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Should My Kid Stop for an Unmarked Police Car?

I found it in a local community Facebook page, a parent sharing an article they'd found about a girl not pulling over for an unmarked police car. They soon found out that the person trying to pull her over was a wanted rapist. It created a big buzz in my community, but something about the...

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Creating Clear Expectations With Your Kids, with Ben Winter
 
 

One of the many challenges we as parents face is projecting our expectations onto our children, and assuming they are going to know what these expectations mean. It's actually kind of nuts, and in this conversation we unravel the root of all upset your children encounter, and...

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How Your Kids Will Manage A Billion Dollars, with Luke Hohmann

In this episode we are joined by my friend Luke Hohmann, who is the founder of an incredible company called FirstRoot, who's technology allows young people to invest real money, in real proposals ... and it has created incredible outcomes.

Luke's FirstRoot model sets kids up for learning...

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Leading Kids Through Challenge, With Possibility, with Scott Feld
 
 
Reframing ways you encourage your children through challenges is one of the most important things you can do for them. How often are you checking in on this? Seriously.
 
In today's conversation, Scott Feld and I go deep into the topic of helping kids find their super...
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The Devil's Playground, The Point of No Return 2
In this week's episode of Point of No Return (Episode 34) on the Close Quarter Dad podcast, we sit down with retired Bronx Lt., John Magee and dig into this situation, a woman gets swarmed in a playground by a group of teenage boys, after asking them to stop throwing rocks at an elderly...
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Teach your kids to do Hard Things, with Jay Tiegs

On this episode, we’ll be stepping into some topics seldom discussed among men, such as how to teach courage and bravery to kids, guiding kids on courses of action and how to balance their anxieties with anticipation; my friend Jay Tiegs is the man to bring the knowledge. His...

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Parenting with Everyday Excellence, with Joe Templin

On this episode, we sit down with leading excellence and mindset coach, former International Taekwon Do champion, ultra marathon runner and proud Dad of three boys, who is involved in more community work than we have space to list here.

Joe details for us,...

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Point of No Return 1. She's Overtaken, Fights Back

This video was shared on a parent community in Facebook, and has been popular on YouTube. 

The reality is this, that girl did a good job, from what is seen in the security camera. Without knowing what led to this, or where she was headed to, it's tough to tell. She did however - ...

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A Mother's Fight For Justice, interview with Rachel Bruno

This is a story every parent should listen to, learn from and then take immediate action. Rachel shares her story about how within 72 hours, her seven-week old suffered a traumatic brain injury, her toddler was taken from home and she faced years in prison at the same time given 24...

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Encourage Courage, Early On, with Scott Rossignol

 

Help From The Principal's Office

Taking the steps to guide your children through difficult experiences, risky obstacles and problem solving without you there, not only builds strong character - it builds resilience. In today's episode, join us in a discussion with someone who offers...

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How to create a safe environment for your children with Adam Mitchell

How to create a safe environment for your children with Adam Mitchell. Adam Mitchell holds a 6th-degree black belt in a traditional martial arts school and a 3rd degree black belt in Judo.

He built and launched the first fully interactive online training resource for martial arts, and is...

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Functional vs Improvisational Training

Let's talk about understanding the difference between improvisational training and functional training and how we should approach working with our children to give them a clear understanding and skill set of for personal protection.

How can they really take ownership of the lessons you...

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