New Dad at 58 You ever think what would it be like to revisit raising children? What would you do differently and what would you repeat. Having raised two children (Born in 1966 and 1969) I had a child born in 2001 and have the chance to use all that I have learned Through the years to raise this one. Listen to my weekly podcast and hear how things go.

Senior Dad
Show about parenting Listen to my weekly Webcast and hear about Parenting and education issues from the source. I became a dad again at 58. I had to revisit raising children and confront what I would do differently, and what I would repeat. Having raised two children (born in 1966 and 1969), I had learned lessons. Now, could I apply these lessons learned yesterday to make today better? That and the issues of the day are what the show is about. We explore current issues that concern parents and teachers such as Healthy Schools, Children with extra needs, Homework, Preschool, Early Childhood Education, Violence Against Children, Nutrition, Middle Schools After-school programs, Play, and other notes of interest like play dates, an "older" man Ice skating and coaching.

Senior Dad 047- Life is Good
28 Mar 2008 at 1:28pm
When we first met Senior Dad-to-be, Bob Brockob, he was filled with the anticipation of impending fatherhood. On this his forth visit to our show we have a 10 month check in with Bob to find out how this minimalist architect and education chair of OceanFilmFest.org is adjusting to being the dad of Max and how it has changed his life. For some reason the issue of inclusion seems to invoke strong passions. Everyone views it differently. Add in the prescription for a least restrictive environment, and wow that gets everyone really churning. You can just see everyone in the room tighten their backs as they set their positions in stone. Walk...
Senior Dad 046- Should All Information Be Secret?
27 Feb 2008 at 1:46pm
What if all your family?s medical history could not be accessed? Not for you parents, nor your grand parents. It would definitely make it difficult to figure out to which illnesses your child is susceptible. Unfortunately, this is what has happened to medical research and illness data in this country. Derva Davis, author of ?The Secret History of the War on Cancer?, and is the Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, talks with Senior Dad Stan Goldberg about the negative effects of censoring and withholding information by our Federal Government. She describes the very real risks...
Senior Dad 045- Fighters for Justice
12 Feb 2008 at 10:19am
Do school districts lie to parents of extra needs children? Joann Collins thinks so. An extra needs advocate for over 15 years and a mother of two grown children with extra needs she has written a book about it. "Disability Deception: Lies Disability Educators Tell and How Parents Can Beat Them at Their Own Game". JoAnn Talks to Senior Dad Stan Goldberg about the book and how parents can be effective when working with schools and school districts. They talk about the shocking Autism numbers in the San Francisco schools where 1 in 48 Caucasian children are diagnosed with autism. JoAnn?s view of the current extra needs landscape will open...
Senior Dad 044- Pebbles in a Shoe
28 Jan 2008 at 4:13pm
Heddi Craft is an educator. She has taught school on most levels K-6 and has been a consultant for the Curriculum Leadership Institute. After moving to Santa Cruz, California, and beginning to raise a family she noticed how quickly her son learned the lessons from his $12-20 puzzles. Looking around for a better solution than purchasing more learning tools at the pace of her son?s voracious appetite, she founded the Educational Resource Center of Santa Cruz, a membership based lending library of educational toys, games, and learning materials. In conversation with Senior Dad, Stan Goldberg, she shares her ideas of ?No Child Left Behind?...
Senior Dad 043- Two Afflictions
3 Jan 2008 at 12:53pm
Lice. Even saying the word can make your scalp itch. I can remember that creepy feeling each time we received a note form school informing us that lice have been detected in our school. Check the heads, wash the linens and heads with toxic soaps and think unkind thoughts about the children that brought that unwelcome vermin into our environment. And then do it again 10 days later. Dale Clayton is an entomologist, a professor at the University of Utah, and he tells us new things about lice, and shatters common accepted beliefs about the little pest. Dale teaches us that a new way to treat lice that can come to market in less than a yea...
Senior Dad 042- Cutting Edge
27 Nov 2007 at 1:27pm
Sir Ken Robinson is one of the foremost critical thinkers in the world today in the fields of creativity, ingenuity, and education. He is to those fields what Stephen Hawking is to physics. We learn Sir Ken?s views on the best direction for education to change, including No Child Left Behind, Inclusion, ADHD, education and the arts, education for the workplace and equality in schools.Sir Ken has sampled first hand different types of educational methods. He was born into a modest income family in Liverpool, the fifth of seven children. He contracted Polio when he was four and was sent to a school for disabled children. Later, he was inclu...
Senior Dad 041- Teens, But Only For 7 Years
15 Oct 2007 at 10:02am
If being a teen is so hard, why does it have to be hard for the parent as well? Dr. Anthony Wolf is a nationally known author and child psychologist specializing in Teens. We discuss some of the behaviors we can expect from our children as they become teens, why they appear to hate us and what conflict is going on within the teen. We also discuss a parent/teen education program that Anthony is working with to engage parents and teens in discussing risk behaviors centered around driving.John Gilmore is one of the architects of Autism United the collaboration of several New York area autism organizations. The held a fund raising walk on Lo...
Senior Dad 040- Every Mind Is Different
28 Aug 2007 at 3:01am
Mel Levine didn?t do well in elementary or grade school. He had a sense of humor and made his classmates laugh. When his classmates came to his house to play he told his mother to tell them he wasn?t home. He would rather play with his animals and play in his own mind. His older brother got into Harvard and had Mel visit him on weekends. These visits excited Mel?s mind and he became an A student from then on. Mel?s brother found the way in to help Mel learn. Mel graduated first in his class at Brown, became a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, went to Harvard Medical School and is now the Director of the University of North Carolina Center for ...
Senior Dad 039- Mercury, not only used for temperature
24 Jul 2007 at 5:15pm
David Alexander went to Public School 152 in Brooklyn New York. He later became a physician, ran two hospitals, and most recently has been appointed CEO of one of the most prestigious children?s health foundations in the nation, The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children?s Health. David has learned from the journey and shares with us his vision for the future, and where he would like to lead the Foundation. A helping hand for children?s healthAlison Davis and her husband have 3 boys with Autism. In the eight years since the first child was diagnosed her family has grown stronger. Alison believes that the mercury that was used as a prese...
Senior Dad 038-Small Schools Movement Leader
10 Jul 2007 at 1:32pm
The Wisdom of Deb MeierOne of the founders of the modern day small schools movement Deb Meier looks back at the small school movement and sees dangers she never envisioned. Still a supporter of small schools she sees nonetheless a possibility for oppression. Deb tells us what she thought when she started the modern day small school movement years ago in Harlem.Rich Bruni has been a High School history teacher in the San Francisco schools for over twenty years. Teaching has been a second career for Rich he was an auto mechanic. Tinkering with motors trained him to tinker with minds. He is out spoken, bold, acerbic, opinionated and some...
Senior Dad 037-Does Parent Involvement Effect Learning?
19 Jun 2007 at 3:02am
Holly Seerly is the mother of a child with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Dyslexia. She faces the issues that normally confront a parent with a child with those conditions, but when he was in middle school, a new condition arose; Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS), and Holly?s challenge was intensified. We?re all venerable to having a child or parent with PTSS. Holly shares what it is like. Jose Barillas is the Principal of Thurgood Marshal Middle School in Chicago IL and is a hero. I thought about our conversation for 1 month after we recorded it before I could edit it. His story so gripped and troubled me I ne...
Senior Dad 036-Do Schools Give African Americans an Even Chance?
5 Jun 2007 at 4:02am
A large number of African American students in the San Francisco Unified School District are behind academically. Bennie Wright an African American is a native San Franciscan. She went to the public schools here and is a college graduate. She is involved in her community and shares with us her views of the school system and how well we are serving the African American community. This is one part of a multi part view. Meet Shawna DeNofa, during her eighth month of pregnancy she found out that her first child had autism. It lead to the most trying year of her life. Adjusting to a new world she and her husband learn to adjust and adjust and...
Senior Dad 035-A Gentle Way To Teach
22 May 2007 at 3:01am
The environment that a child learns in can determine outcome. At school how we treat the child not only effects how the child learns but also teaches the child how to treat others. If a teacher uses power, force or abuse to teach, that is what a child will learn. The Grand Traverse Academy in Traverse City MI uses none of these. It is a Bill Glasser inspired school and it uses "a gentle way to teach". Kaye Mentley the superintendent of the school district tells us how they do itWhat is safe for children?s skin has changed over the years. New information and safety precautions come out all the time. Is there such a thing as a good tanning...
Senior Dad 034-One Sick Child Away From Being Fired
8 May 2007 at 3:01am
Joan Williams-Director, Center for WorkLife Law University of California, Hastings has made a study of arbitration's related to discharges because of mandatory overtime and family emergencies. We all could be one sick child away from being fired Marie Hoemke was a school nurse for almost 40 years. She tells us what the Health Department was like 40 years ago and how it changed and why. Candid, unabridged and straight from her heart. In part 2 she tells us what is not happening in the schools. Does this create a danger for staff and children? You decide.Michael Klonsky is a small school advocate. He has worked for the University of Illinoi...
Senior Dad 033-School Nurse Speaks Out
1 May 2007 at 3:01am
Marie Hoemke was a school nurse for almost 40 years. She tells us what the Health Department was like 40 years ago and how it changed and why. Candid, unabridged and straight from her heart. Part 1Michael Klonsky is a small school advocate. He has worked for the University of Illinois, Chicago for years and took part in the small school studies of the 1990's. In this first part of a two part conversation Mike tells us about small schools and why they were started.Bill Glasser is a psychiatrist who developed Choice theory he also has a position on redefining mental health. There are 12 schools in the country designated as Glasser Schools w...