Positive Parenting | Mr. Dad

Barbara Oakley, author of Learning How to Learn. @barbaraoakley Topic: How to succeed in school without spending all your time studying. Issues: The problem with passion; why trying too hard can make things worse; using a tomato to beat procrastination; learning while you sleep and how to wake up smarter; school bags, lockers, and attention; tricks to build memory; learning alone vs in groups; should you listen to music while you’re studying? how your worst traits can be your best.

KJ Del’Antonia, author of How to Be a Happier Parent. @KJDellAntonia Topic: Raising a family, having a life, and loving almost every minute. Issues: Why you child should do chores; siblings—bringing fun and taking it away; sports and activities—fun except when they’re not; homework; screens are fun but limiting them isn’t; discipline and why it sometimes hurts parents more than the kids; finding time for food, fun, and family time.

Sharon Saline, author of What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew. @DrSharonSaline Topic: Working together to empower kids for success in school and life. Issues: The words and inner struggles of children and teens living with ADHD; how to work together with your child to achieve success; setting mutual goals that foster cooperation; easing academic struggles; tackling everyday challenges, from tantrums to backtalk to staying organized, building friendships, and more; practical strategies that really work.

Heather Miller, author of Prime Time Parenting. @PrimeTimeBook – Instagram: primetimeparenting Topic: The two-hour-a-day secret to raising great kids. Issues: The importance of reducing screen time—for kids and adults; setting up your two hours of focused parenting; homework, dinner, more homework, and off to bed; how prime time parenting will give you more “me” time; other benefits (physical, mental, and emotional).

Carole Brody Fleet, author of Loss is a Four-Letter Word. @CaroleBFleet – Instagram: carolefleet Topic: Bereavement for the widowed. Issues: Understand what grief and loss are and how they’re different for each person; finding your own path through loss; coping with grief-shaming and other insensitivities from others; much more.

Jamie Koufman, co-author of Acid Reflux in Children. @DrJamieKoufman – Instagram: drjamiekoufman Topic: A parent’s guide to reflux in infants, children, and teens. Issues: Understanding the symptoms of acid reflux and why they overlap with many common conditions, such as asthma, allergies, obesity, nasal congestion, cough, and croup; how to tell whether your child has reflux; important dietary changes that can fix those problems; the importance of drinking water instead of most other drinks; reducing processed meats and other common trigger foods.

Jena Pincott, author of Wits, Guts, Grit. @jenapincott Topic: All-natural biohacks for raising smart, resilient kids. Issues: What if we could identify microbes in our gut that correlate with stress resilience? What if memory and learning and overall wellbeing could improve after eating more of certain foods or minerals? What if merely smelling sweat before completing an anxiety-inducing task could improve your performance? Meet a woman who tested these and other hypotheses on her own children.

Janet Golden, author of Babies Made Us Modern. Topic: How infants brought America into the 20th century. Issues: Economics, social welfare, and progressives; the US Children’s Bureau and how it improved infant health; traditional healers, patented medicines, and local cultures; the inner lives of babies; how American parents are different from parents in other countries.

Warren Farrell, co-author of The Boy Crisis. @drwarrenfarrell Topic: Why our boys are struggling and what we can do about it. Issues: Is there really a boy crisis? (hint: yes, there is) What are the elements of the boy crisis; why the boy crisis isn’t your fault; raising balanced sons in an out-of-balance world; dad-deprived boys vs. dad-enriched boys; why dads are so important; what dads do differently; four must-dos in case of divorce; ADHD and other physical- and mental-health issues.

Jeanette Mack, Assistant Vice President of Corporate Communications at Navy Federal Credit Union. @NavyFederal ‏ Topic: Financial issues for families. Issues: Ways to start saving small now for your kids’ futures, small behavior changes that can make a big difference in your finances; financial literacy tools for families; tips to building/maintaining your credit; car buying tips; budgeting tips for parents and kids; how military families can make the most of their paycheck. https://www.navyfederal.org/

Rachel Simmons, author of Enough as She Is. @RachelJSimmons ‏- Instagram: racheljsimmons Topic: Helping girls move beyond impossible standards to live healthy, happy, fulfilling lives. Issues: Stop overthinking, which is linked to depression, motivation loss, and binge eating; practice three steps of self-compassion; navigate new rules of stress culture—and self-care; stop catastrophizing (“my life is over if I fail this test”); what parents need to do to manage their own anxiety

Sue Matthews, coauthor of Paint Your Hair Blue. Topic: Celebrating life and hope in the face of pediatric cancer. Issues: An empowering memoir by a mother who lost her 16-year-old daughter to cancer. The book includes support and specific advice for other parents confronting cancer as well as anyone going through cancer diagnosis or caring for someone who is.

Rebecca Fox Starr, author of Beyond the Baby Blues. @Mommyeverafter – Instagram: mommyeverafter Topic: Anxiety and depression during and after pregnancy. Issues: Recognizing prenatal depression and anxiety (called “prenatal distress”); why prenatal distress is so rarely diagnosed; what women suffering from prenatal distress need to do; what dads and others can do to help; the connection between prenatal distress and postpartum depression.

Liza Hanks, author of Every Californian’s Guide to Estate Planning. @NoloLaw – Instagram: nololaw Topic: What you need to know about wills, trusts, and everything else—regardless of where you live. Issues: What’s in an estate plan and why you need one; wills; living trusts; choosing a guardian for minor children; leaving money to children; estate planning for blended families; death and taxes; naming beneficiaries for retirement accounts and life insurance; finding a lawyer; keeping your plan up to date.

Gail Gross, author of The Only Way Out Is Through. @DrGailGross – Instagram: drgailgross Topic: The journey from grief to wholeness. Issues: Grief as a path to healing; courage and choices; the mourning process; the meaning and role of guilt; surrendering to the grieving process; reviewing your personal life and the patterns you’ve created; relationships—marriage, family, siblings, and others; back to life.