The Parenting Matters Podcast

Sleep As Medicine

Learn about how sleep affects kids' behavior and sometimes causes a misdiagnosis of ADHD.

Adoption

Learn about the opportunity of Adoption with Dr. Par and Julie Bolles, supervisor at Catholic Charities of Tennessee. 

Exercise & Health

Dr. Par and guest Heather Leusink, Clinical Exercise Physiologist at Williamson Medical Center, discuss all things exercise - benefits and injuries.

The VALUE of Pets

"Kids with a pet have an easier way of coping with the stresses of life, have fewer allergies, and faster recuperation from illness."

Music Makes Everything Better

Dr. Par discusses how music helps kids learn and enjoy life with Dr. Lesley Maxwell Mann, Associate Professor of Music at Belmont University.

Getting Teens to Talk Religion

''Values, good and wrong, must be taught at home or they will be taught by the media."

Getting Teens to Church

"Faith will make them stronger, less likely to get in trouble, and make us parents even more proud of them."

Family Cell Phone and Media Addictions

Dr. Par discusses a family addicted to cell phones. Are these devices tearing your family apart?

Coping With Violence

Dr. Par, a panel of parents and officer Mark Wood discuss the "culture of death"; school shootings and what are we doing as parents?

What is Discipline?

What is discipline? Learn the truth about "discipline" "to instruct" by being the person we want our kids to become, with Dr. Par and expert guests!