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Summary In this episode, I speak with my friend "Rev" about his checkered childhood. With a bad combination of neglect, a medical misdiagnosis, and A.D.D. medicine, Rev had many opportunities to have died as a child. An underqualified step-dad, a mother's narcissistic behavior, fear-driven parenting styles, and more. Is there anything "Rev" didn't have to deal with? Hey Do me a Favor? If you enjoyed this show, please click to tweet to your friends. I'd really really really really appreciate it!

In this episode,  I speak with Darryl Scales (we first met Darryl in episode 004) and Terry Primm about our different parenting styles. I'm not going to lie... I really enjoyed having this conversation. While his parenting style may differ from my own, Darryl is laid back and makes having a discussion on the topic very easy. We cover a variety of different topics including past childhood experiences, parenting strategies, parenting styles, and more. Come join us in the conversation and tell me how your parenting styles compare or differ. Are you more similar to Darryl in your beliefs or more like mine? Why? Hey, Please do me a BIG Favor If you don't mind can you take a few seconds and Click to Tweet this podcast episode. I'll love you forever! Also, you can give us a rate/review on Stitcher Radio by just clicking this link and giving your two cents!

Summary Are you still on the fence about circumcision? Are you uncertain whether or not to have it done on your son? Does the baby feel pain? Does it have lifelong effects? Are the circumcision risks worth having the procedure done? Find out in this episode. In this episode, we have a men's round table discussion about the risks of circumcisions. For the first time on the POP Podcast, I am so excited to be interviewing an actual parent! Please welcome Darryl Scales! Darryl gets to hear some chilling facts about circumcision risks for the first time, and you get to hear his reaction. My good friend Terry Primm also joins us for this important discussion. Your going to love the commentary and discussion/debate we have about circumcision risks and related problems. If you enjoyed the show, please head on over to iTunes and leave us a rate and review. As a special thanks for the effort, I will read your iTunes review on a future episode of the Parent of Progress Podcast. If iTunes isn't your thing, you can also listen to this podcast on Stitcher Radio (Android has a great app for this). Just head on over there, look us up by name, and please give us a thumbs up. If you know anyone who is about to have a baby boy, please be sure to send them a link to this podcast so they can have the necessary information about the circumcision risks involved in this major decision. If you have any additional circumcision risks you'd like to mention or if you want to add to the discussion, please do so in the comments section below. I will respond to every comments you have. Show notes For more information about circumcision risks, please visit: circumcisiondecisionmaker.com Hey, do me a favor! If you don't mind, I have already created a pre-written tweet about this episode. Would you please click to tweet this message. It only takes a few seconds!

Summary In this episode, Terry Primm returns to discuss a few alternatives to spanking and yelling. We also get into a bit of a debate over a couple of them, but overall, we agree that all five alternatives are a much better alternative. Shownotes Please visit iTunes or Stitcher.com to give us a rate and review.

Summary In this episode, I cover a previously written blog, Challenges of Transition. Also, I provide a brief introduction to future plans for the Parent of Progress blog/website/podcast. Show Links Challenges of Transition blog post: http://parentofprogress.com/challenges-of-transition/ Stefan Molyneux: freedomainradio.com Janet Lansbury: janetlansbury.com Robin Grille: http://hearttoheartparenting.org Transcript: Well good morning everyone. Welcome to the Parent of Progress Podcast where we are Improving Childhood by Evolving Parenthood. My name is Daniel Wagner and this is Episode number two. Today I think I just wanted to try something a little different. One being the interview format which you saw in episode one which turned out really well and was a lot of fun to do. I’d definitely like to get more guests. The second type I’d like to do is something more like this following episode where it will be more like an audio blog where I will read over one of the blogs that I had written previously and maybe add a little extra commentary and a little extra insight and thought to it and maybe make fun of my own writing style. The third type that I’m thinking may be a lot of fun is this idea I call Trolling the Trolls. What it involves is going and looking at some of the commentary on other blogs around the internet and seeing some of the arguments being made and really showcase the people who are trolling and trying to talk crap. Basically to obliterate their argument the best I can with actual reason and actual statistics, because typically I see the statistics coming from the anti-spanking side. The pro spankers tend to use anecdotal evidence and feelings. Feelings are nice, they have their place, but when it comes to something as important as raising your children, I think I tend to steer more toward the empirical evidence side and make my judgments from there. So let’s go ahead and get started. No sense in retyping the blog post, so here’s the link for the original http://parentofprogress.com/challenges-of-transition/ . And now on to the additional speaking points from this Podcast. Now, as I kind of read over that (and it’s been awhile since I actually published that post), I’m realizing that a lot of those challenges are still here. Especially trying to help the kids transition. It’s been very interesting seeing some of the remnants of past behavioral techniques we’ve used, and seeing them having trouble adjusting to

Summary Interview with Terry Primm. Commentary on a CBS.com news article about the vicious cycle of violence created by spanking children. Terry Speaks about his childhood memories and discusses his experience with being forced into a fatherly role over an ex-girlfriend's young child. Show Links CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/spanking-triggers-vicious-cycle-study-finds/ Aha! Parenting.com: http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Are_You_a_Gardener_or_a_Sculptor/ In this episode, you will learn Statistics about spanking, child abuse, and violence Terry speaks about his childhood, sharing stories Our take on the CBS article about the vicious cycle of violence What next? Please leave us a review on iTunes if you enjoyed the show! Transcript Hi and welcome to the Parent of Podcast Progress… um Parent of Progress Podcast. Yeah, that’s the one. Where peaceful parenting strategies take a front row seat in the conversation. I’m your host, Daniel Wagner. And as a former authoritarian parent, it’s my mission to evolve parenthood four children at a time. Today I’ll be speaking with Terry Primm, a newly reformed peaceful parenting advocate and father of none. But even though he is not yet a parent, he does intend to be some day. Also, I’d love to hear your feedback. Please let me know what you think of the show over at parentofprogress.com/contact Enjoy the show. Before we get started, I just wanted to go over this news article I found in the CBS news.com website. This article, titled “Spanking Triggers Vicious Cycle, Study Finds” I just wanted to get your thoughts about a couple things here. They mentioned that about 28% of mothers reported spanking their children during their first year of life, increasing to 57% at age three, and then hovering around 53% at age five, and 48% at age nine. Basically 49% of parents were still spanking their children as nine year olds. What do you think about that? T: Well first of all, I want to meet these women who spank one year olds, because that is absolutely ridiculous. What can a one year old possibly do or understand that he’s getting a spanking for. D: As if they’re cognitively developed enough to understand what’s going on. I guess all they see is “well my caretaker is whooping my ass or hitting me. This is the person I’m supposed to depend on for all my needs. And here I am getting beat and being silenced, being told I’m somehow misbehaving.” T: It’s like,