Happy Thanksgiving from Dr. Meg! Parents, this week is a great opportunity to teach your children how to be grateful. Dr. Meg shares about an organization she supports called Food For The Hungry in Bolivia. Food for the Hungry teaches parents how to grow vegetables, raise fish farms and provide lifesaving nutrients to their starving children. She recently visited Food for the Hungry in Bolivia with her son because she believes that the best way to teach children to be grateful is through teaching them to serve those who are less fortunate. Dr. Meg also talks about gratitude and offers her Points To Ponder. Also featured, a question from a mother who feels her 6-year-old boy is starting to engage in inappropriate boy talk with other boys. Send questions to askmeg@megmeekermd.com
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1:00 – WELCOME
Dr. Meg sets up the topic, including the story about her mission trip to Bolivia with Food For The Hungry. She also sets up her Let’s Get Social segment and her Points To Ponder segment.
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5:17 – TEACHING CHILDREN TO SERVE / BOLIVIA STORY SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Meg talks about the importance of teaching your children about serving. She shares a story spotlight about her trip to Bolivia with Food For The Hungry.
10:38 – POINTS TO PONDER (PART 1)
Dr. Meg shares her Points To Ponder about how to teach children gratitude.
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18:27 – POINTS TO PONDER (PART 2)
Dr. Meg continues sharing her Points To Ponder about how to teach children gratitude.
25:56 – LET’S GET SOCIAL
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Dr. Meg answers an email question from a mother who feels her 6-year-old boy is starting to engage in inappropriate boy talk with other boys.
30:32 – PARENT PEP RALLY
31:43 – CALL TO ACTION
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Every parent will face adversity. Some will feel overwhelming, even terrifying. The adversity may involve a terminal illness, a dramatic life-changing event, a job loss or a divorce. And when life turns tough, we have a choice about how we will respond. Will the hardship be our undoing or will it makes us stronger? Thinking about how we will respond is critical for our children because as we respond, they watch us. And more importantly, their security or fear will revolve around how we respond- what we say and what we express. Even in the midst of pain, we must lead our children and help them by allowing the difficulty to strengthen us, not make us weaker. This is the story of Cheryl Wilkinson, a mother of three children, who lived with breast cancer and battled it bravely. It is the story of hundreds of thousands of parents who have confronted life- threatening illness and fought hard. It is a story of strength, love and the blessings that came to her whole family. Dr. Meg shares her Points To Ponder and answers an email from a single mother about her son’s father. Send questions to askmeg@megmeekermd.com
0:00 – WELCOME
Dr. Meg sets up the topic, including her conversation later in the episode with Cheryl Wilkinson, wife and mother of three children, who lived with breast cancer and battled it bravely. She also sets up her “Let’s Get Social” and her “Points To Ponder” segments.
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3:57 – POINTS TO PONDER
Dr. Meg shares her three points for you about parenting through adversity.
9:48 – A CONVERSATION WITH CHERYL WILKINSON (PART 1)
Dr. Meg talks to guest Cheryl Wilkinson about her battle with breast cancer as a mother and wife.
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19:57 – A CONVERSATION WITH CHERYL WILKINSON (PART 2)
Dr. Meg concludes her conversation with guest Cheryl Wilkinson about how she parented in the middle of breast cancer.
31:04 – LET’S GET SOCIAL
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Dr. Meg answers an email question from a single mother. Her son is asking about his
father and she isn’t sure telling her son about him is a good idea.
35:48 – PARENT PEP RALLY
36:57 – CALL TO ACTION
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