Positive Parenting for Military Families Archives - Mr. Dad

John Pray, President and CEO of Operation Homefront. @Op_Homefront – IG: operationhomefront Topic: Building strong, stable, and secure military families so they can thrive—not simply struggle to get by—in the communities they have worked so hard to protect. Issues: This non-profit has served more than 40,000 military families and provided nearly $25 million in relief […]

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Ashley Broadway-Mack, founding board member and president, American Military Partner Association. @LGBTMilPartners Topic: Spouses and family of LGBTQ servicemembers. Issues: The American Military Partner Association is the nation’s largest resource and support network for the partners, spouses, families, and allies of America’s LGBTQ servicemembers and veterans. AMPA has over 50,000 members and supporters and leads […]

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Lucie LeBlanc, author of Ordinary Parents Raising Extraordinary Children. Topic: Unlocking your child’s inner strength to full self-expression. Issues: Understanding the human mind; programming your child for success; the six creative faculties (perception, memory, reason, will power, intuition, and imagination); common parental errors; much more. Mark Borg, author of Don’t Be a Dick. Topic: Change […]

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James Knipp, author of Stuff Every Grandfather Should Know. Topic: Making sense of the grandfather years. Issues: When to give advice and how to take it; (re)learning how to be a parent; going from father to grandfather; building a relationship with your grandchild; things to do with the grandkids; technology and social media; grandparenting through […]

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Dorette Noorhasan, author of Miracle Baby. Topic: A fertility doctor’s fight for motherhood. Issues: Surrogacy, insurance, and overcoming every possible obstacle on the way to becoming a mother. Leslie Schrock, author of Bumpin’. Topic: Navigating the journey from conception through birth—and beyond. Issues: Getting your bodies and your lives ready; drafting your healthcare dream team; […]

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Kerry Goyette, author of The Non-Obvious Guide to Emotional Intelligence. Topic: Understanding emotional intelligence, empathy, and learning to put them to use. Issues: What is empathy and where does it start? What is emotional intelligence? How our brain perceives fear and threats; how courage drives emotional intelligence; how to recognize your environment; difference between problems […]

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Julia Bueno, author of The Brink of Being. Topic: Talking about Miscarriage. Issues: What is miscarriage and how common is it? Early miscarriage vs. late; recurrent miscarriage; what to say—and not to say—to someone who’s had a miscarriage; how society deals (or doesn’t deal) with miscarriage; the effects of miscarriage on women; effects of miscarriage […]

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Ellen Notbohm, author of Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew. Topic: Giving voice to autistic children’s inner thoughts and feelings, whether verbal or non-verbal. Issues: I’m a whole child; my senses are out of sync; the difference between “won’t” and “can’t”; I interpret language literally; I try to communicate in many ways; […]

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Adnan Mir, MD., External Marketing Committee Chair for the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. Topic: Skin cancer and other skin conditions in children. Issues: Who is at increased risk for skin cancer? What are the types of skin cancer? How can you find skin cancer or suspicious spots on the skin? How are skin cancers treated? […]

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Mary Dell Harrington, coauthor of Grown & Flown. Topic: How to support your teen, stay close as a family, and raise independent adults. Issues: Understanding the many issues that children face, including home life, mental and physical health, love and sex; academics, friendships, college admissions; preparing our kids—and ourselves—for separating Kim Brooks, author of Small […]

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