Researcher Helen Pearson tells us about the good and the bad from the longest research study on human development. What factors in early childhood impact a humans ability to grow into being a successful adult and what factors can even break someone out of the poverty cycle. As parents it comes down to being involved and reading to your kids. 

Today Julie Lythcott Haims talks about the two things that research shows can help our kids be successful in any field when they grow up: chores and love. Not doing their homework, not completing tasks for them, pressuring their teacher's into better grades, asking their coach for more playing time, just chores and unconditional love. 

Going from successful career to the uncertainty day in and day out of parenthood can be a stressful challenge. Today Diana Eidelman teaches us four tips we can use to lessen the stress and be more present with our children at a very young age. 

Today parenting author Austeja Lansbergiene discusses how to create positive experiences with our children without being overbearing. This includes shaming our kids based off of the reaction we might get in our own social circles.

Thing about your greatest memory from elementary school or high school. It likely is because someone provided an experience for you that forced you to grow or be challenged just enough to feel successful or take away a growth lesson from that experience. 

Today Kyle talks about using research to empower and gamify doing chores at home. With a twist on how you motivate and empower your own kids you can see tantrums, no's and standoffs lessen, and learn a lot more from your own children when you empower them to complete their everyday tasks around the home. 

Today personal development guru Bob Proctor talks about how to consciously bring more happiness, health and wealth into your life with just one trick, carrying a note card around with you. This is a trick any dad can do, but it starts with knowing what you want to create in your own life. Are you up to the task? 

Draymond Green is the most polarizing NBA player in today's game. He is known for his intensity, and energy that can to some look like arguing with the ref, and trying to get under the skin of the other team.

Today Draymond explains in the middle of the 2019 Playoffs, how fatherhood changed how he interacts with referees, and how he has taken a more mild approach now that he noticed his young son has started to imitate him. 

Dr. Mark Holder is a researcher in British Columbia that spends his time researching what makes humans happy. He has discovered that the secret is in the relationships we hold. Even children with imaginary friends are found to be happier than those who do not.

So what is the secret? It is in three words and one skill.

"Tell me more..." and/or "What happened next..."

These two phrases can help you go deeper, practice your own active listening and help you be more connected to a friend, child or partner.

Today Mel talks about how getting anything you want in life is simple, but not easy. It starts with you holding yourself accountable. Are you taking actions steps, or are you hitting the snooze button.

Negativity is a part of life just as much as positivity. Get tips on how to process these negative feelings, as the processing part is what makes you a better dad, husband and person. Learning and practicing how to process the negative aspects of your life as a dad leads to a healthy father inside and makes you more focused on connecting with others on the outside.