Parent Choices for Struggling Teens Lon Woodbury

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.