Episode 90 Is Your Kid Stubborn, or The Next CEO of a Major Corporation?

Photo compliments of Pink Sherbet Photography at Flickr.

Join me as we discuss:

*How your stubborn kid might be a financial leader.

*How many irritating personality characteristics could in fact be their money-makers as adults.

*Why many parents discourage and break kids from what could potentially be their best trait.

*An article by Rick Ackerly on Strong Willed kiddo turned school director extraordinaire.

 

SHOW NOTES

How a Willful Child Became a Game-Changing Leader – an excellent article by Rick Ackerly discussing a woman described as “willful” being trained to use her personality wisely, and make amazing changes.

The Genius in Children – One of Rick Ackerly’s books that interested me.

 

Episode 89 Dad Look!!!

Photo compliments of Iguana Jo at Flickr.

 

Join me as we discuss:

*The “Dad Look” phenomenon.

*Where DL-P typically comes from in a kiddo.

*What we need to be doing about it.

*My DL-P story with my son and daughter today.

 

 

Episode 88 Parent Like a Thermostat

Photo compliments of Joelk75 at Flickr.

 

Join me as we discuss:

*The ideology of being a thermometer and a thermostat.

*A personal story of our family setting the tone in an IHOP.

*How we as parents are inherent leaders…and we must lead!

*What are you, a thermostat or a thermometer?

 

Episode 87 Cherish Your Freakin’ Kids!

To understand the picture today, you MUST listen to the episode.

 

Join me as we discuss:

*A more philosophical topic than typical: Cherishing Your Kids.

*A song by Ben Folds Five We’re Still Fighting It.

*The reminder that our kids aren’t perfect, but cherish all of them.

 

SHOW NOTES

Still Fighting It (Extended Version-Previously Unreleased) – link to the Amazon MP3 download if you want the song for $1.29.

Episode 86 ADHD PT4 : 10 Things Your School Should Be Doing

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Join me as we discuss:

*Is your school doing everything it should for your ADHD kiddo?

*What does “right” look like?

*If not, how can we help a school improve and is leaving the right answer.

SHOW NOTES
ADHD: 102 Practical Strategies for ‘Reducing the Deficit’ – one of my personal favorite books not on the problem of ADHD behavior, but how to help it.

 

Episode 85 Chores: Load Em’ Up or Let Kids Sit…

Photo compliments of shareski at Flickr.

 

Join me as we discuss:

*Kids and chores.  Do they need more…

*How it seems like expectations and responsibility levels have changed over the generations.

*Where the problem these kiddos have actually lies.

*How build proactive kids that are helpful and have good work-ethic.

 

 

SHOW NOTES

I Did These Things As a Kid But Mine Won’t – a hilarilous but strikingly true cartoon about the differences between our generation of kids and the current.

Why Children Need More Chores – article from the New York Times about research point to more chores = better for kiddos.

 

Episode 84 ADHD PT3: What’s A Parent to Do?

Photo compliments of Peter Vidrine at Flickr. DISCLAIMER: no offense is intended by the photo.

 

Join me as we discuss:

*How the approach you’ve been taugh might just be wrong.

*How ADHD requires meeting issues on a BUNCH of levels…not just one or two.

*Four areas you must be addressing to experience success with ADHD kiddos.

 

SHOW NOTES

Ellen Thomas Website – great site for getting info on working with schools when our kids have diagnosis.

 

Episode 83 Techno-Kids with Paul McGuire from AffluentStudent.com

Photo compliments of El Tuercas from Flickr.

 

Join me as we discuss:

*An interview my good friend and owner of AffluentStudent.com.

*Kids and technology…should they have them.

*We cover everything from cellphones to Facebook.

 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

The Affluent Student – Paul website.  Check him out and sign up for his email subscription.  He pumps out excellent content!

Action Alert Download – the computer monitoring software I highly recommend. Both a free version to try it out and a premium version that is pimped out.

Net Nanny – the software Paul mentions.  NN has been around for a very long time an thought I have not used it personally, I know it has produced great results for many.

 

Episode 82 Breaking Whining Behavior: Does it Begin with the Kids…Or Us?

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Join me as we discuss:

*A case study with my middle child and his whining.

*My mounting frustrations with his actions and emotions lately.

*A newsletter by Vanessa Van Petten (one of my most trusted sources of parenting info) and how it slapped me in the face.

*The clincher on how I affected my son’s whining…but never in the way I would have imagined!

 

 

SHOW NOTES

Radical Parenting – one of my personal favorite parenting websites.  Vanessa writes good, well written stuff that is research based…which you all know makes Trey happy!  Check her site out…

 

Episode 81 Kids and Condoms – To Give or Not to Give

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Join me as we discuss:

*The 2 polarized thought processes of giving condoms to kids and why I’m okay with both approaches…regardless of my beliefs.

*The middle-grounders on this issue that bother the crap out of me.

*My call to parents to cowboy up on the issue.

 

SHOW NOTES:

Should Middle Schools Give Out Condoms: This Doctor Says Yes