Family Matters Radio is an informative, entertaining and inspiring talk radio program focused on issues concerning women and families. FMR features nationally-known experts, best-selling authors, newsmakers and celebrities in friendly conversation, sharing expert advice to help us all raise healthy families and special insight on the experience of being a woman in today's world. Developed and hosted by broadcast media veterans and long-time friends Caroline Kruse and Jacquie Chakirelis, the program is celebrating its 10th year on the air on both AM and FM stations around the country and via podcasts internationally.
Do you find yourself negotiating everything from breakfast to bedtime with your kids? Clean the table. Do your homework. Pick up your room. No wonder today’s parents feel depressed, demeaned, and downright confused! Jacquie and Caroline find out how to stop that tug-of-war and start parenting with authority and it doesn’t involve punishment when we talk with Lynne Reeves Griffin, author of Negotiation Generation.  Part 1
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:46 AM
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Do you find yourself negotiating everything from breakfast to bedtime with your kids? Clean the table. Do your homework. Pick up your room. No wonder today’s parents feel depressed, demeaned, and downright confused! Jacquie and Caroline find out how to stop that tug-of-war and start parenting with authority and it doesn’t involve punishment when we talk with Lynne Reeves Griffin, author of Negotiation Generation. Part 2
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:26 AM
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Millions of children are at a fork in the road - many will be diagnosed with ADHD and medicated before you finish reading this. But what’s a parent to do when your child can’t stay in his seat, spaces out, or can’t make friends? We’ll find out about a technique called Executive Control that can be used at home or school to help inattentive, disorganized, or forgetful kids when we talk with Dr. Adam Cox, author of No Mind Left Behind. Part 1
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:02 AM
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Millions of children are at a fork in the road - many will be diagnosed with ADHD and medicated before you finish reading this. But what’s a parent to do when your child can’t stay in his seat, spaces out, or can’t make friends? We’ll find out about a technique called Executive Control that can be used at home or school to help inattentive, disorganized, or forgetful kids when we talk with Dr. Adam Cox, author of No Mind Left Behind. Part 2
Direct download: fm_10-14-07_hr_2_seg_4.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:44 AM
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Dr. Phil’s mentor and favorite child psychologist, Dr. Frank Lawlis is back with us. He shares his easy-to-follow strategies for everything from toddlers throwing temper tantrums, to ten-year-olds who prefer video games to rebellious teenagers and tips from his new book Mending the Broken Bond. Part 1
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:36 AM
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Dr. Phil’s mentor and favorite child psychologist, Dr. Frank Lawlis is back on Family Matters. He shares his easy-to-follow strategies for everything from toddlers throwing temper tantrums, to ten-year-olds who prefer video games to rebellious teenagers and tips from his new book Mending the Broken Bond. Part 2
Direct download: fm_10-14-07_hr_1_seg_4.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:26 AM
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Who is the most important person in a girl’s life? For better or for worse it’s her father. And that father-daughter relationship can determine your daughter’s success or failure in everything she does. Caroline and Jacquie find out how to strengthen or rebuild a father’s bond with his daughter in order to shape both lives for the better with Dr. Meg Meeker, author of 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know. Part 1
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:12 PM
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Who is the most important person in a girl’s life? For better or for worse it’s her father. And that father-daughter relationship can determine your daughter’s success or failure in everything she does. Caroline and Jacquie talk with Dr. Meg Meeker, author of 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know. Part 2
Direct download: fm_10-7-07_hr_2_seg_4.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:03 PM
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Women have long struggled with the decision on whether to pursue their career goals and dreams, or raise a family.  But being a parent can actually give you the edge in the business world.  Caroline and Jacquie talk with Julie Lenzer Kirk, author of The Parentpreneur Edge, about what parenting teaches about building a successful business and how you can transfer those mom skills to the world of work. Part 1
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:57 PM
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Women have long struggled with the decision on whether to pursue their career goals and dreams, or raise a family.  But being a parent can actually give you the edge in the business world.  Caroline and Jacquie talk with Julie Lenzer Kirk, author of The Parentpreneur Edge, about what parenting teaches about building a successful business and how you can transfer those mom skills to the world of work. Part 2
Direct download: fm_10-7-07_hr_1_seg_4.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:52 PM
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Are you a fan of that hit TV show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" Caroline and Jacquie find out why "book or school smarts" is not the only type of intelligence that matters with Dr. Kathy Koch, author of How am I Smart? Part 1
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:48 AM
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Are you a fan of that hit TV show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" Caroline and Jacquie find out why "book or school smarts" is not the only type of intelligence that matters with Dr. Kathy Koch, author of How am I Smart? Part 2
Direct download: fm_9-30-07_hr_1_seg_4.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:28 AM
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It’s a frightening illness affecting one out of seven females. If you have a teenage daughter or a friend struggling with weight issues, you need to hear why and how intelligent women will go to any lengths to be thin. Caroline and Jacquie talk with award-winning documentary filmmaker Lauren Greenfield about her movie and book Thin. Part 1
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Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:14 AM
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It’s a frightening illness affecting one out of seven females. If you have a teenage daughter or a friend struggling with weight issues, you need to hear why and how intelligent women will go to any lengths to be thin. Caroline and Jacquie talk with award-winning documentary filmmaker Lauren Greenfield about her movie and book Thin. Part 2

Direct download: fm_9-30-07_hr_2_seg_2.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:04 AM
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