Dr. Roger Smith | Ep. 199

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About this Episode

Why are so many children and teens struggling with anxiety today? Zan Tyler and Dr. Roger Smith discuss the growing mental health challenges facing families and the unique ways homeschooling can nurture emotionally healthy children. They talk about smartphones, social media, play, strong family relationships, and the importance of real community in a disconnected culture. Zan and Roger also offer thoughtful guidance for recognizing when a child may need additional help. You’ll come away encouraged that small, intentional choices at home really do shape your child’s emotional health and future.

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Meet My Guest

Dr. Roger Smith, the Louisiana Rural Health Practitioner of the Year in 2021, was the first to homeschool in his rural community in 1989. He and his wife, Jan, have been involved in many community, state, and national organizations where they have influenced policymakers, leaders, and service providers.

Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, he continues to practice medicine full-time, while he speaks and writes about family matters. Although he includes his scientific knowledge of the subject, as host of the Parenting Matters Now Podcast, he communicates with a relaxed, conversational style that reminds many of Mister Rogers Neighborhood.

Dr. Smith authored Parenting with Influence, as well as numerous articles on home, family relationships, and homeschooling. “Helping Families Thrive” is the mission of his writing, speaking, and coaching. He believes parenting is leadership, which is a learnable skill that everyone can improve. So, he brings his years of study and experience to help other parents lead well.

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Mentioned in this Episode

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
• 1000 Hours Outside
• Until the Streetlights Come on by GInny Yurich
• No Longer Little: Parenting Tweens with Grace and Hope by Hal & Melanie Young
• Parenting with Influence: Shifting Your Parenting Style as You and Your Child Grow by Roger Smith, M.D.
• Parenting Matters Now Podcast
• BJU Press Homeschool

Podcast Sponsor

At BJU Press Homeschool, we’re committed to providing children an education from a biblical worldview that is academically sound and challenges them to advance, think critically, and live like Christ. This type of education is not often possible in public schools because of the number of children taught in a classroom, a difference in worldview, and peer and societal pressure to conform. Homeschooling allows parents to instruct and disciple their children without daily fighting messages from an opposing worldview taught in the classroom. And with tuition costs and fees for private schooling or tutoring, homeschooling may be the only option for parents who are concerned for their children’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
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