Year in Space, Teens Calculated Risks, Parenting Without Yelling

Year in Space, Teens Calculated Risks, Parenting Without Yelling

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 68

  • Mar 20, 2018 5:00 pm
  • 2:17:03 mins

A Year in Space (9:15) Scott Kelly is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy captain. In October 2015, he set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, the single longest space mission by an American astronaut. He talks about his life and experiences, and his book Endurance: A Year in Space, A lifetime of Discovery.   Teens and their Calculated Risks (58:17) Jessica Flannery is a graduate student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Oregon. Her research interests broadly focus on how early adverse experiences influence neuroendocrine pathways and function as well their impact on the development of brain structures and connectivity between brain regions specifically associated with social and emotional development. Teenagers can be dumb and that’s ok. Parents may think that kids should be more cautious and have reason to think that as they are stuck with hospital bills after an accident. Jessica Flannery shares her article about the method of madness that is a teenagers decision making. How To Get Kids To Listen Without Yelling (1:42:50) Paul Jenkins, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist. He is the author of Pathological Positivity. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychology-law Society, and the Utah Psychological Association. Marriage can be tough. Many challenges come up when two people decide to join their lives together. Dr. Paul Jenkins shares some tips on how to get kids to listen without yelling.

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