Guest: Cindy La Ferle writes essays, columns, and features on family topics and women's midlife issues.  Allen and Cindy discuss one of the topics all parents eventually face, "When and how to start letting go!" And much more!

Guest: Brad Edgar, Chief Operating Officer of Shelterwood, which is a licensed Christian residential teen treatment program, dedicated to family counseling and restoration of relationships in a facility that treats troubled adolescents. During the later part of the show, Brad and Allen discuss Shelterwood's multi-faceted teen counseling and teen mentoring strategy to create a dynamic atmosphere that wraps teens in love when they are at their worst.

How to discipline your Kids without yelling spanking, nagging, or time outs!?

Special Guest: Special Guests: Rick & Wendy Jensen - “Authors of the "G.O.L.D Standard"

The proud parents of 7 children, a few years ago Rick and Wendy Jensen realized that something needed to be done to increase the love and harmony in their home. This is when they began formulating a parenting program called "The G.O.L.D. Standard", which is based on the principles of Gratitude, Obedience, Love / Respect, Discipline and Service. By implementing their amazing "positive, award-based" system, their family went through a wonderful transformation with an outcome that all parents desire ... children who are accountable for their own actions, and more cooperative and willing to work!  During this show, they will share the secret of their success with Allen and his audience.

Rick has his Masters in Education and has worked with the youth in an educational setting for over nine years. Wendy is a freelance writer, an interpreter for the deaf and authored of, "Sign Language for Babies and Beyond: How to promote early communication and language development in your child".

What are the "big" mistakes that parents make after divorce?

Special Guest: Pat Montgomery, Host of Parents Rule! Radio Show
Pat is also the author of  "Now You Know What I know: Parenting Wisdom of a Grandmother"
Allen and his guest, tackled the tough questions surrounding divorce and how parents can minimize the physical, emotional and spiritual damage inflicted on their children. They gave guidance to parents regarding... “How do you tell the kids” and many other issues.

How we can end slavery and human trafficking.
Special Guest: Dr. Kevin Bales  President and Co-Founder of "Free the Slaves"
Allen was joined by Dr. Kevin Bales, co-founder of "Free the Slaves," an organization that was formed in response to Dr. Bales' groundbreaking book, Disposable People. The award winning book introduced much of the world to modern-day slavery.

Free the Slaves works on the ground with liberators around the world. They do what it takes to free men, women and children and help them stay free. Kevin Bales' follow-up book, "Ending Slavery" explains how we can eradicate slavery. Forever. His latest book, The Slave Next Door is a wake-up call to Americans that this is not a problem that only happens half way around the world…it happens right here in the U.S.

"Don't Stop Now:  Parent Involvement in Literacy Beyond the Early Elementary Years".
Special Guest: Cathy Miller, President of TLA - The Literacy Ambassador's® Mission
Lighting the spark and fanning the flame of literacy, Cathy began her journey with a vision of building bridges for children, hand in hand with adults, promoting literacy as a tool for life.  Utilizing leading edge research and reading technologies, TLA emphasizes the "big picture" and "behavior" of reading.

KidzEra - Innovative Media Platform Educates Kids While Entertaining Them with By "Kids, For Kids" Philosophy.

Special Guest: Scott Smith, YOUTH INTERMEDIA -  KidzEra Magazine, KidzEra Teen News TV, KidzEra.com and KidzEra Mobile".

Kicking off our June agenda is a discussion exploring the newest challenge for educators - the Tweens, ages 8 to 12. Youth Intermedia is a marketing and mass media production company that has developed a successful system, the KidzEra multimedia platform, that improves education methodologies for hard to teach and reach - youth demographic.

KidzEra empowers kids by providing tool sets that enable  them to create their own multimedia content. The "By Kids, For Kids" model ensures that the content on our media channels is interesting and relevant to Tweens.

How much does parent involvement in education make a difference?
Special Guest: Stacey Kannenberg, Publisher & Nationally Renowned Education Expert and Award Winning Author Part of the reason kids struggle in the older grades is that parents need to be involved from day one and the curriculum usually starts to be beyond the average parent by 5th or 6th grade. Discussion topics include: What can parents and kids do to take back education and how do you motivate a child that simply isn't interested in school?
Stacey Kannenberg is a media favorite with numerous television appearances along with hundreds of radio, magazine and newspaper stories. She is also a frequent presenter at Early Learning and Head Start Conferences where she holds workshops for teachers and educators entitled:  “Empowering Parents 101”.

Special Guest: Laura Ramirez, Psychologist and Author
Laura is the author of "Keepers of the Children: Native American Wisdom and Parenting." This award-winning book combines ancient native concepts with cutting-edge psychology to show parents how to raise children to develop their natural strengths, hone keen self preservation skills that will keep them safe from harm and grow into adults who share their strengths with others by making unique contributions to the world. And...back by popular demand, writer and satirist Will Jones as Allen's co-host. This is a show you won’t want to miss!

Making a case for Residential Treatment Centers.
Special Guest: Lisa Foley, LCSW, Clinical Supervisor of Therapeutic Services, Willow Springs Center. 
Listen in as Allen and Lisa discuss the merits of “Residential Treatment Centers” and much more.

Special Guests: Tim Brace and Kelly Dunbar of the Carlbrook School in Virginia.  Co-host: Rob Spencer
Listen as Allen, Rob, Tim and Kelly discuss the value of character development for teenage students and wonder why it isn’t part of every high school curriculum…
It is at Carlbrook, and much more.

Ten years after Columbine:  How much safer are our schools? 
Special Guests:Nationally recognized educator, speaker, facilitator and trainer; Rick Phillips.
Video editor, writer and satirist, Will Jones and West Shield Adolescent Services lead transport agent and youth leader Dave Munoz discuss school violence in America.
Rick Phillips is founder of "Community Matters" and is the lead author of "Safe School Ambassadors: Harnessing Student Power to Stop Bullying and Violence”.Listen in as they discuss some of the disturbing facts that have come out in Rick’s 22 page report card.

Special Guests: Anti-human trafficking activists, Dottie Laster and Pastor Kerry Decker. 
Re-transmitted by popular demand!
Pastor Kerry Decker, founder and president of MillionKids.org. This non-profit organization offers vocational training and business start up for South East Asian Girls that have been rescued from human trafficking.
Dottie Laster has built a reputation as a dedicated advocate against human trafficking and President of Laster Global Consulting which trains Law Enforcement and other organizations on how to combat Human Trafficking. 
Listen in as they discuss with Allen the growing problem of human trafficking and how they combat it, and how you can help!

Guest: Raul Perez, owner of Abet Security Services Inc. He's been providing K-9 narcotic detection services to schools for over 15 years. Raul started his Canine Narcotic Detection Program to help bring awareness to parents who suspect their teens are using drugs and get them help before it's too late.  If you or a family you work with suspects their teenager is using illegal drugs, then this is a show you won't want to miss!

DO YOU WANT TO FEEL INNER PEACE AND JOY NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE?
Then this show is one you won't want to miss!
Our Special Guest, Dr. Shelly Zavala has been a coach and presenter to a large number of individual, community and corporate organizations. As a Doctor of Psychology and Licensed Marriage, and Family Therapist, Dr. Zavala assists clients in empowering themselves through the concept of self-responsibility, accountability and living with intention and authenticity. 

Guest Rick Johnson, Executive Director of Summit Preparatory School in Kalispell, Montana started  his career as an outpatient adolescent therapist. Now Rick and his  co-founders successfully run the school based on how to best serve adolescents when outpatient care provides too little and long-term impatient treatment seems too extreme. Listen to this very informative show.

Special Guest, Trudi Morrison. Trudi has been working with not for profit organizations for 25 years, co-founding the Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco.
Having raised five children in a blended family, Trudi shared her life's experiences on Parenting and family communication. The grounded reality and advice she brings to parenting is invaluable.

Guest, Debra Gwartney, author of the critically acclaimed book, "Live Through This."   A heart wrenching tale of a family torn to pieces, but pieced back together through redeemed relationships. The story is personal, the author faced this situation herself. Listen in and hear this life changing and inspiring tale of a modern day family.

Allen Cardoza was the special guest "On the Couch" for Dr. Michelle Roth's Show.
Listen to Dr. Michelle and Allen talk about "running away in America", adolescent transport to specialized programs, "family contracts, and more.If you have teenagers or work with them, this show is a must for you!

Guests: Strike Force's Larry Gassin and Dottie Laster discuss human trafficking with Allen. Sadly, this is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world, with conservative estimates of over 27 million people in slavery today. Listen how they are working to slow this crime down and what you can do to help.

Florian Schlosser, human behavior expert, has been helping people find peace and well being for years. Traveling the world to teach us how to connect with others on a much deeper level.  Listen in to Allen and Florian discuss how to reduce stress and find a different and more balanced way to live your life. Click below to listen live!

Guests Jeffrey Kemp and Linda McKinney discuss wilderness therapy in the U.S. and Australia for teens. Listen in as Allen, Parker, Linda and Jeff discuss how these programs help teens and young adults, and give advice for parents on how to help their own teenager!

Personal information protection, in the physical and digital worlds, becomes more of an issue every day. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America today; and Internet Predators make their way into your personal life in a way that was not even possible years ago. Paul Curtis, Internet security specialist, discusses with Allen ways to protect you and your family from the threats that this new digital world imposes. Listen in and learn how to protect yourself and those you love!

Dr. Robert Fischer and Anne LaRiviere are co-founders of the Optimum Perfomance Institute, a place for young adults searching for purpose in life. Listen to them discuss with Allen the challenges of transitioning into adulthood for young people today. These guests are very informed and experienced with 17-25 year olds learning how to be  responsible members of society. Listen, and get advice and help for yourself, or for the young person in your life.

Guest: Dr. Michelle Roth, Psychologist, Relationship Expert
Listen as Dr Michelle and Allen discuss solutions to diffusing conflict with your teenager, focusing on what to do when a teenager makes a mistake,  is acting out, or is constantly defiant. Many of the common questions about how the relationship between parents and teens can thrive are answered. 

Guest: Sherry Gaba, LCSW and Life Coach. Listen as Sherry and Allen discuss what love addiction is, 
what leads adolescents to love addiction, what some of the childhood causes are and provide parenting tips to deal with this and other forms of addiction.

Guests: Chase and Blaise Cardoza and Mason Clevenger.
Learn what boys are really thinking as they prepare for entering high school and/or middle school for the first time.
Listen to what happens to the show when it is taken over by 12 and 14 year old boys!

Guest: Phil Ludwig, founder and CEO of Teen Rescue, Inc. and Julian Youth Academy.
Phil brings his passion for helping families in crisis while addressing issues such as teens in crisis, conflict resolution, and other topics related to healthy family relationships.

Guest: Internationally renowned Private Investigator, Logan Clarke addresses the controversial subject of; International parental abduction investigations.

Guests: Director of Clinical services, Lori Kaplan, Ph.D, and the founders of Abundant Life and Adolescent Growth, Inc., John Lewis, M.A. and Dr. Joy Holmes, Psy.D. “Abundant Life” is a dual diagnosis residential facility for adolescents who have found themselves in crisis.

Guest: Robert Spencer, Field Manager of West Shield Adolescent Services Inc
Listen to Rob and Allen talk about the link between martial arts training and self esteem, as well as many other topics that will help you find…answers for the family.

Guest, John Lieberman, Director of Operation of Visions Treatment Center. If you are an educational consultant, psychologist, school counselor or parent of a teen,
don’t miss this show!