Family - Parenting

January 5, 2012

Interview with Ron Taffel PhD, author of Childhood Unbound: The Powerful New Parenting Approach That Gives Our 21st Century Kids the Authority, Love, and Listening They Need to Thrive 

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Mike Carruthers:
The children of Baby Boomers are now becoming the new generation of parents and for them parenting is very different.

Ron Taffel, PhD:
 This Post-Boomer set of parents is the most likely and the most able to understand these kids today than any other parent/child dyad I've seen over the last many decades.
 

December 20, 2011

Interview with Vincent D’Amore, author of the book Common Sense Care: A Parent's Guide to a Harmless ER Visit

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Mike Carruthers:
Did you know that most emergency room visits are unnecessary?

Vincent D’Amore:
A good fact is that 95% of children who go to an ER go home. So that tells us for children - 95% of them aren’t critically ill.
 

December 14, 2011

Interview with Dr. Meg Meeker, author of the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity

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Mike Carruthers:
Being a parent can be difficult but maybe it doesn’t have to be that difficult.

Dr. Meg Meeker:
You know we have all the wiring we need to be great mom’s and great dad’s our problem is we’re not listening to our instincts.
 

December 2, 2011

Interview with Carol Bruess, author of the book What Happy Parents Do

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Mike Carruthers:
When a couple has children, things change.

Carol Bruess:
Couples often experience (and they're surprised to experience) the depths of dissatisfaction with their marriage when they have young children.
 

October 20, 2011

Interview with Kathleen Flinn, author of the book The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks

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Mike Carruthers:
Whether you cook a lot or a little everyone can use some help in the kitchen to save time and money. And one thing every cook needs is a sharp knife.

Kathleen Flinn:
A sharp knife is the number 1 tool you can have in terms of prompting you to cook more because it goes so much faster – it just doesn’t take as long to cut stuff up.
 

October 5, 2011

Interview with Jeffrey Kluger, author of the book The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us

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Mike Carruthers:
Whether you’re the oldest, the youngest, or in the middle birth order does matter.

Jeffrey Kluger:
First borns do tend to be more successful, they do tend to make more money, they do frankly have slightly higher IQ’s by about 3 points above the later borns.  
 

October 4, 2011

Interview with Jeffrey Kluger, author of the book The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us

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Mike Carruthers:
Your relationships with your siblings may be more meaningful than you realize.

Jeffrey Kluger:
Your siblings are the ones that are with you, the only relationship you have that will be with you from birth to death, your parents leave too early, your spouse and your kids come along later.
 

September 30, 2011

Interview with Beth Grosshans, author of the book Beyond Time-Out: From Chaos to Calm

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Mike Carruthers:
The uncertain economy is causing financial stress for many families and requiring changes in spending habits. Which brings up the question - what do you tell the kids?

Beth Grosshans PhD:
If your kids are under the age of five or so, I don't think that any direct conversation is necessary. And in fact I think that some heightened discretion about what you're saying within their earshot is probably advisable.
 

September 21, 2011

Interview with Dr. Meg Meeker, author of the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity

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Mike Carruthers:
Parents are different today than in previous generations and not necessarily for the better. One consequence of this change is childhood obesity.

Dr. Meg Meeker:
There is one reason that children are overweight in our country because mothers are afraid to say no to their children.
 

August 30, 2011

Interview with Cathy Davidson, author of the book Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn

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Mike Carruthers:
Children are diagnosed with learning disabilities a lot more today than a generation or 2 ago. Why?

Cathy Davidson:
Schools have gotten narrower and narrower - the curriculum of what counts as education is far narrower than it was even 30 years ago.