What do you teach your kids at home? Do you teach them about manners and values? Just as importantly, do you teach them about life skills? If so, what are they? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with Stepmom Coach, Claudette Chenevert about the important skills every parent needs to teach their children in order to equip them to thrive as adults. Listen in as they talk about: • Three of the five life skills Claudette considers important and that every parent should teach...

Do you talk to your kids about money? How do you teach them to be accountable with the money you give them? Do you give them more money when they've spent all their allowance? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with entrepreneur, author, educator, speaker, licensed CPA and founder and CEO of Pay Your Family First, Sharon Lechter about educating our children about money. Listen in as they talk about: • How the concept of money has changed in the last thirty years and how that has...

Do you consider yourself an involved parent? Do you check your kids' homework and make sure they're doing well in school? Actively fill up your kids' schedule with sports or extra-curricular activities like music lessons, dance lessons etc? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with psychologist Dr. Peter Haiman about parents' role in children's academic and extra-curricular activities. Listen in for the answers to the following questions: • What role should parents be playing...

Have you had to motivate your kids to do their homework or get a certain grade in school? What do you use to motivate them? Do you entice them with reward? Or do you threaten them with punishment? What are the pros and cons of both? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to psychologist, university professor and author of the book How To Motivate Your Child For School and Beyond, Professor Andrew Martin. Listen in and learn about: • Signs a child is lacking in motivation and what...

What do you do when your kids are frustrated, angry or disappointed? Do you tell them to stop whining or do you tell them to think positive and look on the bright side? Maybe you just leave them alone until they calm down? So, how should you respond when your children are clearly frustrated, angry or disappointed? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with family therapist, parenting expert and the Director of The Stone Center for Counseling and Leadership, Leslie Petruk about how...

Are your children close to their grandparents? Do you sometimes rely on your in-laws or parents to look after the kids? If so, does this put a strain on your relationship with them when you disagree with how they are raising your child? What exactly do grandparents do? Are they the default babysitters or are they much more than that? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to a medical doctor of over 30 years who co-wrote the book The Grandparents' Handbook, Dr. Trevor Campbell on...

Are you having difficulty getting through to your teens? Do you feel that your teenagers are talking to you less and less? Perhaps you even feel disconnected from them? On this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with Trudi Pavlovsky from The Dream Initiative about common mistakes parents make that make their teenagers disconnected from them. Listen in to learn: • What Trudi's survey of teenagers reveal about what they dislike in how their parents communicate with them; • Common phrases...

Are you a stepmom or a stepdad? Ever wondered what your role is in your stepfamily? Or maybe you're having issues creating a harmonious home life with your new blended family. This week's show is all about raising stepfamilies and blended families. Listen in as host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with Master Stepfamily Coach, Claudette Chenevert about: • What it means to be a step-parent; • What you should expect when entering a stepfamily; • How to talk to your kids about having a stepmom or a...

Thinking of having a second child, a third or maybe even a fourth? Ever wondered how you can pull this parenting thing off when your all your children seem so different, with different needs and wants? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with author of the best selling book The Child Whisperer, Carol Tuttle, about how to raise a family of multiple children. Carol herself is a mother of five and a grandmother of four, so listen in as she shares gems from her own experience about...

Are your kids having trouble paying attention in the classroom? Do they find school and learning mundane and boring? Want to enhance their learning experience? This show is for you. In this show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with learning expert, award-winning trainer and educator Sarah Singer-Nourie about the different ways people learn and how this information can help you better support your children's learning experience. Listen in as Sarah talks about: • The three different modalities of...

Have you ever wondered what you need to teach your sons so that they would grow up to be good men? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to Certified Parenting Strategist and coach Kristian Orozco from The Boyhood Project about what parents of sons need to focus on. Listen in as Chiao Kee and Kristian talk about: • Why it's important to raise emotionally intelligent boys; • How to encourage our sons to express their emotions; • Why thinking that allowing our sons to express their...

In today's society where girls are increasingly self-conscious about their body image, self-concept and relationship with the opposite sex, what do we as parents need to teach them in order to equip them for womanhood? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to family therapist, parenting expert and Director of The Stone Center for Counseling and Leadership, Leslie Petruk about what we need to teach our daughters. Listen and learn about: • A mistake many parents make that lowers their...

Have you ever wondered if you need to parent your daughter differently to your son? Should you expect your children to conform to gender stereotypes? What if they don't? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with speaker and parenting coach, Dr. Justin Coulson about the differences between raising girls and boys. Listen to the show and learn about: • The difference between girls and boys and how to parent accordingly; • What to do if your daughter or son does not fit the average...

Have you ever wondered how your marriage or your romantic relationship affects your children? Ever wondered how your arguments with your partner or spouse impact on them? In this show, host Chiao Kee Lim (http://todaysparentsblog.com.)speaks to professor, psychologist, marriage and family therapist Dr. Terri Orbuch (http://www.drterrithelovedoctor.com.)about how marriages or romantic relationships affect children. Dr. Terri Orbuch is the author of the book Finding Love Again - Six Steps...

Every parent wants their children to be successful. The question is, as parents, do you know what it takes to cultivate a successful mindset in your children? What are you doing at home that is teaching your children the mindset of success? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with two-time award winning marketeer and speaker, Ann Morgan James about the Five Misconceptions Parents Have About Their Children's Ability that may impact on their children's ability to be successful. Ann...

In the second and final installment of this mini-series, host Chiao Kee Lim shares her list of ten things you should focus on to be better parents to your children. Listen in as she shares information that she feels will be vital to parents when it comes to being a more positive and constructive parent in the new year. The tips she shares on this show is from her free ebook available for download on Today's Parents blog on http://todaysparentsblog.com...

As we move into the new year, what are some new year's resolutions you have for yourself when it comes to being a better parent to your children? Do you vow to be more patient with them? Maybe you want to spend more time with your kids? Whatever it is, in this show, host Chiao Kee Lim shares her list of ten things you should focus on to be better parents to your children. Listen in as she shares information that she feels every parent should know when it comes to being a more positive and...

A study by the University of Michigan of 373 couples over a 26-year period reveals that: • Men who are close to their in-laws are 20% less likely to have a divorce; and • Women who are close to their in-laws are 20% more likely to have a divorce. Why is there an opposite effect on the longevity of marriage between men and women when it comes to their relationship with their in-laws? How is having a close relationship with your in-laws helping or hurting your marriage? In this week's show,...

It's that time of the year when children gets most excited about. It's a time of fun, festivities, frivolity, presents and Santa Claus. But what is it that our children are learning from us during this Christmas season? What kind of messages are we sending when we tell our children - "Christmas is a season of giving." and when we tell them to make a wish list of what they want for Christmas? In this show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to coach, speaker and author of Beyond Eggnog &...

Have you ever wondered why young people today have a strong sense of entitlement? Ever wondered if what their parents did to make them this way? What about your own kids? How do you know if they are going to grow up to be entitled children? If so, what can you do about it to make them more grounded? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to child rearing expert, Dr. Peter Haiman, about this phenomenon in today's society. Listen in as Dr. Peter Haiman shares: • What entitled...

Do your kids push your hot buttons and get on your nerves? Does your spouse or partner do the same? The holiday season is fast approaching and with the festivities come the stress of managing all the details. What can you do to keep your stress level manageable and not ruin the holiday season with a bad mood? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to licensed psychologist Dr. Karen Sherman about stress during the holiday season. Pay attention as Karen shares: • Signs and symptoms...

Have you ever heard stories about couples who have been together for forty, fifty or sixty years, whose relationships are still going strong? Ever wonder how they make it last? In America, approximately 50% of marriages end in divorce these days. Ever wonder what the other 50% does differently that makes their marriages last? Especially the ones who've been through adversities and traumatic events? In this week's show, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks to author of the award winning book The...

Do you want to help your children achieve their full potential? Ever wondered how you can best support their brain development early in life so that they can grow up to be well-rounded adults? In this week’s one-hour special, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with two guests to find out what it is that parents should understand about the brain and how they can best support their children when it comes to brain development. In the first segment, researcher and founder of the George Greenstein...

Are you a helicopter parent? Do you hover over your children all the time to make sure they don't get hurt? Do you constantly worry about your child's safety and wonder how you can keep them safe? This week, host Chiao Kee Lim speaks with Professor of Child Development and author of the book Smart Parenting For Safer Kids, Professor Freda Briggs. Pay attention as Freda talks about: • What it means to be a helicopter parent; • How to protect your children without hovering over them all the...

Have you ever felt that your child is too hyperactive? And the more you try to get them to sit still, the more they act out? Maybe you think your child is too shy and you've tried really hard to get them to be more outgoing without much success. Or perhaps you have a child who you think is too serious for their own good and should really learn to relax and lighten up a little. If you can relate to any of the statements above, this week's show is for you. Listen closely as Today's Parents...