"PARENT TALK" with Larissa

What can we do, screens are revving up our kids fight or flight responses and in turn our cravings...??? Stefanie Rock not only serves good food because she such a delicious person herself. Her cute dimples won't fool you, she is a genius with food. Young athletes are trending towards high sugar foods that are easy to grab and energy drinks. These two trends are starting to cause detrimental...

Isaiah, is the COO of, Pinwheel PHONES is on the, "THE PARENT TALK"   today to  share a new gift to all parents that will help prevent mental health and early phone addiction. Why are these phones better for kids than a Smart Phone?  Pinwheels safety features are designed to help our children learn to use a phone slowly and over time. This gives  adults a chance to teach them  how to con...

I am speaking with an amazing high school teacher from, Ontario about the types of bullying she is seeing in the schools, how she sets strategies to reduce bullying in her classroom and is starts with  expectations for her students. Bullying in person and online  occurs more now than ever before. Our schools are at their capacities with mental health, combative behaviour, poor attendance and high...

Podcast with Media Savvy Moms- Marilyn Davis and I sit down to  discuss how social media is impacting our children's body images. How do athletes misuse social media? How is SNAPCHAT hurting athletes after games.? These new methods in which children "talk and text" on are causing children to become anxious, depressed and suicidal. It is apparent that children need more mental skills...

What a remarkable story, when we agreed to the this podcast, I had no clue what Brady had endured. From being a abused as a boy, enduring horrible tryout stories  and poor coaching treatment I was astounded that athletes endured these things. I know about hazing, rookie invitations but the tryout bull was abusive.  This episode is filled with what we need to change in all sports to make them bette...

Jens and I discuss a hot topic. Yes, ribbons can help many kids stay in sports but for how long? When kids are told just show up, you don't have to listen, you don't have to try, you don't have to learn anything, what is this teaching our kids? What are ribbons really doing for their motivation? I can remember being conflicted myself by them. So, if I don't try I get one and a...

Meet Sara and Erin, Happiness Educators, from, "Happy YoUniversity" they are here to help teens learn to take ownership of themselves and be happy. Teens need to be able happy, self sufficient and aware of their emotions. They teach in schools online and they have created an app to help teens be consistent in their check ins.  Support the show We must equip children with mental skills an...

Teens are more addicted to pornography now, than ever in our history. The reported 1-11 girls stated experiencing violence while dating in this past year and 1-14 boys said the same thing.  What is happening? Why are they watching porn when they can have real intimacy?  Why are teens spending more time on watching videos than out exploring and dating.  Should we be talking about sex earlier as 8 y...

Dr. Paulette Dale, is the author of, "Did You Say Something Susan?". She is talking about her book and how it is educating parents to be assertive. Assertive parenting is not unhealthy parents. In fact, psychologists say that being assertive just keeps the balance of expectations and teaches us how to ask for things in a respectful manner.  If we are kind about being assertive it is a li...

Marilyn Evans, from ParentsAware speaks to why it is important to educate our kids about healthy phone use and safety.  Keeping a dialogue open for kids to come to us is vital to their psychological development and safety. Let's talk about some ideas to approach this so kids understand the dangers and when they are stepping over the line.  BE KIND and Educational, Larissa Support the show We...

I know I focus on older children but new research is suggesting that toddlers need more motor skills and socialization than 10 years ago. Meet Samantha and Olive, from "FEEDING OLIVE". Samantha started out in advertising, moved into yoga teaching and now is the Mama to Olive Her husband and her are raising Olive on a plant based diet. I see what they make and I can't wait to taste a...

Karen Wagnon, from Parenting By Design helps me to explain why kids behave the way they do and they we must seek the root to their issues. Karen has great tips for discipline and ideas. "When you put your laundry away you can go to the school with your friends" I speak to TIPS to prevent unwanted behaviour by keeping routines, talking but add specific TIPS to BALANCE SCREENS. Karen is a...

Canadian children are eating 4 times the amount of sugar they should and so are adults.  Are we eating the right foods? Are foods from the box good for us?  Guess what I learned, sugar creates a food addiction cycle.   How is extended phone use and binge watching affecting our diets? Is technology making us fat? In short, yes! Have a listen and when you learn what you really eating watch the weigh...

Punam and I talk about why student achievement has declined and is there a link to parenting styles or technology or both?  We define the new parenting style- "The SERVICING OUT PARENT" and how it is impacting a child's psychological development. Has parenting changed in the last 20 years or has our expectations? Listen in and buy her book, "PARENT POWER". Punam V. Saxena...

We welcome Nicole Rawson to the studio today. Nicole is a lifelong advocate of education, author, speaker, and the founder of Screen Time Clinic, a network of professionals empowering families and businesses to reach their ideal level of functioning by clarifying digital wellness priorities. A secondary school teacher beginning in 1998, Nicole has also been involved with numerous other entrepreneu...

Meet Jenifer Freedy, psychotherapist and we talk about The Polyvagul Theory and how extended phone use is stimulating our vagus nerve causing us anxiety, sleeplessness, mood swings. She shares her expertise to help us change our habits to calm our minds and have less anxiety.  Jenifer's Bio. Jenifer has been a psychotherapist for over 20 years, working with a variety of populations including...

 Donna Schori & Jeanette Keene Donna and Jeanette created their podcast, Midlifeclub while they were out on a beach with a couple of friends. They were talking about what they each were going through at this point in their lives with having teenagers, what was happening with their own bodies and realizing that there was a huge shift coming at their point and time, midlife. They jokingly said t...

Dr. Natasha Sharma is an Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, TV/MEDIA and is the Creator the "Kindness Journal."  We talk about children , social media and how it affects children's bodies,  how to equip them with tools to prepare them for what they are seeing on their phones.  This podcast just had so much valuable content, we could have talked forever.  Talking with your partner about...

Parents, this podcast helps you to learn how to start your morning the way you want to feel all day and have a stress free day. Learn Allison's tips and suggestions.  It was really was a good, natural conversation filmed during the darker moments of the pandemic and we had a ball.  Allison Graham, is a Speaker, Author, and Executive coach,  She shares her proven problem-solving framework and...

Having Met Tara, who is fun, personable and a woman who has healed from her challenges in life. I deem this a successful person. One who has met challenges and adversity and come out the other side with a healthy mindset.  Tara had a very difficult childhood and moved around from school to school. She struggled with her mothers addiction and realized one day she had to make a decision to change he...

Ashley Becker-Nunley, MOTR/L, CYT, from Oregon and started, The Joyful Mama Mentor. Group, See Facebook.  She and I sit down to talk about the physical impacts that extended screen time having on children's development. With the increase in technology their is a direct link to an increase in referrals to Paediatric OT's.  Dexterity Muscular Growth  Postural imbalances Proprioception Lack...

Meet Sarah Rosensweet, parenting columnist in the, Global Mail. She is the creator of, "The Peaceful Parent". It  is defined like  it sounds, the Peaceful Parenting Approach's premise is about respect, natural consequences and reasoning with less punishments and consequences. Primarily it is about reasoning to help them understand why they are doing something.  Sarah and I have a go...

Tracey Guillet is from Quiet Pathways, she is carved her niche into helping teens. Specifically, she is counselling INTROVERTED TEENS and teens are more quiet and anxious. We discuss the signs and symptoms of an introverted teen. We discover that some of the symptoms overlap with anxiety and depression but there are a more distinctive ones that help identlfy the introversion. Tracy is a Clinical S...

Cindy Jesse North London Wellness, located in London, Ontario. She is a very experienced Physiotherapist who is seeing injuries in children that are completely avoidable if parents only monitored screen time and exercise. If children are spending an average of 4-6 hours on a device a day,  they are simply not moving. If they aren't moving, they are not growing and developing the way they shou...

Stevie Fownes and I take a different approach to parenting, Is it us, are we not listening to what our children? What if we change the way we listen, the way we responded to them? Stevie is a parent coach and she is good at what she does. fownescoaching.com is where you can reach her.  If you are not communicating well with your child her approach is refreshing and I didn't know I did it year...