Turning This Car Around

#5: Weights on the Unit

This episode is sick. Because, yes, we talk about illness. WebMD has a piece on vaccinations and autism as does the CDC. The Council on Foreign Relations tracks outbreaks of diseases that are preventable by vaccinations. The flu shot versus the flu mist, which would win in a fight? When Jon grew up during the Depression, his mom gave him Paregoric. Yeah, it's opium. We get weepy about Batkid and then talk about testicular torsion and circumcision. And, finally... NORM! Sponsor: Our thanks to DayOne for sponsoring this episode. DayOne is a feature-rich app that makes journaling your life easy. Follow us on Twitter: @ttcashow

#4: Food

We talk food this week and how kids seem to have their own opinions about what they like to eat which is really annoying. We discuss some of our strategies and tactics and the outright lies we tell our kids in order to get them to eat something that's not the deboned finger of a mutated chicken-man or a wad of government cheese. To that end we recommend Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. Contrary to what John Moltz says in the episode, peas are a vegetable, just not a very good one. Sort of a slacker vegetable. Soybeans, however, which are what edamame are, are legumes, not vegetables. So Jon Armstrong can't claim to be feeding his kids vegetables if that's his only vector. John Moltz recommends V8 V-Fusion Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade. (It has vegetables in it, but don't tell his son.) And here's a recipe for Whopper pie. Because you earned your treat. Sponsor: Our thanks to DayOne for sponsoring this episode. DayOne is the easiest and best way to journal your life.

In this episode we talk timeouts, helping kids make better choices and how to discipline while still letting your kids know you love them. Also, we discuss how we were raised and parenting tips from our parents, like hitting your kids with a paddle. Lex suggests reading: Unconditional Parenting John suggests reading: Honey, I Wrecked The Kids Jon suggests reading: Raising Resilient Children Link: Yelling Doesn’t Help, May Harm Adolescents, Pitt-Led Study Finds Sponsor: Our thanks to DayOne, a terrific journaling app for iOS and the Mac, for sponsoring this episode.

#3: Whizzpopper Maker

#2: Planning is Fun

Turning This Car Around is hosted by Lex Friedman, John Moltz and Jon Armstrong. Episode #2: Planning is Super Fun In this episode, we discuss family planning, adoption, vasectomies and Lex makes things uncomfortable. Show notes can be found at http://tt-ca.net

A podcast about parenting featuring the internet's favorite parents, Jon Armstrong, Lex Friedman and John Moltz. In this episode: Sleep. Bedtimes. Pain.

#1: Yeah. No. Bed.