Parenting Great Kids With Dr. Meg Meeker

This week’s episode is the second in a two-part series on raising great girls and boys with guest Dr. Leonard Sax. Dr. Sax is the author of Girls On The Edge, Boys Adrift, Why Gender Matters, and most recently The Collapse Of Parenting. Dr. Meg talks with Dr. Sax about the challenges boys face and how you can raise strong, self-confident young men. Along with this great conversation with Dr. Sax, Dr. Meg will give you three points to ponder that you don’t want to miss and she answers a question from a mother worried about her son that is easily distracted and doesn’t complete work on time. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode!   0:00 – WELCOME Dr. Meg introduces the topic “Raising Great Boys”. She teases her conversation with Dr. Leonard Sax, her three points to ponder, and a social question from a mom worried about her son being easily distracted in school.   1:47 – PARENTING RESOURCES Many of us know t

This week’s episode is the first in a two-part series on raising great girls and boys with guest Dr. Leonard Sax. Dr. Sax is the author of Girls On The Edge, Boys Adrift, Why Gender Matters, and most recently The Collapse Of Parenting. Dr. Meg talks with him about many of the struggles parents have these days and his advise on how to raise girls in a society determined to knock you off course. Along with this great conversation with Dr. Sax, Dr. Meg will give you three points to ponder that you don’t want to miss and she answers a question from a mom about her young daughter trying to grow up too fast. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode!   0:00 – AD – SQUARESPACE Get your website up and running with web tools from SQUARESPACE. SQUARESPACE gives you the ability to create an online platform from which you can make your next big idea known to the world! Use the offer code “MEG” to get 10% off your first purc

If you are a parent of a child with ADHD, you know that it is a difficult journey. Am I too strict? Am I allowing my child to watch too much TV and play too many video games? How do I handle how energetic my child is? Dr. Meg talks to you as a parent of ADHD and helps you figure out how to make great choices for your child. This episode was inspired by an email that Dr. Meg received from the mom of a child with ADHD, and she knew that it was a great topic to cover for an entire episode instead of just a social segment. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode!   0:00 – AD – TOTAL WIRELESS Get nationwide coverage with the nation’s largest and most dependable networks with Total Wireless starting at $35 per month! Go to totalwireless.com for more information about your next wireless plan!   0:57 – WELCOME Dr. Meg introduces the topic “Raising a Child with ADHD”. She teases her points to ponder and gives you an

Dealing with sleep issues with your new baby is something all parents have to deal with at some point. There’s so much advice out there to look at, but what advice should you listen to? Dr. Meg talks with Dr. Bill Sears, the “sleep guru” as she calls him, and he has fifty years of experience teaching parents how to handle sleep issues in kids. Along with that conversation, listen to Dr. Meg’s three points to ponder and a social question from a mom that wants to know more about discipline and building relationships with her 15-year-old daughter.  Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode!   0:00 – AD – MIDROLL LISTENER SURVEY We want to learn more about you as a listener, so go to podsurvey.com/meg and take a quick anonymous survey to help us get to know you! When you’re done, you can enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card.   0:41 – AD – TOTAL WIRELESS Get nationwide coverage with the nation’s largest and most d

Talking to your kids about sex can be an intimidating task, but it is vitally important to have this conversation for the sake of your children’s future. Knowing how and when to begin this discussion is hard enough, but having the courage to begin the discussion can be even harder. Dr. Meg uses her three points to ponder to give you some insight into why she believes this is such an important conversation and points you to some tools that you can use to make this an easier discussion to start. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in an upcoming episode!   0:00 – AD – SQUARESPACE Get your website up and running with web tools from SQUARESPACE. SQUARESPACE gives you the ability to create an online platform from which you can make your next big idea known to the world! Use the offer code “MEG” to get 10% off your first purchase! Start your free trial today at squarespace.com!   0:42 – AD – MADISON REED The future of hair color is

Raising kids that have a healthy view of race and diversity can be difficult, and ensuring that they are accepting of diversity starts at home. Dr. Meg gives her “Points to Ponder” around the topic of talking to your kids about race and diversity. To dive deeper into this area, Dr. Meg talks with her friend, Benjamin Watson, tight end for the Baltimore Ravens, and Benjamin talks about his efforts to make change in the next generation in the home and outside the home. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in the next episode!   0:00 – AD – MADISON REED The future of hair color is here, check out madison-reed.com and take their easy color quiz to find your perfect shade! Use the promo code “MEG” at checkout to get 10% off plus free shipping on your first color kit.   1:27 – WELCOME Dr. Meg introduces the topic of talking to your kids about race and diversity and her conversation with NFL tight end, Benjamin Watson. She also sets

Dr. Meg wants you to be equipped to raise your kids to be successful adults and shares 3 “Points to Ponder” that will help you on that journey. She also talks with Tim Elmore, best-selling author and founder of Growing Leaders (growingleaders.com) about developing the leaders of the next generation. She answers a question from a mom that has a 6-year-old superhero son that complains when she asks him to do anything. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If so, email them to askmeg@megmeekermd.com and she could answer your question in the next episode!   0:00 – AD – MADISON REED The future of hair color is here, check out madison-reed.com and take their easy color quiz to find your perfect shade! Use the promo code “MEG” at checkout to get 10% off plus free shipping on your first color kit.   1:21 – WELCOME Dr. Meg sets up the topic of raising successful children in the world today and her conversation with author and speaker, Tim Elmore. She also sets up the “Let’s Get Social” and “Points to Ponder” segme

During Dr. Meg’s travels as she speaks at live events, she often engages with great thought leaders about parenting and beyond. This episode features a conversation with Michael, Jr., a brilliant stand-up comedian and recently a children’s book author. They discuss the importance of making time to be a parent to your children.   0:00 – WELCOME Before her backstage conversation, Dr. Meg talks about her guest, Michael, Jr.   2:08 – PARENTING RESOURCES Sign up for Dr. Meg’s email newsletter and get a free gift and information about Dr. Meg’s upcoming book release! Go to megmeekermd.com and sign up today!   2:31 – A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL JR. (PART 1) Dr. Meg talks with Michael Jr. about the challenges of being a dad as he travels doing stand-up comedy.   12:10 – AD – SPRING OF LIFE-DAILY ENERGY Check out Daily Energy, a natural one-a-day superfood solution for energy and nutrition, and get a 30% discount for being one of Dr. Meg’s listeners! Go to getdailyenergy.com/meg for your discount an more i

During Dr. Meg’s travels as she speaks at live events, she often engages with great thought leaders about parenting and beyond. This episode features a conversation with Dr. Les Parrott, the best-selling author, speaker, and relationship expert. They discuss how parents can prep their kids for marriage.   0:00 – AD – WINNING MOVES GAMES Pass The Pigs is a great party game and stocking stuffer! Go to winning-moves.com and get 20% off with promo code MEG   0:30 – AD –TOCA TV Download this playful video streaming experience for kids. All videos are handpicked for content that is funny and inspiring. Download TOCA TV in the app store and try it for free.   1:00 – WELCOME Before her backstage conversation, Dr. Meg talks about her guest, Dr. Les Parrott.   4:16 – PARENTING RESOURCES Check out Dr. Meg's online course: How To Keep Your Kids Safe In A Tech Sex Drug-Filled World. Go to megmeekermd.com. Click on Parenting Resources. Get $10 off the course by using the code PODCAST at checkout.   5:36 – A

Merry Christmas from Dr. Meg! In order to understand how to make the holidays more enjoyable, each one of us must figure out what makes them so unenjoyable. In other words, what puts us over the edge from Thanksgiving to Christmas. For each person this list may vary but there are some common threads and Dr. Meg discusses them in this episode. Also featured, a question from a father about daughters and their iPhones and another father asks how to respond to his son about his deceased grandmother. Send questions to askmeg@megmeekermd.com   Sockfancy.com Ad Tocaboca.com Toca TV Ad   1:18– WELCOME Dr. Meg sets up the topic about surviving the holidays and actually enjoying it with family and friends. She also sets up her Let’s Get Social segment. PARENTING TOOL – HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE For this free download, go to megmeekermd.com/holidays. POINTS TO PONDER (PART 1) Dr. Meg shares her Points To Ponder, tips to survive and enjoy the holidays. Koparibeauty.com Ad Bitsbox.com Ad   POINTS TO PO

Happy Thanksgiving from Dr. Meg! Parents, this week is a great opportunity to teach your children how to be grateful. Dr. Meg shares about an organization she supports called Food For The Hungry in Bolivia. Food for the Hungry teaches parents how to grow vegetables, raise fish farms and provide lifesaving nutrients to their starving children. She recently visited Food for the Hungry in Bolivia with her son because she believes that the best way to teach children to be grateful is through teaching them to serve those who are less fortunate. Dr. Meg also talks about gratitude and offers her Points To Ponder. Also featured, a question from a mother who feels her 6-year-old boy is starting to engage in inappropriate boy talk with other boys. Send questions to askmeg@megmeekermd.com   0:00 – TOCA TV AD   Toca TV is the most playful video streaming experience for kids. Download Toca TV in the app store to try for free.   0:30 – BITSBOX AD   Bitsbox is a subscription box that teaches kids to code. Listeners

Every parent will face adversity. Some will feel overwhelming, even terrifying. The adversity may involve a terminal illness, a dramatic life-changing event, a job loss or a divorce. And when life turns tough, we have a choice about how we will respond. Will the hardship be our undoing or will it makes us stronger? Thinking about how we will respond is critical for our children because as we respond, they watch us. And more importantly, their security or fear will revolve around how we respond- what we say and what we express. Even in the midst of pain, we must lead our children and help them by allowing the difficulty to strengthen us, not make us weaker. This is the story of Cheryl Wilkinson, a mother of three children, who lived with breast cancer and battled it bravely. It is the story of hundreds of thousands of parents who have confronted life- threatening illness and fought hard. It is a story of strength, love and the blessings that came to her whole family. Dr. Meg shares her Points To Ponder and ans

Dr. Meg talks with filmmaker David A.R. White (producer of the blockbuster movie God’s Not Dead) about his new book Between Heaven And Hollywood. Other features include Dr. Meg’s Points To Ponder and she answers an email question about a little boy who won’t listen to his parents.   0:27 – WELCOME Young children, middle school kids, teens and even adults dream about who they will become, what they can achieve or what difference they can make in the world. Good parents want to know their children well enough to hear about those dreams and help children either follow them or shift their passions toward more realistic goals. In many ways, helping our children pursue their dreams, helps parents who never reached their own. It is important to be able to handle our child’s intentions in an instructive, supportive and realistic way. But doing this isn’t easy. We live with healthy skepticism and sometimes feel threatened by the nature of our children’s dreams. We will hear a story about one man’s dreams and how pu

Dr. Meg talks with financial expert and author Rachel Cruze about her new book Love Your Life Not Theirs. They discuss kids and money, specifically contentment and comparisons that parents face and how that impacts their children. This episode also features Dr. Meg’s Points To Ponder as well as a featured social question about a mother who is trying to be less explosive with her child. 0:27 – WELCOME   1:20 – PARENTING TOOL – Dr. Meg’s books Go to megmeekermd.com for information on her books or online programs.   2:27 – A CONVERSATION WITH RACHEL CRUZE (PART 1) Dr. Meg talks to Rachel about kids and money. Rachel’s new book Love Your Life Not Theirs is available at rachelcruze.com.   21:38 – TAKE THE SURVEY AND SUPPORT THE PODCAST podsurvey.com/meg. Take the survey and enter a monthly drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift card.   22:44 – A CONVERSATION WITH RACHEL CRUZE (PART 2) Dr. Meg concludes her conversation with Rachel about kids and money.   27:15 – POINTS TO PONDER Dr. Meg shares her three

Many parents worry about their child’s health, a specific illness, or simply the “what-if’s” when it comes to parenting. “What if my child turns away from me, what if my child flunks out of school or what if my child gets a terminal illness.” Fear is a regular part of parenting. But parenting out of fear robs parents- and their children- of the joy that they were meant to experience in life. We can overcome fear and we can get worry under control because the truth is, we have a lot less control over our children’s lives than we think we do. We will hear the extraordinary story of one mother who lived with the pain of her young daughter’s chronic illness. Her daughter lived in and out of hospitals and experienced abdominal pain daily. We will hear how this mother coped with her daughter’s life-threatening illness and then the miraculous event that changed them both. This is the story of Christy Beam. Her story became a popular movie with Jennifer Gardner called Miracles for Heaven. 0:27 – WELCOME Many parent

0:27 – WELCOME During Dr. Meg’s travels as she speaks at live events, she often engages with great thought leaders about parenting and beyond. This episode features a backstage conversation with Dr. Henry Cloud, best-selling author of Boundaries.   4:04 – PARENTING TOOL – Free E-book download Three Questions Your Child Needs Answered- megmeekermd.com/threequestions   5:04 – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. HENRY CLOUD Dr. Meg talks with Dr. Cloud about his book The Power Of The Other, teenage brain activity, and the unfiltered truth of what a normal teen world looked like when he was 15. They also discuss parental subjective fears and removing ourselves from the emotion of conversations with our kids. Enjoy this special episode!   27:43 – PARENT PEP RALLY   27:58 – CALL TO ACTION Three Questions Your Child Needs Answered- megmeekermd.com/threequestions     Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at askmeg@megmeekermd.com Dr. Meg’s

0:27 - WELCOME You grew up talking but your kids are growing up texting. Dr. Meg brings on kids and technology expert, Dr. Josh Straub, to share the hard truth with you. But you don’t have to be overwhelmed by it. In this episode, Dr. Meg provides some simple, practical steps to help you to have a healthy reply and exchange with your children. 1:47 - PARENTING TOOL - THE STRONG PARENT PROJECT 2:47 - GUEST DR. JOSH STRAUB Dr. Meg talks with him about kids and technology. 20:12 - 3 POINTS TO PONDER 31:12 - LET'S GET SOCIAL Dr. Meg answers questions: about a female breadwinner's concern about how her daughter perceives her at-home-dad, and about a father who is wondering if he should have cut off all contact with his rebellious 19-year-old daughter. 41:24 - PARENT PEP RALLY 43:04 - CALL TO ACTION The Strong Parent Project - megmeekermd.com Write us a review and click subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:27 – WELCOME Parents, your words matter. You have the power to either offer blessings or curses. Let’s get intentional about what you say around your children and what you say to them. 1:41 – SPECIAL GIFT / FREE SHORT E-BOOK What we say matters. For assistance, download the free short e-book: megmeekermd.com/words 2:34 – POINTS TO PONDER Make a list of words that are off-limits in your vocabulary. Keep your tone in check. Pay attention to your body language. 16:05 – LET'S GET SOCIAL Dr. Meg answers a question about when to allow your child to quit a sport. She also answers a question about broken trust with a teenager. 25:46 – PARENTAL PEP RALLY 26:45 – CALL TO ACTION For your free e-book, go to megmeekermd.com/words Send questions to askmeg@megmeekermd.com To tell us what you think, write us a review on iTunes To catch future episodes, be sure to click subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is a gift to all parents. Dr. Meg talks with author John O'Leary. Listen to how he turned tragedy to inspired living. Parents, you need to be reminded of your value and importance and your built in ability. That is why this episode exists. Thank you for your hard work. Send your success stories or questions to: askmeg@megmeekermd.com. You can also learn more about John at johnolearyinspires.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Meg talks with radio talk show host and author Laura Ingraham about the strong willed child. If you have a willful child and you feel like the relationship has become defined by wins or losses, fatigue, and guilt, then this episode is custom built for you. Send your success stories or questions to: askmeg@megmeekermd.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices