In my career, I’ve attended the births of over 1500 babies. In almost every case, the parents wanted to be great parents. But most of them didn’t have a clue how to parent. So, most use the parenting style that their parents used. Is that healthy or is it a recipe for a parenting disaster? Today we’re looking at your parenting style to see if it’s healthy or harmful on this edition of Ask Dr. Walt.
From 2021-2022, I was honored to host a TV show on LiftableTV, “Ask Dr. Walt.”
In my career, I’ve attended the births of over 1500 babies. In almost every case, the parents wanted to be great parents. But most of them didn’t have a clue how to parent. So, most use the parenting style that their parents used. Is that healthy or is it a recipe for a parenting disaster? Today we’re looking at your parenting style to see if it’s healthy or harmful on this edition of Ask Dr Walt.
You can click below to watch a video of the show, and I’ve put the show transcript at the end of the blog if you’d prefer.
Show 34
To Become a Better Parent, Focus on Your Parenting Style
Guest: Den Trumbull, MD
TEASE:
In my career, I’ve attended the births of over 1500 babies. In almost every case, the parents wanted to be great parents. But most of them didn’t have a clue how to parent. So, most use the parenting style that their parents used. Is that healthy or is it a recipe for a parenting disaster? Today we’re looking at your parenting style to see if it’s healthy or harmful on this edition of Ask Dr. Walt.
OPEN:
Hi, everyone. I’m family physician Dr. Walt Larimore. Throughout my 40 plus years as a family physician, I’ve deeply enjoyed guiding young families as they learn how to parent their kids in a way that’s highly healthful. Erma Bombeck once said, “When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.” Someone else quipped, “Not all who wander are lost. Some are just parents, in Target, hiding from their children.” I like what journalist Maria Shriver wrote: “Having kids, the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings, is the biggest job anyone can embark on. As with any risk, you have to take a leap of faith and ask lots of wonderful people for their help and guidance. I thank God every day for giving me the opportunity to parent.”
Returning to Ask Dr. Walt to help us in our parenting is my friend Den Trumbull, MD. Den received his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at the University of Alabama Children’s Hospital. After serving in the United States Air Force for four years, Dr. Trumbull entered private pediatric practice where he’s cared for children for almost 35 years including he and his wife, Nancy’s, five children and four grandchildren. He’s past President of the American College of Pediatricians, and he has written or helped write several Position Statements for the College. His primary area of interest is behavioral pediatrics and has written a new parenting book, Loving by Leading. Den, welcome back to Ask Dr. Walt.
QUESTIONS OR TOPICS:
THANK DEN.
Dr. Trumbull’s latest book, Loving by Leading is available at most online bookstores. In addition, if you’d like to take a free assessment to determine your parenting style, go to my website at www.DrWalt.com and scroll to the bottom of the page where you’ll find the Assessment Tools section. Look for the “Assessing Your Parenting Style.” You can also read more about parenting highly healthy children in a couple of my books, God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Child and God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Teen. Again, go to www.DrWalt.com and click on the books tab.
Finally, if you have concerns about your or your family’s health that you’d like me to consider in future programs, just drop me an email at AskDrWalt@LiftableTV.com. One warning, I cannot answer specific questions about your individual health, but I bet you have plenty of great general questions to ask me, so send them in to AskDrWalt@LiftableTV.com, and we’ll get to as many as we can during future programs.
Until our next visit, let’s get moving together toward true health, and “Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.”
Disclaimer: The “Ask Dr. Walt” show is designed for entertainment purposes to give information on various medical conditions, treatments, and procedures for your personal knowledge and to help you be a more informed consumer of medical and health services.
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