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. Karen Bantuveris, a management consultant working-mom, became a Girl Scout leader and PTA board member once her daughter entered school. Shocked at all the ‘little things’ [...]
In this episode of The Family Matters First Podcast we continue our discussion on taking a relational approach with your children.
This week on the podcast, I spoke to fitness coach, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and father, Dai Manuel, from the website The Moose is Loose. Dai shares tips for parents who want to start making some changes in their lives. We discuss Dai’s battle with childhood obesity that led him to [...]
Ross Parke, author of Future Families. Topic: Diverse forms, rich possibilities. Issues: Redefining “family”; changing parental roles; are two mothers (or fathers) good enough?; are multiple caregivers helpful or harmful?; how many “parents” are too many? (insights from the world of assisted reproductive technologies; overcoming the barriers to change.
In this episode of The Family Matters First Podcast we are going to talk about the job parents have discipling to their children. We will also discuss how parents should be the primary faith influencers.
Tom Riles and Art Eddy talk about the cool new columns at Life of Dad by Creed Anthony called “Your Parent Teacher Conference” and by Carter Gaddis called “The Lineup” The guys have a few special guests stop by the show to say hello. Two of them are Tommy Jr. [...]
People that lack self-confidence don’t lack confidence. They just gain it from someone else. Meet an 8-year-old girl from Kentucky who learned the dangers of doing things just to get other people to like you, the moment she heard a gunshot.
JJ Keith, author of Motherhood Smotherhood. Topic: Fighting back against “experts” who are driving us crazy. Issues: Babies are more durable than you think; avoiding the hyper-judgmental, contradictory, and incorrect info on the internet; what’s wrong with “it takes a village”; why the “make your own baby food” movement is [...]
In this episode of The Family Matters First Podcast we are going to talk have an introduction to parenting and discuss the current state of children. Our children…..the messages we send to the future.
In this episode of The Family Matters First Podcast we continue the discussion on sex. We go over more questions you should be answering as a couple. Sex is a great indicator of how well things are going or not going in other areas of your marriage.