The Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) Program is the largest school based father engagement program in the nation with over 4000 schools participating. David Grubbs is the principal of Grandview Elementary School in Windsor, Colorado. Grandview was the 6th school of 144 Colorado schools running the Watch D.O.G.S. program. [...]
In this episode of The Family Matters First Podcast we respond to questions from our listeners on how we get a person we are dating not to play games when in a relationship and if men and women can be friends.
Tom Riles and Art Eddy talk about their favorite sport themed films, fantasy football, and have a quote off! They also bring on JB Bernstein. JB Bernstein has represented some of the greatest athletes of all time including Barry Bonds, Barry Sanders, and Emmitt Smith. Yet now many people know [...]
Rosalind Wiseman, author of Masterminds & Wingmen. Topic: The new rules of Boy World. Issues: Popularity and groups; body image; schoolyard power; locker room tests; girlfriends; intimacy; the emotional lives of boys (which are more complex that we’re led to believe; why boys are lagging behind girls in education; why [...]
In this episode of The Family Matters First Podcast we respond to questions from our listeners on whether you should stay or go when things aren’t going right in your marriage, the myth of the 50/50 Marriage, and much more.
Meet a young gymnast who learned the value of repeated, monotonous, practice on and off the mat. She put in over 1,000 practice attempts to learn to perform a 3-second maneuver. And it’s led to much of her success in life ever since.
Miriam Liss, co-author of Balancing the Big Stuff. Topic: Finding happiness in work, family, and life. Issues: The search for balance; balancing multiple roles; balance as a parent; balance at work; balance is for men and women; balance at home; societal barriers to balance; beyond balance. Rosalind Wiseman, author of [...]
In this episode of The Family Matters First Podcast we are going to talk our youngest daughter Elizabeth about choosing The University of North Carolina for undergrad and spending a semester in Spain at The Universidad of Sevilla.
Therapist and author Robert Duff joins the show to discuss his new book “Fuck Anxiety” – all about how to cope and work with anxiety in your life. We talk a lot about my own anxieties, why Robert wrote the book, the stigma of mental health in America, the role [...]