WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic:  Bonding with your child through music

Guest:  Amy Robbins-Wilson

Specific ways that adults can use lullabies and other music with newborns, toddlers, and preschoolers and will reassure us that we don’t need perfect singing voices.

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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Mirroring & Modeling

What is meant by mirroring?  What are some things that children might see in parent’s eyes?  Why is positive modeling important?  How can parents change their negative parenting habits?

Guest: Bonnie Harris, author of When Your Kids Push Your Buttons (and What You Can Do About It) and Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids

 

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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic:   Postpartum Depression: and interview with Noelle Ellis, who talks about her own experiences, as well as how family and community can help women who are suffering from the illness.

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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs

Studio Engineer: Joel Mann

Guest/Topic: Nancy Hathaway of the Center for Mindfulness, and host of WERU’s “Mindful Parenting”, on mindful parenting during the holiday.

 

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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Attachment Parenting
What is attachment (organic) parenting? Why is organic parenting critical? What is the real meaning of “discipline”?
Guest: Koko Preston, author of Organic Parenting: The Prevention of Parent Deficit Disorder
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Transformational Mothering
What does “Transformational Mothering” mean? What is on the CD entitled “The Divine Hours of Motherhood”? What can parent learn from your book?
Guest: Amy Robbins-Wilson, author of Transformational Mothering: A Prayerful Companion for New Mothers
FMI: www.amyrobbinswilson.com , www.lullaby-link.com
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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Professional Midwives
What is a Certified Professional Midwife? What are some of the politics of midwifery? How does the Midwives Model of Care differ from the medical model?
Guest: Ellie Daniels, Certified Professional Midwife & founder of Morningstar Midwifery in Belfast, Maine

 

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Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Discipline with Young Children
Why are time-outs and other punishments ineffective in producing lasting behavior changes? Praise sounds like a good thing. How can it backfire? What are “time-ins”?
Guest: Bonnie Harris, author of “Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids”
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