Dr. James Dempsey: Effective Parenting

Perhaps the biggest area of strain for parents, says Dr. James Dempsey, author of Parenting Unchained: Overcoming the Ten Distractions that Shackle Christian Parents, is the temptation to take our eyes off the most important aspects of parenting and put it on trivial or even destructive things. A century ago parents spent 56 percent of their waking, married hours in activity related to raising children. Today, they spend just 18 percent. And for single parents these numbers are even lower. Yet parenting requires time, a plan and dedication.

Dr. Dempsey will chat with Maxine and Jeannie about ways you can trouble shoot your parenting skills. He will identify the ten deceptions that can harm parenting and talk about ways we can overcome them.