Positive Parenting for Military Families Archives - Mr. Dad

Jeffery Leving, author of Fathers’ Rights.

Topic: Hard-hitting and fair advice for every father involved in a custody dispute.

Issues: How to stay in control of your emotions; ways to protect your relationship with your children; special issues facing military fathers; the importance of finding an effective and empathetic attorney; potential challenges of a divorce from a foreign national.

Michele Borba, author of Unselfie,

Topic: Why empathetic kids succeed in our all-about-me world.

Issues: The hidden advantage of empathy and why it matters for children; how to develop empathy; what empathetic kids do that non-empathetic kids don’t; developing moral courage; becoming an empathetic leader

Chris Korneliss, author of Rocking Fatherhood.

Topic: The dad-to-be’s guide to staying cool.

Issues: Having a baby will change many things, but it doesn’t have to change everything. You don’t have to start a new life with a bigger house with no friends. You don’t have to be current on all the latest studies. Just be aware of your role as a father and a spouse, love your baby, and everything else will take care of itself.

Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up.

Topic: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the adolescent and young adult years.

Issues: What Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is and how common it is; growing out of SPD vs. coming up with workarounds; adults with SPD; helping educators better cope with SPD students.

Rupert Isaacson, author of The Long Ride Home.

Topic: The extraordinary journey of healing that changed a child’s life.

Issues: The remarkable story of a boy, a horse, overcoming autism, and a revolutionary approach that has changed the life of thousands of children and their family.

Catherine Price, author of Vitamania.

Topic: How vitamins revolutionized the way we think about food.

Issues: How vitamins were discovered and named; the surprising story of America’s blind devotion to vitamins at the expense of our health; why so much we “know” about vitamins is actually wrong; what vitamins actually do (and don’t do).

Michelle Maidenberg, author of Free Your Child from Overeating.

Topic: Mind-body strategies for lifelong health.

Issues: Identify triggers, cravings, and self-sabotaging patterns; defining your child’s values and using them to find the motivation to change; setting realistic food and exercise goals; the role of thinking in nutrition; using mindfulness to help your child achieve his or her goals.

Asha Dornfest, author of Parent Hacks.

Topic: Genius shortcuts for life with kids.

Issues: The little-known advantages of cabbage leaves; using ankle weights to keep a stroller from tipping; hiding your valuables in a (clean) diaper; and more than 100 more real-world, field-tested strategies from parents.

Tim Jones, author of You’re Grounded for Life.

Topic: Misguided parenting strategies that sounded good at the time.

Issues: The trials and tribulations of parents with kids of all ages; the daunting task of starting, raising, and surviving a family; innovative parenting strategies that have produced hilariously disastrous results.

Tara Haelle, coauthor of The Informed Parent.

Topic: The science of parenting in your child’s first four years.

Issues: The importance of looking at the science before acting on advice you get from a friend (or the Internet); the truth about soft cheese, cat poop, alcohol, vaccines, SIDS, bed sharing, pacifiers, and much more.

Amy Tuteur, author of Push Back.

Topic: Guilt in the age of natural parenting.

Issues: Why there’s no reason to feel guilty about childbirth interventions (epidurals, fetal monitoring, c-sections, etc.)—in fact, childbirth is now safer for mothers and babies because of those interventions; why there’s no reason to feel guilty about epidurals (there’s no such thing as “good pain”); the truth about breastfeeding and the benefits.

Janet Lintala, author of The Un-Prescription for Autism.

Topic: A natural approach for a calmer, happier, and more focused child.

Issues: The connection between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and gastro-intestinal problems; the importance of enzymes and probiotics; the benefits of a complete GI protocol.

Kat Duff, author of The Secret Life of Sleep.

Topic: What happens between the time you fall asleep and the time when you wake up?

Issues: What is sleep? Stages of sleep; commercialization of sleep; dreams; babies and sleep; insomnia;

Valerie Davis Raskin, coauthor of This Isn’t What I Expected.

Topic: Overcoming postpartum depression.

Issues: Symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) and how it’s different than “baby blues”; dealing with panic attacks, stress overload, and obsessive urges; breaking the cycle of negative thinking; coping with the loss of self-esteem, when to get help; the dad’s role in support a new mom suffering from PPD

Paula Franzese, author of A Short & Happy Guide to Being a College Student.

Topic: How to be your best self in school, at work, and in life

Issues: 10 reasons to be happy about school; guideposts to live by; how to assure success and significance in school; finding your career path, applying for jobs, and handling rejection; handling conflict or adversity; how to succeed in a class that’s boring.

Alfie Kohn, author of The Myth of the Spoiled Child.

Topic: Challenging the conventional wisdom about children and parenting

Issues: Parents are accused of being permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. At the same time, young people are described as entitled and narcissistic. But there is no scientific evidence at all to support these claims.

Stephen Segal and Valya Dudycz Lupescu, coauthors of Geek Parenting.

Topic: What Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys teach us about raising a family.

Issues: Lessons from (mostly fictional) pop culture icons about creating a positive parenting environment, keeping communications channels open, keeping kids safe, helping kids grow and evolve into advanced beings, and preparing them for a life of adventures.

Deborah Heisz, author of Live Happy.

Topic: Ten practices for choosing joy.

Issues: The truth about happiness; the science behind having a positive attitude, building positive connections and relationships, nurturing creativity, mindfulness, resilience, gratitude, giving back, and even spirituality.

Joanne Ruthsatz and Kimberly Stephens, coauthors of The Prodigy’s Cousin.

Topic: The family link between autism and extraordinary talent.

Issues: What is a prodigy? What traits do prodigies and children with autism share? Misunderstandings and misconceptions about people with autism and empathy; could child prodigies be the key to a long-awaited autism breakthrough?

Heather Shumaker, author of It’s OK to Go up the Slide.

Topic: Renegade rules for raising confident and creative kids.

Issues: Risk vs. independence; why we need to put safety second; the importance of modeling mistakes; navigating technology; children’s rights at school; don’t banish scary stories; deal with disasters in the news; mean words matter learning to relax.