Family - Parenting

July 12, 2010

Interview with Larry McCleary, M.D., author of the book Feed Your Brain Lose Your Belly

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Mike Carruthers:
We all know there’s an obesity epidemic but something else is going on as well.

Dr. Larry McCleary:
We are seeing twin epidemics today and one is obesity and going hand-in-hand with that is lose of brain function and I think you see it from senior moments in adults to difficulty concentrating in kids.
  

July 6, 2010

Interview with Dr. Susan Mitchell – Health Expert for Target Stores

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Mike Carruthers:
When it comes to kids and snacking the theory goes that whatever is in the house is what they’ll eat. So…

Dr. Susan Mitchell:
Next time you shop prepare ahead. Grab things for the pantry that are easy like; peanut butter, almond butter, whole wheat mini bagels, pop top cans of tuna, dried fruit like cherries and blueberries.

June 2, 2010

Interview with Judith Acosta, co-author of book Verbal First Aid: Help Your Kids Heal from Fear and Pain--and Come Out Strong

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Mike Carruthers:
Kids get hurt. And how parents react when their kids get hurt is more important than you might realize. For instance if a kid takes a bad fall…

Judith Acosta:
And the mother goes over to him and says, “My God, my God, my God are you OK? Oh my God, oh no look at all that blood!” How do you think the child is going to respond to that?

May 18, 2010

Interview with John Badalament, author of the book The Modern Dad's Dilemma: How to Stay Connected with Your Kids in a Rapidly Changing World

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Mike Carruthers:
Today dads look at fatherhood differently then perhaps their dads did.

John Badalament:
Because let’s face it its being a dad is the most meaningful experience or got to be up there with the top 3 for most men I would say. This is the most important thing in our lives that so often doesn’t get talked about.

May 17, 2010

Interview with John Badalament, author of the book The Modern Dad's Dilemma: How to Stay Connected with Your Kids in a Rapidly Changing World

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Mike Carruthers:
The job description for being a Dad has changed…

John Badalament:
The expectations for being a good dad were completely different just a generation ago. Dads were not expected to emotionally connect with their kids, being a good dad was being a provider, a breadwinner – today it’s about being a breadwinner and a caretaker.
 

John Badalament, author of the book The Modern Dad's Dilemma…

April 30, 2010

Interview with Marlene Zuk, author of the book Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are

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Mike Carruthers:
No one wants to get sick. However, in one respect illness can be a good thing.

Marlene Zuk:
I'm not arguing that disease is good for you or that people should be happy to get sick.

Biologist Marlene Zuk, author of the book, Riddled with Life...

April 29, 2010

Interview with Lisa Quinn, author of the book Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets

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Mike Carruthers:
Having a clean and tidy house is nice but for some people….

Lisa Quinn:
The bar is set too high on every level. And even how it relates to the way you’re modeling to your children. You’re basically telling your kids that perfectly folded t-shirts and clean faces equals the perfect family.
 

 April 6, 2010

Interview with Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg, author of The Smart Parent's Guide: Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses, and Accidents

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Mike Carruthers:
For a medicine to be sold it must first be tested and proven safe and effective – at least that’s true for adult medicine. But for children, it’s a little different.

Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg:
Often many, many drugs or medications that we give to children we give to them “off label.” And off label is a term we use as doctors to describe a medication that is given for something different than what it’s indicated for or for an age group that it hasn’t really, specifically been tested on.
 

Jennifer Trachtenberg, M.D.

March 11, 2010

Interview with Christine Carter, M.D., author of the book Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents

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Mike Carruthers:
Parents have a lot to do with whether or not their children are happy.

Christine Carter, M.D.:
Often parents think they have one cheerful kid and one grumpy kid and that’s kind of the way it is. But actually we have a lot of great science now that shows that there are factors that parents can teach their kids that will lead to happiness in childhood and beyond.

February 18, 2010

Interview with Francine Russo, author of the book They're Your Parents, Too!: How Siblings Can Survive Their Parents' Aging Without Driving Each Other Crazy

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Mike Carruthers:
Adult children often become the caregivers to their elderly parents and when siblings are involved it can get complicated.

Francine Russo:
It is a major emotional passage and emotions will be blown way out of proportion.
 

Francine Russo, author of the book They're Your Parents, Too! …