[amazon asin=1401324878&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Sarah Smiley, author of Dinner with the Smileys.

Topic: One military family, one year of heroes, and lessons for a lifetime

Issues: The heartwarming story of a family’s commitment to fill a deployed servicemember’s place at the family dinner table with interesting people–teachers, Olympians, politicians, athletes, authors, comedians, and more.


[amazon asin=034551369X&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Meg Meeker, author of Boys Should Be Boys.

Topic: Secrets to raising healthy sons.

Issues: Why moody and rebellious boys are not normal; single sex education; teaching boys to survive in a world that doesn’t value masculinity; what parents and teachers can do to support and encourage boys.


[amazon asin=0446508802&template=thumbleft&chan=default]Guest 2: Lara Zibners, author of If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay.

Topic: How to know if your child’s illness or injury is really an emergency.

Issues: There’s no such thing as a fever that’s too high; You don’t really need to keep a child awake after a head injury; Why car seats are important—even if you’re “just going around the corner”; Ear infections don’t require antibiotics; and more myths debunked