Guest: Eric Franklin, Business Coach and author of the book Peanut Butter Principles, (47 Leadership Lessons Every Parent Should Teach Their Kids) which took the lessons he has learned from personal experience in coaching businesses and adapted them to his other passion, teaching kids life's lessons. This book can be read from principle one to principle 47, and is gathered into five sub-categories such as School of Life, Relationships and Making Good Choices.

Parent Choices for Struggling Teens

Peanut Butter Principles

Guest: John Hunt, Executive Director and Founder of Jason William Hunt Foundation, 513-943-4247, John@jwhf.org, jwhf.org, author of Walking With Jason. The Foundation is raising funds to provide scholarships to young people needing therapeutic wilderness expeditions so they can learn to believe in themselves. Interviewed by host Lon Woodbury and Co-Host Elizabeth MeGhee, John answered some questions of why wilderness works best for kids with troubles, and how it helps them and why he wrote the book as a memorial to his son Jason and named his foundation for him.

What Wilderness Does Best

Guest: Dr. Michelle Robin, Founder - Your Wellness Connection, P.A. Author, Speaker and Practicing Chiropractor 923-269-5165 mrobin@yourwellnessconnection.com www.yourwellnessconnection.com Exactly how does the inside impact the outside? Specifically, what challenge do teens face when it comes to health and when should a parent be concerned about health and wellness with their child?

How the Inside Impacts the Outside

Guest: Patti Murphy, 301-718-7790, pattimurphy98@gmail.com, a Certified Educational Planner who assists adolescents and young adults in their journey to self-reliance. Interviewed by Host Lon Woodbury and Co-Host Elizabeth McGhee, the discussion covered a wide range of issues and perspectives regarding Millenials/20 somethings/Emerging Adults, trying to answer questions such as Out of the several million Millenials, how many are stuck back home not getting on with their lives, what might be causing this problem, and what can be done to help them.

Getting Millenials Out of the Basement

Guest: Dr. Kevin Ross Emery, 603-433-5784, DrKevin@mydrkevin.com, mydrkevin.com, innovator, teacher, radio personality, speaker and author of Managing The Gift: Alternative Approaches For Attention Deficit Disorder and Famous People With ADHD: Are You One Waiting to Happen. Interviewed by Host Lon Woodbury, Dr. Kevin is a knowledgable and articulate spokesman for the view that ADHD is an evolutionary process and not a disability. In this interview he explains how medicating so many children labeled as ADHD is focused on forcing them to "fit in" and to be compliant rather than encourage their natural ability to think "outside the box" and bring their questioning ability to solve problems of our society.

Famous People With ADHD - Are You One Waiting to Happen?

Guests: Rob Nielson, robn@ubtanet.com, Founder of Cedar Ridge Academy-UT, and Brent Crane, brent@cedaridge.net,Therapist, both at Cedar Ridge Academy, Utah, 435-353-4498, www.cedaridge.net, interviewed by Host Lon Woodbury and Co-Host Elizabeth McGhee. To help a young person, you must understand them as they really are. Major obstacles to doing that effectively are what can be called Blinders. Other terms that are saying about the same thing are denial or distractions or avoidance. The first step a parent or child care worker must do is to see through those obstacles and find the anxiety underlying the unhealthy coping behavior. Physical activities can help, as well as mindfulness and positive peer pressure.

Pulling Back the Blinders

Guest: Randye Kaye, 203-521-9086, Randye@randyekaye.com, benbehindhisvoices.com, Connecticut, Voiceover, actress, author and speaker, mother, and author of "Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope. Randye shared with host Lon Woodbury her experiences narrated in her book about what schizophrenia really is and why it is so hard to diagnose, the stages families go through when mental illness develops, what families can do if they suspect their own teen is beyond "just an attitude,' and other obstacles like stigma families face when mental illness is involved.

Sometimes It's More Than an Attitude

Guest: Janet Allison, 541-601-6902, janet@boysalive.com, boysalive.com, educator, author and family coach. She founded Boys Alive! to assist teachers and parents to understand boys and their exuberant - and sometimes puzzling - approach to life and learning. She was interviewed by Host Lon Woodbury and Co-Host Elizabeth McGhee. In a 50-minute discussion, Janet tackled the questions of how different are the brains of boys and girls, how that is making a difference in contributing to the struggles boys are facing in school and how parents and teachers can better help boys.

Boys Alive - Bring Out Their Best

Guest: Dr. Dennis Coates, CEO of Performance Support Systems, publisher of online coaching services for parents, teachers, coaches and youth program leaders, interviewed by Host Lon Woodbury and Co-Host Elizabeth McGhee. In a 50 minute discussion, Denny talked about some of the obstacles of young adults attempting to transition to adulthood, what parents can do to help this transition, and what part does it take a village to raise a child?

Helping Teens Grow Strong for Adult Life

Guest: Ruben Jimenez, 970-426-9227, ruben@rubenjimenez.com, rubenjimenez.com, author of The Road Home, speaker, family coach, and licensed therapist. Ruben talked with host Lon Woodbury on his show Parent Choices for Struggling Teens about the transition when a child returns home from treatment or any significant out-of-home experience, what parents can expect, and how they can help their child hold on to what they learned. The important central concepts vital to a successful transition back home are for the parents to maintain their authority and to foster full and open communication with their child.

How To Welcome Your Child Back: The Hero's Return

Guest: Chris Kelly, 424-644-0123, chriskelly@preventionplus.info, www.preventionplus.info, health educator and founder of Prevention PLUS. Chris provided a stimulating interview with host Lon Woodbury and co-host Liz McGhee in outlining the current status of the movement to legalize marijuana in the US, and outlined the potential benefits and possible harm that could come from this apparent change to our national public policy toward use of marijuana.

Legalizing Marijuana - Good or Bad

Guest: Ellen Galinsky, 212-465-2044, egalinsky@familiesandwork.org, familiesandwork.org, President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute, and author of Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs and numerous additional books and reports. Host Lon Woodbury and Co-Host Elizabeth McGhee discussed with Ellen how stress and pressures on children and families have increased and changed over the years, and how much of stress is just unreal expectations. When parents and children change their perspective, just that simple attitude change can help change what is stressful to a healthy and building challenge to overcome.

A Mind In the Making

Guest: Dan Hanks, ME, dan@collegesupportnw.com, www.collegesupportnw.com, Director of Northwest College Support, Coeur d'Alene Idaho. Interviewed by host Lon Woodbury and co-host Liz McGhee, Dan answered why even bright autistic young Adults often have trouble succeeding in college and outlined some of the interventions parents and professionals can do to help these young people be successful in college academics.

College Success For Autistic Young Adults

Guest: Adam Dolgin, fodder4fathers@gmail.com, fodder4fathers.com, Founder of his blog/web site devoted to parental equality in the raising of children. especially as champion for the involved dad. Interviewed by host Lon Woodbury and co-host Liz Mcghee, Adam explained how the perception of the role of a father in the lives of their children is changing among young couples and how he is enjoying a better relationship with his children through sharing child rearing responsibilities equally with his wife. He has about 50,000 followers on his facebook page that he shares his experiences and observations with.

A Father's Point of View

Guest: Nancy Rose, 707-266-6178, nancyrose@nancyjrose.com, nancyjrose.com, author, Acceptance Advocate, workshop presenter. Interviewed by host Lon Woodbury, Nancy emphasized to raise healthy children, parents need to accept them as they are, otherwise the children will pick up the idea that there is something wrong with them. The basic road-map Nancy presents is what she calls the "CoreSelf" which is nine traits that each child is hardwired with. To feel accepted the child needs to feel his/her parents accept each trait and provide guidance and parent leadership consistent with their personal individual pattern.

Raise the Child You've Got - Not the One You Want

Parent Choices for Struggling Teens will explore the issues facing parents with struggling teens and the schools and programs ready to help parents.

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