Archives for January 2012

Episode 22_Clarifying Technique and Defining Good Parenting

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbuuzCBQOw0

 

Join me as we discuss:

*Clarifying further my episode on Carpe Diem Parenting
*What I mean when I say “poor technique” in parenting.
*What my definition of good/crappy parent is and isn’t…and how it’s probably different from what you think.
*Why do we (myself included) get so defensive about our parenting.
*How even good parents get overwhelmed from time-to-time.
*My call to all parents…men and women alike.

 

SHOW NOTES:

Carpe Diem Article

Episode 21_Rally Call to Men

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt9vNTcD2Ys

 

 

Join me as we discuss:

*My rally call to men as daddy’s!
*That you can mix nurturing dads with masculinity.
*How I nurture my kids and still have a strong desire to shoot guns and smoke cigars.
*Why we men struggle with being nurturing.

 

 

Episode 20_Teaching Kids to Think

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Join me as we discuss:

Housekeeping issues:
*Lack of sync between video and audio in Episode 19.
*How issue is resolved.

Podcast Topic:
*Teaching our kids to think rather than just give them info.
*How it’s more than just giving a man a fish – Old Proverb
*Why it is that we often do try and just give kiddo’s info.
*What kind of kiddo does this often produce?
*How to teach a kid to think for themselves.

Episode 19_Play With Your Kiddos

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Join me today as we discuss:

*A well written article by Elizabeth Pantley on playing with our kiddos.

*Figure out just where your priorities are.

*Why is play so good and how it gets us what we want…obedience.

*Just a few ideas on how to play with kiddos.

 

SHOW NOTES:

Daddy, Play With Me by Elizabeth Pantley

The impact of child parent relationship therapy on child behavior and parent-child relationships: An examination of parental divorce.Dillman Taylor, Dalena;Purswell, Katherine;Lindo, Natalya;Jayne, Kimberly;Fernando, Delini; International Journal of Play Therapy, Vol 20(3), Jul 2011, 124-137

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c

 

Carpe Diem Parenting…Yes I Think So!

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Join me as we discuss:

*An article written by Glennon at the Huffington Post.
*What I loved about her article.
*What breaks my heart (meant sincerely) about her post.
*How parenting can be great with sprinkles of dread rather than dread sprinkled with good.

 

SHOW NOTES

Don’t Carpe Diem Article by Glennon

Episode 17: Taking Time for Ourselves

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Join me as we discuss:

*How many parents treat parenting as a 24hr/day 7 days a week, 365 Days a Year job.

*Why this mentality, though it seems selfless, does not actually work.

*Why we have to take time for ourselves as parents.

*What happens when we don’t.

*How many parents have jacked up priorities.

*What do you NEED to be doing.

Episode 16: How to Make Rules that Work

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Join me as we discuss: 

*Why effective rule making, whether at home or in the classroom, are more than just the rules.

*What are the three building blocks of making rules that our kids will actually listen to.

*Why many times perfectly good rules will collapse with our kids…and NO!  You probably DON’T have a bad kid.

*Steps to building rules that will work.

 

Episode 15: Parenting/Teaching Styles that Just Don’t Work

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Join me today as we discuss:

*The different styles of parenting that just don’t work.
*What about them fails.
*How these “parenting” styles are completely synonymous with “teaching” styles.
*How these are implemented in the home…and in the classroom.

 

SHOW NOTES:

Nurturing Parents Website

Episode 14: Rewarding Motivation and not Just Our Kids Actions

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Join me today as we discuss:

 

*What is Positive Reinforcement Parent

*Why it’s good to start with but needs to be modified.

*Why motivation to do right things promotes good behavior, EVEN when we’re not watching!

*How my wife and I use a pebble system (effectively) to generate good behavior.

*Why we need to earn our kids respect just as much as we expect them to earn ours.

Episode 13: Kids and Individualized Attention

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Join me as we discuss:

*Giving individualized attention

*General-Attention

*Individual-Attention

*How both are important but IA is typically overlooked.

*How this helps us catch the attention of our more introverted children.