Parenting Doctors Podcast

We need to teach our kids about anxiety.  This is a perfect time to teach our kids about anxiety as we face mass hysteria and anxietizing, catastrophizing, and overwhelming emotional reasoning.   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20  

One of the Challenges of Single Parenting I have a colleague who believes that wounds result in three outcomes: (1) Healing, (2) Healing with a scar, (3) Continued Bitterness.   Experiencing healing and attending to the kids is one of the challenges of single parenting.   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20  

There is a Time to Confront & a Time to Let Pass When we parent oppositional children, those kids who have tendencies to be more defiant, we have to show a level of flexibility.  These are kids who tend to be more defiant.  These are kids who tend to be more difficult.   We are more likely going to discuss issues "later" and come back to moments at a later time.  There is a time to let pass, parti...

Parents recognize that kids have a hard time taking perspective.  What are those perspective broadening reflection exercises that can help kids, tweens, and teens grow in perspective broadening? See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20

This is part 2 of my interview with Dr Dallas Carey, clinical psychologist and nutritional expert.  Dr. Carey is a premier clinical expert on nutrition, health management, psychological wellness, and superfoods.  For more information on her clinical practice, visit her website at  https://dallascarey.com Thank you for listening to the Parenting Doctors Interview Series, a new series of interviews...

Kobe Bryant was a legendary basketball player.  He became a legendary father.  There are so many lessons we can take from his life.  He's a GIRLDAD!   His last moments:  Going to church with his 13-year old daughter.  Holding her as they died together.   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20

It is helpful for a family to encourage disagreement.  Strong families are not negatively affected or impacted by minor disagreements.  Raising secure individuals includes encouraging differing viewpoints. See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20  

This is part 1 of my interview with Dr Dallas Carey, clinical psychologist and nutritional expert.  Dr. Carey is a premier clinical expert on nutrition, health management, psychological wellness, and superfoods.  For more information on her clinical practice, visit her website at  https://dallascarey.com Thank you for listening to the Parenting Doctors Interview Series, a new series of interview w...

Mr. Rogers went to extraordinary lengths to assure parents that the language spoken on his show would reach children in ways that would keep them connected.  He knew children would interpret literally, so every word was carefully scripted.  As parents, he provided language lessons that we can incorporate in unique and different ways.   If you haven't seen the movie, see it's a Beautiful Day in the...

Happiness is a choice.  What about health?  Absolutely, research shows there is a correlation between poor health and unhappiness.  However, I show an example of a man I met recently with a lot of physical problems but still maintained that happiness is a choice.   Check out this week's parenting podcast on how happiness is a choice. See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?ta...

There are so many lessons to learn from Mr. Rogers.  This movie is outstanding and I recommend it for all families.  There is so much to talk about.  While the late Mr. Rogers was no saint (as pointed out by his wife), he has left us with so many life lessons.   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20

We need strategies to diffuse tantrums.  I provide a number of acronyms that can help give us tools and perspective to maintain poise in the middle of chaos, noncompliance, defiance, tantrums, anger, and refusals to name a few of the emotional reactions and teen behavior.   Maintain your poise parents!   Love with all you've got despite the hormones and emotionality. See Dr. Dan’s new book: https:...

Have you ever taken the time to reflect on your failures?  Have you ever taken the time to go down the road of your life and identify failures at different times in your life.   I know, in my life, I have failed often.  I failed during an important spelling contest when I was young.  I failed trying out for my eighth grade baseball team.  My dream of playing college basketball was crushed with two...

Are parents more happy?  Put another way, is parenting a happy endeavor?  Certainly, parents experience less pleasurable moments.  Parents are inconvenienced more.   But parents experience more meaning.  Check out this week's parenting podcast on happiness and parenting.  See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20

On this week's parenting doctors show, our parenting doctors podcast is an interview with Dr. Patricia Price.  She is an expert on eating disorders.  She provides some of the keys that parents can be aware of related to disordered eating, treatment, family changes, and nutrition.  Dr. Price is a Parenting Doctor and renown for the treatment of eating disorders.  She is author of No More Screen Tim...

Today's parenting podcast is more of a reflection podcast.  What is your parenting style?  It is helpful to take a step back, push pause, and take perspective on our type of parenting.  What is your parenting style?   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20

During and after divorces, secure parents don’t take anything personally.  Kids are allowed to express their preferences.  Parents validate feelings, encourage expressions, and provide a two-step process to help kids navigate the difficult changes.  What is your motivation? Are you trying to hurt or are you trying to be vulnerable? Or in other words, are you trying to hurt or are you trying to exp...

Have you ever dealt with tremendous negativity?  Have you ever been cursed with the most vile hate and nastiness?  Have you been told how toxic you are and repeatedly had negativity and nasty statements said about you over and over and over again?   Friends, this is the kind of the thing that young people will face via cyberbullying, nastiness at school, or the junk at home.  We need to prepare yo...

Families establish token economies with reward charts, star charts, and a system of rewarding desired behaviors.  These reward systems can provide structure and consistency.  Some issues to consider at home life include the value of encouraging personal responsibility (i.e. rewarding all work takes away from the value of being a family contributor), the problem of using affection as a reward, and...

There is a time to comfort.  There is a time to Instruct.  There is a time to Correct.  The distinctions are important for healthy parenting, on this week's parenting podcast.   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20

Welcome to the Summer!  It's summertime! Successful families average a minimum of FOUR family dinners per week during the summer.   Instead of, "How was the day?" "Fine."   Let's engage in meaningful dialogue.  3 P's: Positive parents prepare!   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20    

Kids, preteens, and teens face all kinds of stressors nowadays.  Safety from violence, getting enough to eat, single parent households, domestic violence and so many others are some of the real stressors American children face.   Then there are those stressors that have changed over the last 10 years.  Trends show that stressors have taken on an entirely new look that previous generations never fa...

There are several aspects to separation anxiety.  Sometimes finding a child psychologist or a counselor who specializes in anxiety and attachment issues can be of great help for a family.   This podcast focuses on one unique angle.  After talking with over 100 mental health practitioners in El Paso, Texas and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico this week, one of the things that comes up frequentl...

Humility, Rules & Principles to Live by, & The Beauty of Motherhood: Happy Mother's Day! See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20

Shifting attention is another pillar of happiness.  I provide a number of interesting research ideas on how allocating attention is more critical than actually experiencing positive events.  Two major areas can be discussed for parents and families: allocating attention and being in the present.   See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20