

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