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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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Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Is there meaning in video games? Kids using video games excessively end up with quick analytical skills and reflexes, but lack communication skills, have few bonds with people, exhibit little empathy, and show minimal self-control.
A metaphor for managing video games is considering the effects of high fructose corn syrup (HSFS), which has shown to be more addictive than cocaine. Like the food industry, billions of $ have been spent on everything from music in the games to specific types of reinforcement, all to make players want to spend as much time playing the game. Education of how GTA, 5 Nights with Freddy, and Fortnight ought to include how company facilitate addiction.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Building Optimism in Teenagers requires 5 steps. The goal is to learn how to deal with setbacks with optimism. Some of my greatest failures helped me to reinterpret and view setbacks optimistically. I share some of those at the end of today's podcast.
The main focus of today's podcast is to help teens see setbacks and disappointments not as permanent, but temporary, not as pervasive, but specific, and not as personal (or pathological - "this is an imminent catastrophe"), but as empowering. Building optimism is a very important cognitive skill. So, I describe in detail the kinds of exploratory questions that can help teens process through their experience.
Gone are the days of just letting teens wallow in pain and "then they will get over it." You know - soon they will come out of their room. No, the research is clear that we can help people more than that. Of course, give them time, but finding ways to promote the reflective life can build optimism.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Mar 29, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
I'm back from a trip through Illinois speaking to psychologists, counselors, social workers, marriage & family therapists, teachers, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists.
Today's podcast focuses on building mindfulness skills for teenagers. Research shows that our attention is on something other than what we are doing 1/2 of our awake time. We live in a culture that reinforces rushing, restlessness, multi-tasking, speedy information, quick fix instagram, snapchat quick drops, and sleep deprivation. One of the things young people (and all of us) need is mindfulness. Mindful attention, mindfulness grounding, mindful eating, and taking time.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Friday Mar 15, 2019
Specific, Not Terrific Technique
Kids don’t have to be perfect. Parents don’t have to be perfect. We all make mistakes, we all come up short. It’s helpful to communicate directly to kids that they don’t have to be terrific. We just want them to be specific. If you use the phrase, “You are a terrific kid!” Great. Absolutely use that phrase. What I am talking about is communication. Communication is specific, doesn’t have to necessarily be terrific. The goal is to be specific, not terrific. There are several goals when it comes to be disagreeing - the key is being specific.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Parents need strategies to dismantle power struggles. Today's podcast focuses on The Negotiation Strategy. We can assert obedience. However, choice helps children (and especially preteens and even more so, teens) to find their own individuality while they learn to follow directions and learn to take responsibility within their own boundaries. The next and more advanced step is teaching negotiation. When teens master negotiation, they learn skills that will last a life time.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Mar 01, 2019
Friday Mar 01, 2019
Kids need a strategy for arguments. Parents can give their kids a strategy by having them classify arguments into petty and purposeful arguments. This podcast looks at a strategy that when applied, can make a difference in developing the skill of perspective taking - which is the ultimate goal.
See Dr. Dan's new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
The Oven Timer Strategy is a great solution for putting an end to manipulation. "Start engaging in problem solving or you will lose a minute toward your allotted time with your iPhone." For more, see You Are Your Child's Best Psychologist.
The use of this strategy is great for bed time ritual, homework problems (i.e. procrastination), video game limits (or lack thereof).
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Feb 08, 2019
Friday Feb 08, 2019
How do we teach children humility? It starts with us. Check out this week's parenting podcast. There are lots of things to apply from the latest research on parenting including addressing manipulation and the keys to allowing disagreement in the home while maintaining respect for authority.
Then there are things that make life better for the family like turning off the TV.
One of the things that is most needed is HUMILITY. "I make a lot of mistakes" is about us, as parents.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Parents of Teenagers have a lot in common. It's time to get together and form support groups. Many of you do this informally through friendships via sporting events, church get togethers, community gatherings, etc. We provide some key things to think about in putting together the parameters of a formal support group.
Themes, facilitator roles, key books and websites, and group rules.
Time to form a group! We are in this together!
Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20
Friday Jan 25, 2019
Friday Jan 25, 2019
We need strategies for our kids' anger. Of course, parents need to work on their own stuff. The more parents are calm, cool, and collected, and can self-soothe and handle stress with poise, the more are kids will respond well. Our stuff is for another day.
This podcast is about key strategies for our kids. This podcast presents anger scaling, helping kids with categories, and the use of visualizations and role plays for handling future scenarios.
See Dr. Dan’s new book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935576062/?tag=medrounpublic-20