NEW PLANS for a NEW YEAR! Check out these shows as you begin to do your own organizing #488 Preparing Middle Schoolers for Life, #482 Down Time, #363 Managing Our Kids' Screen Time, #337 Multitasking Kids, #194 Helping Kids Get Organized and #191 Kids and Chores

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Recent Shows

262. Helping Children Manage Their Anger and Aggression

T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., pediatrician, and Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D., child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist; authors, Mastering Anger and Aggression: The Brazelton Way

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261. Impossible Children

Dave Ziegler, Ph.D., psychologist and Executive Director of SCAR/Jasper Mountain Center

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260. Rites of Passage

Kevin Williams, M.D., child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist

Related Reading

A scholarly treatment of some of the same issues discussed on this show can be found in
The Ritual of Early Modern Europe, by Edward Muir.

Reallionaire, by Farrah Gray is a book by a young man who, through wonderful mentoring, became a highly successful entrepreneur at a very young age.

Indigo Rising: Awakening the Powers of the Children of the New Earth, by G.W. Hardin

National Fatherhood Initiative

www.Oprah.com
“The Secret Thoughts of Fathers” 10/30/02
Dr. Kevin Williams was a guest on this show. Look under Show Archive October 2002
for further information. Transcripts and tapes of the show are available through this site.

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259. Stay-at-Work Moms

Wendy Sachs, author, How She Really Does It: Secrets of Successful Stay-at-Work Moms

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258. Sleep

Kim West and Joanne Kenen, authors, Good Night, Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep, and Wake Up Happy

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257. Symbols and Language Development

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, George Washington University Medical School

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256. Substance Abuse Among Middle School Aged Kids

Gretchen Krampf, organization consultant and coach

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255. The Importance of “Free Time”

Penny Glass, Ph.D., Developmental Psychologist, Center for Child Development at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

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254. Middle School Kids and Substance Abuse

Four middle school kids, Zack, Noah, Stefanie, and Renee, discussed what they know of substance abuse among their peers

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253. Divorcing Dads

Barry B. Frieman, Ed.D. Licensed clinical social worker, Professor of Early Education, Towson University; Author, The Divorcing Father’s Manual: 8 Steps to Help You and Your Child Survive and Thrive

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