Todays Parents Chiao Kee Lim

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 … Read more about this episode...

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 … Read more about this episode...

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 … Read more about this episode...

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 … Read more about this episode...

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 … Read more about this episode...

Do you ever wonder why your child misbehaves? Ever wondered what is the best approach to disciplining your children? Need help with setting some boundaries with your kids? This week’s show does exactly that. In this week’s show, Today’s Parents speaks with child and family therapist, mother of three and founder and Director of Stepping Stones Counseling and Consulting, Leslie … Read more about this episode...

Do you use any of the following words when you talk to your kids? • “Good job.” • “No.” • “Say please.” • “Time out.” If you do, you can be damaging your children. In this week’s show, Today’s Parents speaks with author, interior designer, mother of two and founder of GoodJobAndOtherThings.com, Jennifer Lehr. Listen in as Jennifer talks … Read more about this episode...

Did you know? • In America, 97% of teenagers age 12-17 are online. • Of the children under five years old who use the internet, 80% use it at least once a week. • 75% of teens age 12-17 have cellphones and those who text, sends and receives on average 1500 texts a month. Almost everything is online nowadays. Our … Read more about this episode...

Did you know: •1 in 3 girls and 1 in 4 boys are sexually abused? And • More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some ways? So if you think that home and school are the safest place for your kids, you could be wrong. And if you think that the people you know would … Read more about this episode...

Did you know, according to the U.S National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2009-2010: • 35.7% of adults age 20 and over are obese; and • 16.9% of children and adolescents are obese? Some experts even suggest that this generation of young people may be the first generation to die before their parents because of obesity-related disease. The more … Read more about this episode...

Have you ever wondered if you’re doing the right things when it comes to raising your kids? Are you raising your kids based on how your parents raised you? Or how you wished you parents had raised you? Ever wished that someone told you what you need to know before you became a parent so you don’t screw up with … Read more about this episode...

Are you married, with children? Do you feel like you’re relationship with your spouse has lost its spark? Ever felt like you’re just going through the motions, day in and day out? Have you ever reminisced about the romance you had before you were married or have kids? If you’ve answered ‘Yes’ to any of those questions, this week’s show … Read more about this episode...

Bullying is an epidemic that seems to be on the rise in the past decade. In the United States alone, statistics show that suicide rate amongst teenagers aged 15 to 19 has increased exponentially, with GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) pre-teens three times more likely to commit suicide. The reality is, bullying is a phenomenon that will not be … Read more about this episode...

Ever had moments when getting through to your child seem to take all the breath and energy out of you? No matter what you say, you just can’t seem to get them to listen. You keep repeating yourself, telling them to turn off the TV and go to bed, or not to hit their brother or sister, or not to … Read more about this episode...

It seems that there is always so much to do around the house – the grocery shopping, the cooking, the cleaning – all the chores that need to be done, and the kids! There is a schedule and a list that runs on and on in your mind – soccer practice, ballet class, music lessons, birthday parties, the school play, … Read more about this episode...