Laura Tierney

Social media is an inescapable part of modern life. People everywhere check for “likes” to their posts frequently throughout the day. There is no escaping the net of the electronic social web. In this episode we are joined by Laura Tierney of The Social Institute to help us teach our

Episode 123: Social Media Success with Laura Tierney

Sean Young

We all have goals. Many of the things we strive for make us better men and better dads. But positive change is hard. Especially when we’re dealing with overcoming resistance and perhaps a bad habit or two. Lucky for us, Sean Young has spent years researching the solution. His results,

Episode 122: Changing Your Life for Good with Sean Young

We all want to raise great kids. But how we go about it has changed drastically in only a generation. It used to be kids roamed about freely while adults hardly knew where they were. Just as long as we were home by dinner. And that’s not all. I vividly

Episode 121: Avoid the Trap of Overparenting

Liza Baker

We all know how important reading is for our children. And if you have school aged kids you have no doubt heard about Scholastic. They have tons of great books in inspiring in our little ones a desire to read. It turns out they are also responsible for a Reading

Episode 120: Scholastic Research Results with Liza Baker

Nick Britton

As a dad we spend a great deal of time teaching our children lessons. And why not? After all, we want them to learn all they can from our years of experience. By the time we have kids most of us have learned plenty from the school of hard knocks.

Episode 119: Lessons from the Little Ones with Nick Britton

It’s no secret technology is taking over. Nearly every facet of our lives are being affected by its advances. And with it comes a rise in the need for all types of computer related jobs. That includes the infamous title of computer programmer. Many of us want our kids to learn

Episode 118 – Should All Kids Learn to Code?

Ian Robertson

As parents, we are no strangers to stress. From the late nights with infants to the challenges of adolescence, we feel it. But we know better than to let it affect us too much. After all, stress is bad. It wreaks havoc on our bodies and can even cause us to lash out

Episode 117: The Surprising Benefits of Stress with Ian Robertson

Jennifer Verdolin

Have you ever felt like you are raising a bunch of untamed animals? Well, maybe the idea isn’t so far fetched after all. It turns out there’s a lot we can learn about parenting from careful observation of the animal kingdom. This week we have the privilege of talking with Dr.

Episode 116: Raised by Animals with Dr. Jennifer Verdolin

Winning isn’t everything. We know and teach our kids the important thing is how you play the game. But is that entirely true? If we’re being honest, winning in life does matter. We want to win a good job, a loving spouse, and maybe even an adult softball league. Competition

Episode 115 – The Secret to Winning More

Happiness is a fundamental part of a healthy life. It affects our relationships, career, and even our health. But how much effort do we make to keep an upbeat attitude? That’s the topic of this week’s episode. We dive deep answering the question of how we can be happier adults

Episode 114 – Don’t Worry, Be Happy

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We all want to raise good kids. But maybe our focus should be on raising successful adults. There are a specific set of commonalities among parents who accomplish exactly that. Thirteen of them in fact. And much of it is in the hands of us, the parents, which may come

Episode 72: 13 Keys to Raising Successful Kids

Life sure has changed in the last 20 years.  We can clearly remember a time when people read the newspaper and played board games for fun.  But now, technology has practically taken over every facet of our lives.  And our kids will never know the pleasures of long car rides

Episode 2: Top 10 Things Our Kids Will Never Know

Education is extremely important. And school plays a big part in that as our children grow their way into being adults. We know great teachers influence performance and inspire students to learn, but what about the school itself? How much does that matter? For many households the options of private vs. public school is

Episode 103: Round Table – Public vs. Private School

Men don’t cry. From a young age boys are taught to “man up” and “be tough.” While this is good in many ways for developing grit and tenacity, it can potentially be harmful to suppress those emotions. Parents today are beginning to recognize that helping our boys understand and handle

Episode 91: Raising Emotionally Strong Boys

Habits. We all have them. Some good, some not so good. But one thing is certain, they have a decided impact on how effective we are in our life. In this episode we discuss the huge bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Yes, this is

Episode 45: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“You have our sword!” We’ve been doing this show for about a year now and we’ve finally realized something important. It’s the community of listeners that lies at the heart of this thing. And we plan to embrace that fully from here on out. Because the bottom line is this. We

Episode 55: Welcome to the Round Table

It’s far too easy to take your health for granted. And we’ve been guilty. Too many days seated behind a computer monitor can wreak havoc on your body if you’re not careful. And once the habits are established it can be very difficult to turn things around. But it matters.

Episode 50: Healthy Dad – Happy Kids

Distractions. Between email, texts, apps, video games, TV shows, apps, fantasy sports, etc. it’s a wonder we ever speak to each other at all. The reality is that in our always-on technology filled world, there is no shortage of things competing for our attention. But our children shouldn’t be one of them.

Episode 89: Eight Powerful Ways to Connect with Your Child

Discipline is always a challenge for anyone with kids. Any parent knows how trying it can be to get them down at night. Sometimes, even a simple trip to the store can be difficult. Then there’s whining, negotiating, pouting… you name it, kids will try it. But short of giving

Episode 44: Because I Said So

Would it surprise you to know that many tech icons have strict device limits on their children? It did us. But it’s very true. Many of the biggest names in the technology industry are vigilant about that very thing. In fact, when asked about the iPad when it first came out

Episode 68: Low Tech Parenting

It’s no secret reading has many advantages for children. From increased academic performance to higher quality communication skills, there’s no denying encouraging them to read is valuable. But with so many distractions like video games competing for their attention this is often easier said than done. In this episode we

Episode 47: Book Time vs. Screen Time

Anya Kamenetz

Tests are nearly universally hated by children. If you have children, you know how hard it is to get them to agree on much of anything. But on this they agree. Test taking is for the birds. The truth is, they may be onto something. In this episode we have the

Episode 76: School Testing with Anya Kamenetz

This week we are joined by Chris Regan, Nathan Reitsma, and Kevin Stanley for our first ever Round Table Book Club. We all read The 5 Love Languages of Children and discussed it on the show. It was a very powerful conversation and the book should be high on your

Episode 95: Round Table – The Five Love Languages of Children

Stacy Martin

The Internet is a scary place. Or at least it can be. The world has evolved into an always connected place that can be dangerous if not taken seriously. And our kids (digital natives) don’t always understand the risk. From the Facebook post of a photo to the Snapchat video they

Episode 84: Staying Safe Online with Stacy Martin

Dina Rose

Getting kids to eat their veggies may be the biggest problem we face as parents. Well, at least next to getting them to bed on time. Nothing beats that. But making sure they eat healthy is can be an enormous challenge. This week we talk with Dina Rose about her book

Episode 79: Picky Eaters with Dina Rose

Stress. If you have kids there’s a good chance you are very familiar with the concept. Parents face it in their career, personal relationships, and even with their children. But if the stress level is too high it can cause all sorts of problems in our lives. In this episode we

Episode 105: Ten Powerful Ways to Reduce Stress

Greg McKeown

Less but better. That’s the mantra of the Essentialist. We’ve been huge fans of this book since we first discussed it way back in episode five. This time we have the privilege of speaking with the man himself, Greg McKeown. He talks with us about why doing less is actually the

Episode 70: Essentialism with Greg McKeown

Today’s show we discuss the latest craze to sweep the land….it’s..uh…hold on a sec…gotcha! Where was I? Oh right, Pokemon Go. The latest game from developer Niantic Labs and Nintendo has been a pop culture sledgehammer that nobody could’ve predicted. It has affected our kids, the tech industry, and society

Episode 78: Pokémon Go, Friend or Foe?

David Allen

This time we had the privilege of speaking with David Allen about his internationally best-selling book Getting Things Done. GTD as it’s affectionately known by readers has made a huge splash in the business arena helping countless people become more productive in their work lives. David was a real pleasure

Episode 67: Getting Things Done with David Allen

Joe Pardo

Having a baby is hard enough. But recording the entire experience to share with the world? That takes some serious guts. But that’s exactly what our guest this week is doing in a big way with his launch of the Birth audio documentary podcast. We met Joe Pardo a while

Episode 38: Capturing the Magic of Life – with Joe Pardo

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