Positive Parenting for Military Families Archives - Mr. Dad

Dennis Trittin, author of What I Wish I Knew at 18.

Topic: Life lessons for the road ahead.

Issues: Getting a perspective on life; the importance of character; relationships and communication; handling adversity; career selection and advancement; college academics; managing your finances; love and marriage; much more.

Lisen Stromberg, author of Work, Pause, Thrive.

Topic: How to pause for parenthood without killing your career.

Issues: The politics of pausing; men want a place in the home; conscious careers, conscious choices; thriving: the career you deserve, the life you want; money matters; the need to prepare yourself and your career before you pause; what to do during your pause.

Michael Gurian, author of Saving Our Sons.

Topic: A new path for raising health and resilient boys.

Issues: Recognizing and confronting the boy crisis; the real causes of male violence; the new science of healthy boyhood; dangerous attacks on boyhood; supporting and building male emotional intelligence; the male motivational and maturity gap; much more.

Harriet Lerner, author of Why Won’t You Apologize?

Topic: Healing big betrayals and everyday hurts.

Issues: Best ways to ruin an apology; why some people refuse to apologize while others over-apologize; how to get past anger and resentment when you’ll never get the apology you deserve; why forgiving too quickly can hurt you; the simple sentence that will teach children to apologize.

Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read.

Topic: Your parenting legacy–past and future.

Issues: How the past comes back to but us (and our children); the importance of your child’s environment; feelings–what they are and how to understand and validate them; support–making sure we give it to our kids and overcoming what we didn’t receive from our own parents; much more.

Joseph McCormack, author of Noise.

Topic: Living and leading when nobody can focus.

Issues: Weapons of mass distraction and how we’re becoming deaf to information overload; how our brains are changing; the effects of info overload; the loss of civil discourse; how to start tuning in; how to start focusing on what matters most to you and your family; learning to say no to the noise; much more.

James McKenna, author of Safe Infant Sleep.

Topic: Expert answers to your co-sleeping questions.

Issues: What is co-sleeping? The history of co-sleeping; controversies, confusion, and flawed conclusions; science behind co-sleeping; benefits of co-sleeping; effects of co-sleeping; how to do it.

Robert Hamilton, author of 7 Secrets of the Newborn.

Topic: Secrets and (happy) surprises of the first year.

Issues: The importance of letting the baby lead the way (meaning no schedules, no programs); why all your baby needs for the first few months is you (no toys, no gear, nothing but mom and dad); moms and dads are equally important; no screens for the first year; much more.

Darin Ingels, author of The Lyme Solution. @lymeexpertND – Instagram: dariningelsnd

Topic: How to fight Lyme’s inflammatory auto-immune response and beat the disease.

Issues: A five-part plan to: fortify your gut health and restore the immune system; follow a diet that increases immunity and reduces inflammation; thwart and target an active infection; identify hidden toxins that worsen Lyme symptoms; improve your lifestyle to stimulate and perpetuate healing.

Liza Hanks, author of Every Californian’s Guide to Estate Planning. @NoloLaw – Instagram: nololaw

Topic: What you need to know about wills, trusts, and everything else—regardless of where you live.

Issues: What’s in an estate plan and why you need one; wills; living trusts; choosing a guardian for minor children; leaving money to children; estate planning for blended families; death and taxes; naming beneficiaries for retirement accounts and life insurance; finding a lawyer; keeping your plan up to date.

Deborah Reber, author of Differently Wired. @TiltParenting

Topic: Raising an exceptional child in a conventional world.

Issues: Letting go of your impossible expectations for who you “should” be as a parent; seeking out like-minded parents; becoming fluent in your child’s language; creating a world where your child can be secure; parenting from a place of possibility instead of fear; letting your children be on their own time line.

Jena Pincott, author of Wits, Guts, Grit. @jenapincott

Topic: All-natural biohacks for raising smart, resilient kids.

Issues: What if we could identify microbes in our gut that correlate with stress resilience? What if memory and learning and overall wellbeing could improve after eating more of certain foods or minerals? What if merely smelling sweat before completing an anxiety-inducing task could improve your performance? Meet a woman who tested these and other hypotheses on her own children.

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 the nation in education, advocacy, and support for our modern military families.

Barbara Oakley, author of Learning How to Learn. @barbaraoakley

Topic: How to succeed in school without spending all your time studying.

Issues: The problem with passion; why trying too hard can make things worse; using a tomato to beat procrastination; learning while you sleep and how to wake up smarter; school bags, lockers, and attention; tricks to build memory; learning alone vs in groups; should you listen to music while you’re studying? how your worst traits can be your best.

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 yourself, change your world.

Issues: What does it mean to be a dick and why are some people (including ourselves) that way? The difference between internal dicks and external dicks; how to quit being a dick—and get others to quit too; how to avoid backsliding; lessons for parents; much more

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 your child’s divorce; much more.

Liz Frazier, author of Beyond Piggy Banks and Lemonade Stands.

Topic: How to teach young kids about finance.

Issues: The “right” to talk with kids about money; teaching about money in an increasingly cashless society; allowances; what is money, how do we get it, and what do we do with it? Advanced topics such as interest, lending, the economy, and more.

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; pregnancy issues and myths (such as that having an epidural or a c-section is “failure”); difference between a birth plan and going overboard; what you don’t know about having a baby; the importance of communication between partners; dad’s important role; much more.