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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 Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
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
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
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 express your preference?
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
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 young people not only for the emotions (grief, sadness) but for the messages. We can help them overcome, overlook, and defeat so that they can stand on their firm foundation without wavering from who they are.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
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 the problem of undermining intrinsic motivation when parents reward interests.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
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.
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Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
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
Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
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 faced. This podcast highlights major stressors that are new to this generation and we identify key tools that families need to equip their young people with in order to adequately cope with today's stressors.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
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 frequently is how parents may reinforce some particular anxieties.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
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
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
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