Parenting Doctors Podcast

By Dr. Daniel van Ingen

In five minutes or less, get powerful strategies for effective parenting. Dr. van Ingen illustrates evidence-based parenting strategies through stories and clear-cut examples.... more

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Parenting Doctors Podcast episodes:

April 01, 2016 Why Losing Is Great For Kids!
There are so many advantages to losing a basketball game and as parents we can turn losses into life lessons, emotional resilience, and the ability to embrace adversity like amazing cancer survivors Tiffany Powles Garber or my sister Katherine Colino who embraced adversity and defeated cancer (with God's help). Let's join together and teach our kids life lessons as we value losing and failing for something better.
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7min
March 18, 2016 Facilitating Courage In The Family: Bravery & Vulnerability
Facilitating Courage In The Family: Bravery & Vulnerability

Facilitating courage has to go beyond belief - and to personal impact. I provide 3 Keys to applying courage in the family.

1. Reinforce effort more than outcome.
2. Share moments of breakthroughs with your children.
3. Take the time to be vulnerable.

We are talking about acceptance and courage to be vulnerability.
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7min
March 11, 2016 How to improve communication between a teacher and parent when a child has a behavior problem in the classroom
How to improve communication between a teacher
and parent when a child has a behavior problem in the classroom.

If your teacher is dealing with behavior problems with your
child, and gives you a vague explanation, try to ask for a specific
example. If they can’t, ask him or her
if they would be willing to write down the incident so you can walk your child
through the incident and what could have been done to handle it
differently. Likewise, when parents
describe behavior to other
parents, specific details are important.

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7min
March 04, 2016 5 Keys To Reducing Experienced & Perceived Pressure In Sports & Academics In Our Children
I spoke to over 90 mental health
experts in the Midwest during three days last week. Many reports that parents put significant
pressure on their kids when it comes to academics. College scholarships depend on academic
excellence. Jobs depend on academic
success.
Likewise, parents put significant
pressure on their kids when it comes to academics. College scholarships depend on academic
excellence. Jobs depend on academic
success. Many parents put significant
pressure on their kids when it comes to sports. When I talk to parents, some kids
report experiencing pressure even when pressure is not imposed by the parents. The bottom line is that kids are experiencing pressure. What are the 4 ways parents can reduce
pressure or help youth experience less pressure?
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8min
February 26, 2016 Parenting Teenagers with FOMO: Fear of Missing Out
This week's Parenting Podcast is titled "Parenting Teenagers With FOMO -- Fear of Missing Out." There are a range of stressors that tweens and teenagers are dealing with nowadays. FOMO is one of those stressors, particularly as it relates to teenagers and their cell phones. I identify five solutions to approaching FOMO with your teens.
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7min
February 12, 2016 Coping With Grief
Family dinners remains one of the best predictors of healthy families. Discussing grief at dinner time includes accepting feelings and self care. Other practical things to do in honoring the legacy of the loved one include: 1. Slideshow 2. Small remembrances 3. Humor 4. Identifying positive attributes 5. Gratitude
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6min
January 15, 2016 Five Action Steps To Help You Teach Your Child To Never Quit
Today's podcast is Five Action Steps to Help You Teach Your Child To Never Quit!
In My practice, I am seeing quitting happening quite frequently on the sports field or court. It is not uncommon for kids to quit family games, from monopoly to the wiffle ball game, or the chess game with Grandpa. Parents have to put forth some effort to reverse this trend. Here are some action steps parents can take to address this problem in their own homes.
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7min
January 08, 2016 What Is The Antidote To Your Teenager Making The Comment "I'm Not Proud Of You?"
A man was going through a difficult time and his daughter remarked to the gentleman that she "wasn't proud of him." What does a father say to this experience? Is the only and "normal" respond sadness and despair? Or, is there another approach he can take to the relationship?
And, what does a parent - child relationship need to buffer against the ups and downs of life, the highlights and lowlights of life? Unconditional Love is the answer. And, it starts with the parents.
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5min
January 08, 2016 What Is The Antidote To Your Teenager Making The Comment “I’m Not Proud Of You?”
A man was going through a difficult time and his daughter remarked to the gentleman that she "wasn't proud of him." What does a father say to this experience? Is the only and "normal" respond sadness and despair? Or, is there another approach he can take to the relationship?

And, what does a parent - child relationship need to buffer against the ups and downs of life, the highlights and lowlights of life? Unconditional Love is the answer. And, it starts with the parents.
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5min
December 10, 2015 Top 10 Considerations When Addressing A Child's Tantrum During Family Pictures
This 7-minute podcast focuses on the Top 10 considerations when addressing a child’s tantrum during family pictures
(1) When parents take the short cut and reinforce the child’s refusal beahviors and tantrums with sour patch candy, a snickers bar, a twix, or some kind of gummy, this has the following consequences:
a.     Reinforces tantrums and other misbehavior.
b.     Teaches a child that candy is the only solution to stress management.
c.      Delays a child’s learning about how to delay gratification.
d.     Delays a child’s learning of key tenets of Emotional intelligence such as self control.
e.     Sets a precedent that a family is unwilling to communicate with creativity. This can cause problems for siblings who ideally want to learn creative ways to solve problems.

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8min

FAQs about Parenting Doctors Podcast:

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The podcast currently has 146 episodes available.