11:00 am to 11:30 am

Guest: Cindy La Ferle writes essays, columns, and features on family topics and women’s midlife issues.  Allen and Cindy discuss one of the topics all parents eventually face, “When and how to start letting go!” And much more!

11:30 am to 12:00 pm

Guest: Brad Edgar, Chief Operating Officer of Shelterwood, which is a licensed Christian residential teen treatment program, dedicated to family counseling and restoration of relationships in a facility that treats troubled adolescents. During the later part of the show, Brad and Allen discuss Shelterwood’s multi-faceted teen counseling and teen mentoring strategy to create a dynamic atmosphere that wraps teens in love when they are at their worst.

TITLE: How to discipline your Kids without yelling spanking, nagging, or time outs!?

SPECIAL GUEST: Special Guests: Rick & Wendy Jensen - “Authors of the “G.O.L.D Standard”

The proud parents of 7 children, a few years ago Rick and Wendy Jensen realized that something needed to be done to increase the love and harmony in their home. This is when they began formulating a parenting program called “The G.O.L.D. Standard”, which is based on the principles of Gratitude, Obedience, Love / Respect, Discipline and Service. By implementing their amazing “positive, award-based” system, their family went through a wonderful transformation with an outcome that all parents desire … children who are accountable for their own actions, and more cooperative and willing to work!  During this show, they will share the secret of their success with Allen and his audience.

Rick has his Masters in Education and has worked with the youth in an educational setting for over nine years. Wendy is a freelance writer, an interpreter for the deaf and authored of, “Sign Language for Babies and Beyond: How to promote early communication and language development in your child”.

11:00 am to 11:30 am

TITLE: What are the “big” mistakes that parents make after divorce?

SPECIAL GUEST: Pat Montgomery, Host of Parents Rule! Radio Show
Pat is also the author of  “Now You Know What I know: Parenting Wisdom of a Grandmother”
Allen and his guest, tackled the tough questions surrounding divorce and how parents can minimize the physical, emotional and spiritual damage inflicted on their children. They gave guidance to parents regarding… “How do you tell the kids” and many other issues.
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11:30 am to Noon

TITLE: How we can end slavery and human trafficking.

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Kevin Bales  President and Co-Founder of “Free the Slaves”

Allen was joined by Dr. Kevin Bales, co-founder of “Free the Slaves,” an organization that was formed in response to Dr. Bales’ groundbreaking book, Disposable People. The award winning book introduced much of the world to modern-day slavery.

Free the Slaves works on the ground with liberators around the world. They do what it takes to free men, women and children and help them stay free. Kevin Bales’ follow-up book, “Ending Slavery” explains how we can eradicate slavery. Forever. His latest book, The Slave Next Door is a wake-up call to Americans that this is not a problem that only happens half way around the world…it happens right here in the U.S.

TITLE:  “Don’t Stop Now:  Parent Involvement in Literacy Beyond the Early Elementary Years”.

SPECIAL GUEST: Cathy Miller, President of TLA - The Literacy Ambassador’s® Mission

Lighting the spark and fanning the flame of literacy, Cathy began her journey with a vision of building bridges for children, hand in hand with adults, promoting literacy as a tool for life.  Utilizing leading edge research and reading technologies, TLA emphasizes the “big picture” and “behavior” of reading.

KidzEra - Innovative Media Platform Educates Kids While Entertaining Them with By “Kids, For Kids” Philosophy

SPECIAL GUEST: Scott Smith, YOUTH INTERMEDIA -  KidzEra Magazine, KidzEra Teen News TV, KidzEra.com and KidzEra Mobile”.

Kicking off our June agenda is a discussion exploring the newest challenge for educators - the Tweens, ages 8 to 12. Youth Intermedia is a marketing and mass media production company that has developed a successful system, the KidzEra multimedia platform, that improves education methodologies for hard to teach and reach - youth demographic.

KidzEra empowers kids by providing tool sets that enable  them to create their own multimedia content. The “By Kids, For Kids” model ensures that the content on our media channels is interesting and relevant to Tweens.