Join internationally acclaimed parenting expert Alyson Schafer every Monday as she answers your parenting questions. Without judgement and backed with easily understandable theory and research, she’ll offer up actionable solutions you can implement immediately. Alyson puts the “sense" back into "common sense parenting" with her warm, inspiring and informed Adlerian approach. Alyson is the author of three best selling parenting books with HarperCollinsCanada including; “Breaking The Good Mom Myth” “Honey, I Wrecked The Kids” and Ain't Misbehavin’” and the go-to expert for national media outlets.Send Alyson your parenting question to alyson@alysonschafer.com with #AskAlyson in the subject line or to @alysonschafer on any of her social media platforms. Questions will be answered anonymously.
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230: Ambitious Dads: A Movement For Fathers Who Want More
Meet Jeff Hittner! He is an executive coach and leadership expert working with CEOs and Fortune 500 companies on three continents. His journey into fatherhood made him change his definition of being a dad. He also made a conscious decision to use his team-building and leadership skills in his parenting approaches so he could be the best version of himself as a father. Now he has founded “Ambitious Dads” which shows fathers in the workplace how they can become better leaders by becoming better dads! We discuss the “Dad Gap” and how Dads often win at work and fail at home. He offers a new definition of success and the path for Dads to get there.
You can learn more about Jeff Hittner by checking out his website:
www.amitiousdads.com (http://www.amitiousdads.com)
And on social media accounts:
Substack https://ambitiousdads.substack.com
IG @ambitiousdads
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffhittner/
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14 Sept 2026
229: Parenting Q & A with Alyson Schafer
Q1. My 4 year old is trapping people with his legs and being a barnacle on my leg.
Q2. My daughter is playing me against my ex-wife in asking for money and I feel played.
Q3. Should I use phone tracking for my daughter who is in first year uni?
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31 Aug 2026
228: Author Dr Leonard Sax On His Updated Edition of “Boys Adrift”
If you are raising boys, you need to listen to this episode. Dr Leonard Sax and I discuss the new content added to the latest edition of his book “Boys Adrift”. We discussed why boys fall behind their sisters in school and what parents and teachers can do about it. I also learned about the very real and scary reality of endocrine disruptors and how male testosterone levels are dropping which impacts many things, including motivation. He also gives some shocking information from his research where he had discussions with adolescent boys about pornography consumption and having AI girlfriends. Did you know that 39% of boys age 13 -17 have made deepfake porn of a classmate without her permission? Again, this is vital information for parents of boys. Please listen in and share.
You can learn more about Dr Leonard Sax and his latest edition of Boys Adrift as well as his other parenting books here:
https://www.leonardsax.com/books/boys-adrift/ (https://www.leonardsax.com/books/boys-adrift/)
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Do you have a parenting question for me? Send it to hello@alysonschafer.com (mailto:alyson@alysonschafer.com) and I’ll answer (anonymously) on an upcoming Q&A podcast.
Sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.alysonschafer.com (http://www.alysonschafer.com) and receive my “Responsibilities By Age” pdf.
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204: Raising Generous Kids Through Charitable Giving
Published 6 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'm not here to disagree with that. I actually agree with that to a certain extent. I'm here to remind us that we ourselves benefit so much when we participate in these things like what happens to our empowerment, what happens to our confidence? You know, when we see that we can get involved in something and create some change and we can have some impact and we can see and feel that with our own, you know, mind and heart and being there, you know, literally. So it's to remember that like, you know, giving isn't purely about achieving the impact on others. It's also about achieving impact on ourselves. […]
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