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Parenting Doctors Podcast has evolved beyond parenting alone into a broader conversation about family life, relationships, and emotional well-being.
This podcast now explores the emotional and communication skills many of us were never taught — skills that shape parenting, relationships, marriage, conflict, healing, resilience, and personal growth. Through honest reflection and practical insight, the show focuses on helping individuals and families build stronger emotional connection, healthier communication, and more resilient relationships.
While parenting remains an important part of the conversation, the focus now includes the full emotional ecosystem of family life — how we connect, how we repair, and how we grow together through life’s challenges.
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Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
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.
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Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
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.
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Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
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 where we interview the nations' best in key and unique areas relevant for families. For more information, go to www.parentingdoctors.com and see Dr. Dan van Ingen's parenting book--: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
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 Neighborhood! What a blessing the movie will be to you and your family. And after you see it, take the time to talk about it as a family!
Language Lessons from Mr. Rogers: 9 Amazing Steps of Patience
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Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
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.
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Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
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.
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Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
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.
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Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
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 failures. I failed in two personal relationships in college. I failed at different aspects of my career. I laugh talking to colleagues about a study I worked on for two years and received rejections from four different journals with the fourth journal editor writing me that this "paper has nothing to offer to the field." That my friends, is a beautiful failure. If you are going to fail, go down like that my friends!
More recently, I have experienced significant personal failure. I have realized that as I long as I breathe, the failures will continue to come. In this social media obsessed digital world where it's all about putting our best foot forward, this exercise will cleanse you from the personal marketing gunk that can stick on you. Let's get real! We all fail. One of the best gifts we can give our children is an honest reflection on our failures and an explanation of how we didn't let that stop us from getting back up and moving forward.
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Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
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.
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Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
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 Time. Check out this book at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/More-Screen-Time-Patti-Price/dp/1504918606
For More information on Dr. Price, treatment in Minnesota on eating disorders, or for follow up questions, she can be reached at www.drpatriciaprice.com
A huge thank you to Dr. Price for joining us on today's show.
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