Something You Should Know about Parenting

April 9, 2013

Interview with Bruce Feiler, author of the book The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More

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Mike Carruthers:
Is your family a happy family? It turns out that happy families have a few important things in common.

Bruce Feiler:
They adapt all the time, there’s a system where they can change in our case we have a family meeting once a week where we talk about how we’re functioning as a family.

December 28, 2012

Interview with Dr. David Katz, author of the book The Way to Eat: A Six-Step Path to Lifelong Weight Control

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Mike Carruthers:
It's interesting what we teach our kids about eating.

David L. Katz M.D.:
In a society where we have epidemic obesity and diabetes in children, I've yet to meet the parent who doesn't encourage their child to clean their plate.
 

December 24, 2012

Interview with Tim Walsh, author of the book Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them

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Mike Carruthers:
Of all the classic toys on the market which one has been around the longest?

Tim Walsh:
Well, Raggedy Ann is the longest continuously licensed character. She came out in 1918 and she's always been on a lunch box or as a doll or in a storybook somewhere.
 

November 15, 2012

Interview with Patricia Aburdene, author of the book Conscious Money: Living, Creating, and Investing with Your Values for a Sustainable New Prosperity

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Mike Carruthers:
Have you ever stopped and really thought about your beliefs about money?

Patricia Aburdene:
It’s important because your values and your beliefs about money shape your choices. And your choices write the story of your life and of your financial life.