Coming Up

8/3/08
Guest 1: Paula Statman, author of Raising Careful, Confident Kids and a Crazy World.
Topic:
Teaching kids to be safe and strong.
Issues: Striking a healthy balance between safety and panic; turning nice kids into safe kids; why scare tactics don’t work; what parents and kids need to know about sex offenders; much more.

Guest 2: Michael Ungar, author of Too Safe for Their Own Good.
Topic:
How risk and responsibility help teens thrive.
Issues: Adolescents are safer now than at any time in history—why are we overly protecting them? How bubble-wrapping kids stunts their healthy growth and puts them at harm; the benefits of experiencing manageable amounts of danger.

8/10/08
Guest 1: Meir Schneider, creator of the Natural Vision Improvement Kit.
Topic:
Improving eyesight naturally.
Issues: Proven, non-surgical methods of improving eyesight; exercises to increase eye health; what accounts for the growing percentage of children who wear glasses; Meir Schneider’s inspirational story of overcoming blindness using these techniques. See Self-healing.org for more info and schedule of classes and seminars.

Guest 2: Auriela McCarthy, author of The Power of the Possible.
Topic:
How to stop being right and start being happy.
Issues: How to stop arguing over mundane issues like housework; using everyday stories from real people as a way to get you to rethink everything you believe about relationships and how to make them better.

8/17/08
Guest 1: Lewis Solomon and Janet Stern Solomon, coauthors of Bratproofing Your Children.
Topic:
How to raise socially and financially responsible kids.
Issues: Protecting children from potentially negative influences of parents’ wealth; protecting your wealth from being destroyed by children and grandchildren.

Guest 2: Marybeth Hicks, author of Bringing Up Geeks.
Topic:
How to protect your kid’s childhood in a grow-up-too-fast world.
Issues: Redefining “geek” in positive terms (Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids); freeing children from cultural conditioning while instilling important values; pursuing passions instead of fashions; resisting peer pressure and destructive behavior; supporting the love of learning that helps kids excel in school.

8/24/08
Guest 1: Preston Smith, author of The Potty Trainer.
Topic:
The ultimate guide to potty training your child.
Issues: When to start potty training; how to do it; the importance of parents staying engaged in the process; the increasing number of post-potty-training issues such as bedwetting, daytime accidents, etc; when a toilet-related issue warrants a trip to the pediatrician.

Guest 2: Laura Jana, coauthor of Food Fights.
Topic:
Winning the nutritional challenges of parenthood armed with insight, humor, and a bottle of ketchup.
Issues: How to pick your battles and arm yourself accordingly; tv dinners, fast foods and other nutritional minefields; the 5-second rule; influences of family, friends, and others.

8/31/08
Guest 1: Tamar Chansky, author of Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking.
Topic:
Practical strategies to build a lifetime of resilience, flexibility, and happiness.
Issues: Understanding what negative thinking is and how it affects our children; challenging your child’s mind; helping your child find and apply his or her strengths.

Guest 2: Frances Cole Jones, author of How to Wow.
Topic:
Proven strategies for presenting your ideas, persuading your audience, and perfecting your image.
Issues: Making a lasting impression with a simple introduction; using the 12 most persuasive words in the English language to command any situation; reading non-verbal responses accurately; motivate others; deliver speeches that bring people to their feet.

9/7/08
Guest 1: Beth Grosshans, author of Beyond Time Out.
Topic:
Moving from chaos to calm.
Issues: Why our emphasis on talking and self-esteem is responsible for parental ineffectiveness and children’s unruliness; looking at the imbalance of power in families (where kids have too much and the parents not enough); the parenting styles that most commonly lead to that imbalance of power.

Guest 2: Dade Hayes, author of Anytime Playdate.
Topic:
Inside the preschool entertainment boom.
Issues: The inner workings of the $21 billion business of entertaining babies and toddlers; How the success of Dora the Explorer prompted the development of other multi-lingual shows; the positive effects of media moderate media exposure (as long as it’s supplemented by good parenting)

  • Host Armin Brott


  • Armin Brott, a nationally recognized parenting expert, is known worldwide as Mr. Dad. He is the leading author of books on fatherhood, which have sold millions of copies worldwide. Armin writes the nationally syndicated column, "Ask Mr. Dad," and hosts the "Positive Parenting" radio show.
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