Hard Working Dad

Tried to start a big family tradition and watched it fizzle by month two? You’re probably building it backwards. Curtis and RJ break down why planned traditions die, why the accidental ones last, and how to notice the small rituals already happening in your house.

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How do I build confidence?

Here's the truth: you probably don't need another motivational quote telling you to "believe in yourself."

Confidence is built through action.

You take one small step. You learn. You make a mistake. You try again. Eventually, you have evidence that you can handle more than you thought.

And as parents, this matters even more. We don't just need confidence ourselves—we're also helping our kids learn how to trust themselves, make decisions, handle frustration, and recover when things don't go their way.

At Parent Support Circle, we're all about practical tools for real parents dealing with real life.

Don't wait until you feel confident. Take the next step and let confidence catch up.

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Is there really a correct number of hours for screen time? Curtis and RJ break down why ‘how much is too much’ is the wrong question — and share the questions that actually predict how screen time affects a kid: what it's displacing, what kind of content fills it, and how a kid transitions out of it.

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Ask about school and get nothing back? You're probably just asking at the worst possible moment. Curtis and RJ break down why the car ride home is often the hardest window for real conversation, why pushing harder backfires, and how to find your kid's actual talking window later in the day.

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Your kid probably heard you. That’s the uncomfortable part.

Curtis and RJ break down why "not listening" is almost always a heard-but-not-acted-on problem,

why repeating yourself accidentally teaches kids to wait for the fifth ask, and the specific fixes — proximity,

a first ask that actually counts, fewer total requests — that work faster than more patience ever will.

RJ shares how his son’s decade of "selective hearing" resolved itself once he changed exactly one habit.

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"We’re too busy" is real — and also not the actual obstacle. Curtis and RJ break down how to get your family back to the table more nights than not: lowering the bar on what counts as family dinner, the schedule tricks that actually buy back time, and why the conversation matters more than the meal itself. RJ shares the one-sentence comment from his daughter that saved family dinner during their busiest sports years.

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Is it normal worry, or something more?

Curtis and RJ break down how to tell the difference, why constant reassurance can actually backfire, and the gentle, practical tools that help a child move through anxiety instead of around it.

RJ shares the hard lesson he learned about anxious kids: your job isn’t to fix it for them.

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Your kids don’t learn healthy technology habits from a lecture — they learn it from watching you. Curtis and RJ break down the phone-basket ritual, the overnight charging spot, and the pause-before-you-tap habit that actually shift a household’s tech culture, plus RJ’s own double standard, called out bluntly by his teenage daughter.

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Screen addiction isn’t a willpower problem — it’s engineering.

Curtis and RJ break down what’s actually happening in a kid’s brain that makes screens so hard to put down, why confiscating the device usually backfires, and the collaborative strategies that actually stick.

RJ shares how he and his daughter Amanda navigated her phone use during the hardest stretch of her teenage years.

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In this episode, Curtis Leong explores the biggest question parents are asking today: Is AI helping or hurting my kids?

Discover the benefits, the risks, and five practical ways to teach your children how to use artificial intelligence responsibly while developing critical thinking, creativity, and confidence.

If you're raising kids in today's digital world, this episode is packed with practical advice you can start using immediately.

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