| Item # |
Air Date |
Guest |
Description |
| 0104 |
1/4/04 |
Martha Underwood Barnard, author of Helping Your Depressed
Child: A Step-By-Step Guide For Parents |
Topic: how parents can help children who are depressed. Issues:
we used to think that depression was an illness that only struck adolescents and
adults–today we know that 1 in 33 young children are depressed; until puberty,
boys and girls are equally likely to be depressed. After that, girls experience
it about twice as often as boys, but boys commit suicide four times as often as
girls; identifying symptoms of depression; finding therapists and other mental
health professionals; considering medication or alternative treatments. |
| 0204 |
1/11/04 |
Rosemary Callard-Zulgit, author of Perfectionism And Gifted
Children |
Topic: children who are perfectionists. Issues: what are the
traits of the perfectionist? Advantages and disadvantages of being a perfectionist;
myths about perfectionists; why perfectionists set such wildly unrealistic goals
for themselves, and why they see themselves as failures if they don’t fulfill
those goals; socialization problems experienced by children who are perfectionists;
implementing commonsense solutions and helping children get over their need to
be perfect. |
| 0304 |
1/18/04 |
Martine Byer, coauthor of Sex And The Single Parent |
Topic: Help for parents who find themselves back in the dating
game. Issues: "traditional" family (mom, dad, 2.5 kids) accounts for
less than 25 percent of American households; during the 1990s, the number of single
parents grew five times faster than the number of married parents, and number
of households run by single dads doubled; what happens when single parents want
to start dating again? single parents’ social lives; when to introduce the
kids to the new person; considering the questions of living together or getting
remarried; coming up with a mix of social life and family life that works for
everyone. |
| 0404 |
1/25/04 |
Lynda and Area Maderas, authors of What's Happening To My
Body For Boys and What's Happening To My Body For Girls |
Topic: puberty. Issues: understanding what boys and girls are
going through during puberty; understanding their confusion and embarrassment;
helping them realize that they aren't alone in their concerns as they go through
their transformation to womanhood or manhood; when to start talking to kids about
puberty; best ways to communicate with teens and pre teens on these issues. |
| 0504 |
2/1/04 |
William Ouchi, author of Making Schools Work |
Topic: a revolutionary plan to get your children the education
they need. Issues: the factors that truly separate successful schools from failing
ones; what it takes to turn the worst schools into the best; improving math and
reading scores by giving individual school principals control over their budgets;
what parents, teachers, and principals will have to do to make a first-class education
a reality for every child. |
| 0604 |
2/8/04 |
Katherine Ketcham, author of Teens Under the Influence
|
Topic: the truth about alcohol, and other drugs–how to
recognize the problem and what to do about it. Issues: the extent of the teen
drug and alcohol abuse problem; why kids get hooked in the first place; common
myths and misconceptions about drug and alcohol abuse; differences between adult
and adolescent addiction; treatment options. |
| 0704 |
2/15/04 |
Frances Berg, author of Underage and Overweight |
Topic: America’s childhood obesity crisis–what every
family needs to know. Issues: the crisis of childhood obesity; over the past twenty
years, the number of overweight adolescents has tripled; this is associated with
increases in cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes, as well as
higher obesity later in life; how overweight kids get that way; what we can do
about it besides simply prescribing aerobics and limiting portion sizes; positive
parenting steps that we can take–in the classroom, on the playground, at
the fast-food counter, and at the family dining table–to help our children
lead healthier, happier lives. |
| 0804 |
2/22/04 |
Lawrence Schwartz, author of Fat Daddy, Fit Daddy |
Topic: a man’s guide to fitness and family. Issues: lifestyle
changes that cause parents to gain weight; the results are scary: more and more
Americans suffering dying too soon as a result of weight-related illnesses; balancing
fitness and family; effective steps that working dads–and moms–can take
to improve their overall fitness. |
| 0904 |
2/29/04 |
Esme Codell, author of How To Get Your Child To Love Reading
|
Topic: children’s literature and the importance of reading.
Issues: activities, ideas, and inspiration: overcoming obstacles to reading; getting
kids interested in literature; making kids readers for life; the creative process
as explained by an author and illustrator; positive parenting techniques that
will help make your child a reader for life. |
| 1004 |
3/7/04 |
Emily Green, co-author of What, No Meat? |
Topic: What to do when your kid becomes a vegetarian. Issues:
different types of vegetarians; learning to cook in a whole new way; debunking
myths about vegetarian diets; making sure that vegetarian kids get enough protein,
vitamins, etc. |
| 1104 |
3/14/04 |
Rae Pica, author of Your Active Child |
Topic: How to boost physical, emotional, and cognitive development
through age-appropriate activity. Issues: what every happened to the good old
days when kids played, rode their bikes, and just had fun? finding a balance between
couch potatoes and overbooked superkids; encouraging a safe level of activity
without going overboard |
| 1204 |
3/21/04 |
Paco Underhill, author of Call Of The Mall |
Topic: The allure of shopping malls. Issues: Americans’
love-hate relationship with malls; have they ruined our culture? Why do we go
back again and again and again; shopping malls as the new town square; how do
malls impact our culture? How do they make us who we are? |
| 1304 |
3/28/04 |
Neale Godfrey, author of Money Still Doesn’t Grow on
Trees |
Topic: Raising financially responsible teenagers and young adults.
Issues: . Issues: why it's important to teach teens money sense; why kids can
get money skills only through real-life experience; where do kids get their money
and what do they do with it; best ages to start; how do set up a program to give
your teens responsibility for their own finances. |
| 1404 |
4/4/04 |
Lynda Maderas, author of Ready, Set, Grow |
Topic: A look at puberty for younger girls, ages 7-10. Issues:
understanding what puberty is all about; why the onset of puberty is starting
earlier and earlier; understanding girls’ confusion and embarrassment; helping
them realize that they aren't alone in their concerns as they go through their
transformation to womanhood; when to start talking to kids about puberty; best
ways to communicate with preteens about these issues. |
| 1504 |
4/11/04 |
Ken Haver, co-author of The Harvard Medical School Guide
to Taking Control Of Asthma |
Topic: A comprehensive asthma prevention and treatment plan
for parents and children. Issues: the scope of asthma–15 million Americans
including 6 million children have it; office visits and emergency room visits
are way up; what asthma is; what causes it; how to manage it; medical and non-medical
treatment options |
| 1604 |
4/18/04 |
Judith Wallerstein, author of What about the Kids? |
Topic: Raising children before, during, and after divorce. Issues:
Every year more than a million couples get divorced in this country and well over
half of those break-ups involve children; some couples put their differences aside
and focus on what’s best for their children; but between a quarter and a
half of them keep up a level of friction and antagonism that’s destructive
to themselves and everyone around them; how conflict affects children and adults;
how divorce keeps on affecting children throughout their lives; understand how
a breakup is going to affect the children and what parents can do to reduce their
children's burden |
| 1704 |
4/25/04 |
Arthur Kornhaber, author of The Grandparent Solution
|
Topic: how parents can build a family team for practical, emotional
and financial success. Issues: parents today are overworked, overextended, underfinanced,
and frazzled, and don’t have much time for themselves; part of the problem
is that we feel that we have to do everything ourselves–and if we can’t
do it ourselves we pay someone to do it for us; a lot of the time, the help we
need is as close as a phone call away–to our own parents; grandparents and
the important role they play in our lives; most grandparents are waiting in the
wings to love, care, and look after our children; all we have to do is ask. |
| 1804 |
5/2 |
Luke Skurman, co-founder of College Prowler |
Topic: Selecting and evaluating colleges. Issues: guidance counselors
and college catalogs don’t have enough information; campus visits aren’t
long enough; the best way to get the inside scoop on a college is to talk to the
students who go there; a look at a series of guidebooks that help prospective
students do just that. |
| 1904 |
5/9 |
Daphne de Marneffe, author of Maternal Desire |
Topic: On children, love, and mothers’ inner life. Issues:
what happens to women when they make the transition from woman to mother; how
motherhood reshapes thoughts, beliefs, ideas, and motivations; what are mothers,
what do they do, what do they need? Stories of some remarkable women who’ve
done amazing things to make the world a better place. |
| 2004 |
5/16 |
Jan Davidson, coauthor of Genius Denied |
Topic: How to stop wasting our brightest young minds. Issues:
we hear a lot about children who are failing in math and reading but there’s
another educational tragedy: gifted kids whose minds are being wasted in classrooms
that can’t or won’t challenge them; how we shortchanging our most intellectually
gifted children why; specific steps that parents, educators, and policy makers
can take to make the system work in order to identify gifted students and help
them achieve their full potential. |
| 2104 |
5/23 |
Deborah Davis, the editor of You Look Too Young To Be A Mom
|
Topic: Teen mothers speak out on love, learning, and success.
Issues: overcoming negative stereotypes about teen mothers; how many teen moms
are able to end bad relationships, conquer addictions, cope with judgmental looks,
and find strength in the love they have for their children |
| 2204 |
5/30 |
Michele Borba, author of Don’t Give Me That Attitude
|
Topic: 24 rude. selfish, insensitive things kids do and how
to stop them. Issues: why are children ruder and more spoiled than in previous
generations: school police officers say younger children are acting more aggressively
these days; a recent poll of 17-year olds showed that the average child nags nine
times to get a product his parents have refused to purchase; eighty percent of
people think kids today are more spoiled than 10 or 15 years ago; curing rudeness
is a problem that only parents can solve; helping our children change their behavior
in ways that are good for them–and for everyone who spends time with them.
|
| 2304 |
6/6/04 |
Robert Titzer, creator of the TEACH YOUR BABY TO READ videos
|
Topic: teaching infants to read. Issues: some experts believe
that most reading problems could be eliminated if we simply started teaching children
to read earlier; but what does "earlier" mean? 5 years? 4? 2? Examining
one approach that claims to be able to teach children to read as early as nine
months; is that possible? If so, is it too soon? |
| 2404 |
6/13 |
Linda Sapadin, author of Master Your Fears |
Topic: how to triumph over your worries and get on with your
life. issues: we all have things in our life that we fear, but for some of us,
those fears really interfere with our day-to-day lives; how a fearful lifestyle
can squeeze all the enjoyment and all the fun out of every experience; how would
you be different if you were no longer afraid? How fears influence and change
our lives; approaches to dealing with fears that will help us–and our children–face
and overcome them so we can live more relaxed and more confident lives |
| 2504 |
6/20 |
Stephan Poulter, author of Father Your Son |
Topic: how to become the father you’ve always wanted to
be. Issues: men are committing to being the kind of fathers they always wanted–but
may not have ever had; but what does it mean to be a "good father" these
days? being a FATHER–let alone a "good father"–is one of the
most difficult--yet rewarding--challenges a man can face in his life; circumstances
that may make it hard for fathers to be there for their kids as much as they'd
like; challenges and the benefits of fatherhood–with a special focus on father-son
relationships; ways fathers can use to overcome barriers and build strong relationships
with their sons. |
| 2604 |
6/27 |
William Corsaro, author of We’re Friends, Right
|
Topic: The inner lives and culture of children. Issues: Most
of us take it for granted that we're going to have friends and we don’t really
think too much about how friendships start and how they change over time. But
as adults, though, we begin to realize how much work goes into making friends
and keeping friendships alive and well. how friendships form, why they last–and
why they don't; techniques parents can use to help children–and ourselves–better
understand friendships and create satisfying lifetime relationships. |
| 2704 |
7/4/04 |
Karen Bouris, author of Just Kiss Me And Tell Me You Did
The Laundry |
Topic: how to negotiate equal roles for husband and wife in
parenting, career, and home life. issues: children bring extraordinary love into
our lives–and a new set of relationship issues for most couples; how couples
can navigate the areas of their family life that matter most–from who does
what around the house to putting the romance back in the marriage; strategies
husbands and wives can use to break through old stereotypes and build more rewarding
relationships with each other and their children. |
| 2804 |
7/11/04 |
Rebecca Kochederfer, coauthor of Homeschooling For Success
|
Topic: how parents can create a superior education for their
child. Issues: More and more parents are choosing home schooling–over 1.5
million children this year alone. What does it really mean to educate a child
at home? What are the reasons people have for taking children out of traditional
school systems? How to deal with common objections, determine children’s
learning capabilities; the most up-to-date legal, financial, and logistical issues
that anyone considering home schooling should be aware of. |
| 2904 |
7/18/04 |
Lynn Kaygel, author of Overcoming Autism |
Topic: Finding the answers, strategies, and hope that can transform
a child’s life. Issues: As many as 1 in 150 children under age ten may be
affected by autism; including adults, it's over a million in the US alone; what
is autism? what are the symptoms? what causes it? what does a diagnosis of autism
mean to the person who has it and to the family? Taking a look at the stereotypes
and misconceptions about autism |
| 3004 |
7/25/04 |
Roberta Gould, author of The Kids Multicultural Craft Book
and many other books on crafts. |
Topic: Easy, inexpensive crafts projects. Issues: encouraging
children’s creativity while exploring crafts and traditions from all over
the world; incredibly creative ways of making art with our children that don’t
cost a lot, are fun, and that you can do it wherever you are and with whatever
you happen to have around; using crafts projects as a way to bond with children
|
| 3104 |
8/1/04 |
Susan Linn, author of Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover
Of Childhood |
Topic: the excessive commercialization of childhood. Issues:
advertisers know that children influence about $600 billion a year in family spending
and they spend over $15 billion marketing to them–2.5 times as much as in
1992; how the constant barrage aimed at children undermines our authority as parents;
strategies that we can–and must–use to prevent the selling out of the
American child. |
| 3204 |
8/8/04 |
Meir Schneider, author of Movement For Self Healing |
Topic: Improving eyesight, back pain, arthritis, and other ailments
naturally. Issues: although medicine has made incredible gains in surgical techniques
and treating infectious diseases, the problems that affect most people are chronic;
the concept of self healing; how to communicate better with our body, read its
signals, and respond in a way that will improve our lives and those of our families.
|
| 3304 |
8/15/04 |
Bonnie Maslin, author of Picking Your Battles |
Topic: Strategies for raising well-behaved kids. Issues: Kids
sometimes seem to have an amazing capacity to drive their parents nuts, but is
all the squabbling really necessary? How to pick our battles–which to fight,
and which to let go of; making our anger work FOR–rather than AGAINST–us
and our children; raising happy, healthy kids and staying sane at the same time.
|
| 3404 |
8/22/04 |
Bonnie, author of When Your Kids Push Your Buttons |
Topic: what to do when you children’s behavior sets you
off. Issues: Remember how you swore you’d never say–or do–the things
your parents did when you were little? But then one day you open your mouth and
out comes your mom or dad’s voice… And remember those little parenting
ruts you fall into and how you keep promising yourself that next time you won’t
react the same way–but you do anyway? What happens when our kids push our
buttons? Why a lot of our parenting hot spots may have more to do with our relationships
with our own parents than with our children; new approaches to dealing with old
behavior problems; ways of breaking free of our old habits and starting with a
clean slate. |
| 3504 |
8/29/04 |
Michelle Ferguson-Cohen, author of Daddy, You’re My
Hero and MOMMY, You’re My Hero |
Topic: when a parent gets deployed overseas. Issues: the difficult
emotional, ethical, and other issues faced by families when one or both parents
are sent overseas; positive parenting approaches to understanding and helping
the children–and the spouses who remain behind. |
| 3604 |
9/5/04 |
JacLynn Morris, coauthor of I’m Right, You’re Wrong,
Now What? |
Topic: How to break through any relationship stalemate without
fighting, folding, or fleeing. Issues: is it possible for couples to disagree
without one person trying to change the other? And is it possible to resolve disputes
even if one person wants to keep the fight going? New and different approaches
couples can use when they reach those inevitable "I’m right," you’re
wrong moments; helpful techniques that will help improve the tone of your discussions,
sort out what each of you needs from the other, and come up with a straightforward
plan of action that will lead to an outcome that’s satisfactory to everyone.
|
| 3704 |
9/12/04 |
Sue Blaney, author of Please Don’t Stop The Roller Coaster:
|
Topic: How parents of teenagers can smooth out the ride. Issues:
Every situation–and every teen–requires a different approach; if you
don’t start dealing with your child’s behavior now–and properly–it
can take control of your family; building and strengthening parent-teen relationships;
ways to steer our teenagers through the often stormy waters of adolescence so
that when they finally leave home, they’ll be responsible, moral adults.
|
| 3804 |
9/19/04 |
Caryl Rivers, coauthor of Same Difference |
Topic: How gender myths are hurting our relationships, our children,
and our jobs. Issues: debunking the "Mars and Venus" theory of gender
relations; discussing the differences–real and imagined–between males
and females; how the emphasis on those differences has compromised education,
workplace relations, marriages, and friendships; ways to stop stereotyping each
other so that all of us–men and women, girls and boys–can realize our
destinies as full human beings. |
| 3904 |
9/26/04 |
Mary Quigley, coauthor of Going Back To Work |
Topic: A survival guide for comeback moms. issues: why balancing
work and family has become even more challenging than ever for the 21st
century woman; eventually, most stay-at-home moms want to go back to work–but
only on her own terms; why American business hasn’t fully embraced the concept
of flexibility in the workplace; what happens when stay-at-home moms go back to
their careers; . the options–and obstacles–they face; how comeback moms
can make work the second time around rewarding for themselves, their employers,
and their families. |
| 4004 |
10/3/04 |
John Golich, the CEO of Unicom, and Olaf Malver, an adventure
travel tour operator. |
Topic: The ins and outs of taking trips (domestic and international)
with your kids. Issues: the joys of taking the kids along as you explore the world;
slowing your pace of travel and making compromises; how traveling with kids can
give you insights into local cultures that you could never get without them; how
kids can break the ice and help you make friends on the road; where and when to
go, how to prepare; expecting and preparing for the unexpected |
| 4104 |
10/10/04 |
Michael Thompson, author of The Pressured Child |
Topic: Helping your child find success in school and life. Issues:
School these days is filled not just with studies, but with human emotion: excitement,
fear, envy, love, anger, sexuality, boredom, competitiveness, and more; the hidden
landscape that makes up the average school day; helping our children achieve success
in school and beyond. |
| 4204 |
10/17/04 |
Linda Nielsen, author of Embracing Your Father |
Topic: How to build the relationship you’ve always wanted
with your dad. issues: Most women want a close relationship with their fathers,
but too many leave it to their dads to take the first step; why waiting for dad
may not be the best thing; exploring father-daughter relationships; effective
ways women can start taking the first steps themselves; how doing so can make
women’s relationships with their fathers happier, healthier, and more nurturing
|
| 4304 |
10/24/04 |
Barbara LeBey, author of Remarried With Children |
topic: 10 Secrets For Successfully Blending And Extending Your
Family. Issues: successfully blending two families into one is incredibly difficult;
second marriages with children are twice as likely to end in divorce as those
without; still, more than half of Americans have been, are now, or will be in
one or more blended families during their lifetime; what are blended families?
Debunking myths and misconceptions; learning how to navigate the stresses, anticipate
the pitfalls, and build a brand new family that works for everyone |
| 4404 |
10/31/04 |
Linda Perlstein, author of Not Much, Just Chillin’
|
Topic: The hidden lives of middle schoolers. Issues: difficulties
involved in making the transition from elementary school to middle school; what’s
really going on inside their heads as they grapple with schoolwork, puberty,
romance, identity, and new kinds of relationships with their parents and their
peers |
| 4504 |
11/7/04 |
Dan Appelman, author of Always Use Protection
|
Topic: A guide to safe computing. Issues: if you
use a computer, viruses, worms, and identity theft can be very common;
computer safety; viruses, spyware, addare, and many other threats; what each one
of us can–and should–do to protect our computers–and ourselves.
|
| 4604 |
11/14/04 |
Michael Bradley, author of Yes, Your Parents
Are Crazy |
Topic: What teens really think of their parents. Issues: looking
at the teen years–through teens’ eyes; why do teens do the things they
do? what do they think of us; how we can use this information to better understand
our teens and ourselves |
| 4704 |
11/21/04 |
Myrna Shure, author of Thinking Parent, Thinking
Child |
Topic: Turning your most challenging everyday problems
into solutions. Issues: new approaches that parents and children can use
solve problems; tools that will help our children become less aggressive, inhibited,
and fearful, and more cooperative, empathetic, and better able to handle life’s
everyday frustrations and disappointments |
| 4804 |
11/28/04 |
Ann Pleshette Murphy, author of The 7 Stages
Of Motherhood |
Topic: Making the most of your life as a mom. Issues:
Motherhood is the defining moment in a woman’s life, but parenting
materials focus on baby and child care, not on mothers themselves; each stage
of motherhood–from pregnancy and childbirth through the teen years and beyond–presents
its own challenges and opportunities. So in the next half-hour; how mothers–and
their relationships–change and adapt as their children develop. |
| 4904 |
12/5 |
Kerri Charette, author of Misdaventures Of Moms
and Disasters of Dads |
Topic: Domestic and international adoption. Issues:
how adoption today differs from 15-20 years ago; why it used to be considered
negative, shameful, and swept under the rug; why stereotypes and misunderstandings
remain; addressing the shortage of good, accurate information on the mechanics
of the process and the feelings involved; how adoption changed in the Internet
age; what we can do to streamline the process and remove the obstacles that keep
the children who need permanent homes from getting them |
| 5005 |
12/12 |
Stevanne Auerbach, author of Dr. Toy’s
Smart Play: How To Raise A Child With A High PQ (Play Quotient |
Topic: Safe, affordable, educational toys for the holidays (and
anytime). Issues: children’s play is more than just fun and diversion–it’s
critical for their emotional and intellectual growth and teaches everything from
social skills to analytical thinking; play helps kids discover what their minds
and bodies are capable of, explore their world; why play isn’t just for kids;
why adults not only have an opportunity, but an obligation to help their
children develop by using play; why play is so important and how to do it; evaluating
toys and games for safety, educational value, and fun. |
| 5104 |
12/19 |
Janet Matson, author of Back-To-Basics Discipline.
|
Topic: discipline. Issues: why parents hesitate to discipline
their children; using discipline to teach boundaries, respect, honesty, and other
positive traits; a discussion of spanking; discipline solutions that parents can
use to negotiate tough problems and restore order to our homes. |
| 5204 |
12/26 |
Steve Coons, coauthor of The Lifestle Journey
Program. |
Topic: overcoming obesity. Issues: obese children have a 70
percent chance of becoming obese adults; obesity accounts for over 300,000 unnecessary
deaths every year and costs billions in healthcare costs; it’s easy to put
the blame on fast foods, video games, and lack of exercise, the real problem is
that almost everyone expects someone else to do something about it; how parent,
children, and schools can work together to help kids make better, safer, and healthier
lifestyle choices. |
| 0105 |
1/2/05 |
Tony Paulson, coauthor of Because I Feel Fat
|
Topic: Helping the ones you love deal with an eating
disorder. Issues: At least 5-10 million girls and women and about a million
boys and men in the United States suffer from anorexia and bulimia; Eating disorders
are dangerous and destructive conditions; up to 15% of people die as a direct
result, and the likelihood of death increases with the length of time a person
has the disorder; identifying and treating eating disorders; helping not only
the person suffering from the disorder, but also his or her friends and family.
|
| 0205 |
1/9/05 |
Barney Foland, co-owner of Krav Maga Training Center
in San Francisco, and Carol Middleton, owner of DC Self Defense Karate Association,
in Washington, DC. |
Topic: martial arts training for children and families. Issues:
American children are crazy about Karate and it's become one of the fastest-growing
sports in the country; does teaching children how to fight give them the wrong
message about violence? attitudes and values behind karate and other martial arts;
how participation in these popular sports can teach children--and adults--some
very important life-lessons and can help them become more respectful, patient,
and self-confident |
| 0305 |
1/16/05 |
Vickie Falcone, author of Buddha Never Raised
Kids and Jesus Didn’t Drive Carpool |
Topic: Seven principles for parenting with soul.
Issues: As parents, we live in a material world, but are we losing track
of our need for spirituality? The difficulties of keeping children’s faith
and inner strength alive in a world that sometimes seems oversaturated with violence
and cynicism and hazy morality; how to bring families closer together without
trampling on our children's natural goodness or their sense of wonder |
| 0405 |
1/23/05 |
Carmella Van Vleet, author of How to Handle
School Snafus |
Topic: What to do when things go wrong at school. Issues: why
there may not be a "right" answer when you’re looking for one;
common-sense, kid-tested approaches from parents, teachers, and others; learning
the skills you need to address even the most exasperating elementary school-related
issue. |
| 0505 |
1/30/05 |
Pat Williams, author of Coaching Your Kids to
be Leaders |
Topic: The keys to unlocking children’s leadership
potential. Issues: Why training children to be leaders may be the most
important things these adults can do; how to help the future leaders of our communities,
teams, businesses–and even our country–to build confidence, character,
competence, and other essential traits; how to identify potential; how to motivate
and inspire young people to succeed in every area of their life and in all their
future endeavors. |
| 0605 |
2/6/05 |
Debra Smiley Holtzman, author of The Safe Baby
|
Topic: A do-it-yourself guide to home safety. Issues:
Safety–especially child safety–doesn’t happen all by itself; a
room-by-room tour of the home, identifying possible problem areas as well as specific,
easy-to-implement solutions that will help make the home safer for everyone. |
| 0705 |
2/13/05 |
Betsy Taylor, author of What Kids Really Want
that Money Can’t Buy |
Topic: Tips for parenting in a commercial world.
Issues: the average child under 3 is exposed to more than 700 commercials
a week; more preschoolers know the words to corporate jingles than to traditional
songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or the alphabet song; why the combination
of parents’ busy schedules and the pressure of TV commercials, shopping malls,
and peer pressure, is a sure-fire recipe for an overindulged child; how parents
can keep their children from turning into the "I Want" generation; ways
to give our children more joy with less stuff–and plenty of what truly matters
most. |
| 0805 |
2/20/05 |
Dan Taylor, author of The Parent Care Solution
|
Topic: caring for aging parents without financially
or emotionally destroying your f. Issues: By January 2010, the baby boomers
will begin transforming into the largest population of the elderly in history;
the cultural, economic, and relationship challenges that will be brought about
by this aging population; how can adult children of aging parent have those uncomfortable–but
very necessary–discussions without destroying the family emotionally or financially
|
| 0905 |
2/27/05 |
Henry Paul, author of Is My Teenager OK?
|
Topic: a look at the emotional and other problems
of today’s adolescents. Issues: the importance of dealing with a teen’s
problems quickly and efficiently; how a teen’s out-of-control behavior can
take control of the whole family; building and strengthening parent-teen
relationships; how to steer teenagers through the stormy waters of adolescence
so that when they finally leave home, it’ll be as responsible, moral adults
|
| 1005 |
3/6/05 |
Lonnie Zeltzer, co-author of Conquering Your
Child’s Chronic Pain |
Topic: helping kids overcome pain and reclaim a
normal childhood. Issues: about 20 percent of children ages 5 - 17 suffer
from chronic headaches; another 20 percent complain of stomach pain at least three
times a week; juvenile arthritis affects as many as 300,000 children in America;
despite all this, doctors routinely dismiss children’s pain as "all
in their heads"–especially when there doesn’t seem to be any reason
for it; physical and psychological aspects of pain; how parents can work with
a pediatrician to help their child’s body begin to function normally again.
|
| 1105 |
3/13/05 |
Jennifer Bingham Hull, author of Beyond One
|
Topic: how second children change the lives of everyone around
them. Issues: the birth of a second child has been found to commence the most
difficult year in marriage; in one study of the second child’s impact, nearly
a third of mothers and 17 percent of fathers had stress levels so high that they
were offered counseling; strategies for dealing with all those changes and keeping
your sanity at the same time. |
| 1205 |
3/20/05 |
Edward Hallowell, author of Delivered From Distraction
|
Topic: getting the most out of life with attention deficit disorder.
Issues: different types of ADD; conventional and unconventional treatments; debunking
myths about ADD; how adults and children can turn ADD to their advantage and use
it to create success; approaches that can give anyone who has ADD–or anyone
who knows someone who does–the tools they need to deal with this problem
and live their lives to their fullest potential. |
| 1305 |
3/27/05 |
Kim West, author of Good Night, Sleep Tight
|
Topic: A guide to helping your child go to sleep, stay asleep,
and wake up happy. Issues: children’s sleep problems are among the most challenging
aspects of parenting; coping with sleep problems; helping children overcome sleep
problems without making them cry it out; effective, gentle ways to help children
establish good sleep habits |
| 1405 |
4/4/05 |
Brad Sachs, author of The Good Enough Teen
|
Topic: Raising adolescents with love and acceptance despite
how impossible they can be. Issues: teen years are often the most challenging
and trying phase of life for children–and they’re not any easier for
their parents; understanding the invisible transformations that teens experience;
how our own adolescence influences the way we parent; important ways to recognizing
our own unrealistic expectations; how to love and nurture our teens–not just
in spite of–but because of–his or her imperfections. |
| 1505 |
4/11/05 |
Eric Liu, author of Guiding Lights
|
Topic: mentors, the people who lead us toward our purpose in
life. Issues: we all have people in our lives who helped us find our way, who
helped us become who we are; how mentors change everyone around them–at work,
play, and home; ways to learn from their wisdom and their methods; every one of
us, in every social role we play, is a teacher and a mentor to someone else; how
knowing that can have a tremendous influence over the way others live, learn,
and love. |
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