Crazy schedules, school, meals, and bills crowd our plate! Get help with the parent portion from the award-winning parenting author, expert, and mom who understands you want to be a great parent - or just survive - amid life's chaos. Mission-driven to empower parents through education and encouragement, Brenda Nixon, M.A., helps you with discipline, child temperament, finding a nanny, avoiding sex traffic, Internet safety, rules for dating and more! Whether you have tots or teens - or those inbetween - Brenda empowers you to parent with competence and confidence! Listen here Tuesday 10 am(EST). Call-in line: 877-864-4869.

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OMG, a Google search for ADD reveals more than 834 million sites/articles! Is this problem over diagnosed? Is it today's hip-excuse for poor parental discipline? Is it a crutch for a child's low school performance?

Tuesday morning, January 31, Helen Neville, RN reveals amazing facts about Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Helen will answer question about what medicines do, how do they help or hurt children with ADHD, and bad side effects.

She welcomes callers 1-877-864-4869 anytime between 10-11 AM (EST), Do you have questions, comments, disagreements, or stories about ADD and ADHD? Listen to this powerful episode and feel free to call in and participate!

Helen has terrific drug info and tips for parents like, what you say to your child about medication. If you miss the live show Tuesday morning, come back here anytime at your convenience to click on the podcast or listen via iTunes.

Children as young as 12-14 years are recruited by pimps to become prostitutes! They are targeted through telephone chat-lines, on the street, at the mall, online, and even by friends at school and after-school activities. This horrid modern-day slavery goes on throughout the world but, also in the United States. All 50 states report human trafficking crimes.

How do you learn or teach your child about, and save your child from becoming a victim of sex traffic? Listen to the Tuesday, January 24th episode of The Parent's Plate radio show! I will interview Kathi Macias, author of Deliver Me from Evil, who exposes this plight and admits this was the hardest book she'd ever written.

Kathi will reveal how prevalent human trafficking is in the United States, share why so few attempt escape, and give some guidelines to parents so they can protect their child from getting caught up in this deadly trap.

Educate yourself and save your child! Make a note to listen to this powerful episode of The Parent's Plate Tuesday morning, January 24th, 10 am (EST). If you must miss the live show, come back later at your convenience and listen to it here on podcast.

We have a screaming hot show for you Tuesday, January 17, 10-11 am (EST). Click here to listen as we talk about finding the right nanny for your child(ren), how to avoid the horror stories, what to pay, what to expect a nanny to do . . . and NOT do in your home plus much more!

Join me and my special guest Candi Wingate, president of Nannies4Hire.com and a fantastico blogger. Get all this and more Tuesday morning, January 17. If you have questions about hiring - or firing - a nanny, call into our toll free studio line 877-864-4869. We want to hear from you!

Guest hosting for me Tuesday, January 10, is my good pal and writing colleague Pamela Sonnenmoser! You will enjoy her sassy style, candid conversation and practical parenting enlightenments.

Pamela welcomes her guest, Kathy Lonsinger, founder of "A Gentle Answer Ministries" and an awesome parenting expert. Together they will give parenting tips and examples like: You CAN train your children NOT to yell and interrupt. Check out Kathy's website, too http://www.agentleanswer.com/

Just imagine . . . you can skillfully express yourself in a way that your children really hear your heart and words . . . or

. . . you can minimize misunderstandings and have better connections with your kids?♥

Communications Coach, Certified life coach and author, Georgia Shaffer, along with guest, author and speaker Gayle Roper, will discuss ways to communicate more effectively with those in your family. They’ll reveal how to identify your style of communicating as well as how to tailor talk to fit the style of your children.

Join my guest host today, Tuesday, January 3, 2012, Georgia Shaffer for this information-packed hour! Georgia is also a Licensed Psychologist in PA. She has written: the bestselling bookTaking Out Your Emotional Trash, is featured in the film, "Letters to God," and is on the teaching team of American Association of Christian Counselors' (AACC) Life Coaching Training series and their DVD series, Challenging Cancer. Georgia is a former TV host and serves on the International Christian Coaching Association advisory board.

Gayle Roper is the author of more than 45 books, including Shadows on the Sand, a Seaside mystery. She speaks at women’s conferences around the country, has two grown sons, and five grandchildren.

This is a GREAT show to start your Happy New Year! Make this year count with your kids!