With jobs, school, clothes, food, bills, and crazy schedules, a parent's plate is full and often running over the edge! The Parent's Plate with host Brenda Nixon, M.A., understands the chaos of life and childrearing. We talk to noted experts and authors on all issues from teething to teen driving. With our information and affirmation you'll feel you have a partner who can organize those messy plates and help you raise good kids. What's on your plate this Tuesday? If we haven't covered it here, we will. Tune in every Tuesday at 10 AM(ET). Call-in line: 877-864-4869.

   The former Kansas City FOX TV4 parenting expert, frequent media guest, mom and author of several books including the award-winning The Birth to Five Book, Brenda Nixon, is your host. Quoted in Parenting, Good Housekeeping and numerous publications, she is a nationally recognized speaker to parents and childcare professionals. From schools to synagogues, businesses to bookstores, conferences to churches, audiences rave that Brenda "engages, educates, and encourages!" When she isn't on the road for speaking engagements, she is home in Ohio with her husband, a mini-dachshund, finch, and near her three grown children. In September 2009, Brenda was named "Mom of the Week" by Lifetime Entertainment. You can read more at her website www.BrendaNixon.com. Hear Brenda live every Tuesday at 10 AM(ET) here on The Parent's Plate.

If you've got bratty kids - or fear having them - you gotta hear what my guest Tuesday March 16, Jill Rigby Garner, shares! Jill is an acclaimed 
author/speaker/parent and a family advocate & the founder of a wildly popular program Manners of the Heart.

Her practical advice, insights, answers, and positive tone will make this topic one you must hear! Grab your friends, neighbors or co-workers and get on your computer this morning at 10 AM (EST) / 9 AM (CST). Better yet, give us a call on our toll free studio line 877-864-4869. Jill and I welcome your questions, comments, or stories about kids, manners, and self-respect.

Jill's website is http://www.mannersoftheheart.com/. Go there now and read her Tip of the Day.

Here's what one teacher said after using Jill's Manners of the Heart curriculum, “In my 27 years of teaching, I have never used a program that has so impacted my children’s lives the way Manners of the Heart does.” Ann Schoemaker, Second Grade Teacher St. James Elementary

Is there a right age to start organized sports? How do I introduce a new pet to our household? What about getting and keeping a routine? Is he ready for Kindergarten? Should I force my son to be included when his older sibling has a friend over?

If these are some of your quandaries, too, then listen to The Parent's Plate where I'll answers caller questions every Tuesday morning in March! Usually, I have a scheduled topic and guest but in March it's a free-for-all of childrearing questions. So call in if you're listening live 10-11 AM(EST) to our toll free number: 877-864-4869.

Every Tuesday morning here at 10 AM(EST) get information and affirmation to help you clear that crowded parenting plate. Tell your friends, co-workers, relatives and neighbors. And, if you miss a show, listen at your convenience to its podcast (click on show title on the right).

Woot! Today (and every Tuesday morning in March) I'm opening my phone lines to parent call-in questions. Got tantrums, teething, teen attitudes, or temperament questions? I've got answers. Need help with separation anxiety or sibling rivalry? I'm all ears. Let me walk you through your toughest childrearing challenge!

It's today 10-11 AM (ET) on The Parent's Plate show. Phone toll free 877-864-4869 with your parenting question.

If you're shy and don't want to be on air with me now, leave your question in the comment box below. I love comments and questions!

Remember, if you ever miss a show, you can listen to its podcast by clicking on the show title at the upper right.

Do your children have interfering grandparents? Are you the interfering grand? How do you keep a smooth relationship with grandparents when raising your own children?

Today's guest is grandparenting columnist, author, and grandmother, Karen Robbins. She's seen it from both sides: raising kids with their grandparents around and being the grandparent. What advice can she share with you?

Listen today at 10 AM(ET) to The Parent's Plate show. Discover if it's possible to spoil a grandchild and the most rewarding part of being a grandparent. If you're listening live, call in with your question or comment on today's show 877-864-4869.

If you want my "Grandma Rules: How to Discipline Out of Control Grandkids" article, contact now me off my site www.BrendaNixon.com and I will email you a free copy! 

"I’m just a woman who was laid off two separate times – each about two years – all as a single mom," says my guest Mary Kaarto.

Mary will reveal secrets and tips for surviving financial crunch when you have no job or income.

How do you tell your kids you are laid off? What are creative ways parents can spend time with their kids that don’t cost an arm & a leg? Get answers on these questions and more today on The Parent's Plate.

My guest, Mary, will offer a FREE copy of her book, Help for the Laid Off, to the first person who visits her web site and emails her a book request. www.marykaarto.com. Her eddy is on the web site.

If you miss a show on The Parent's Plate, you can listen anytime by clicking on its podcast (at right). And feel free to visit the free parenting articles on the "Writer" page of my website www.BrendaNixon.com.