The Dr. Ray Podcast
In “The Dr. Ray Podcast,” Dr. Ray Guarendi talks about parenting issues from diaper dilemmas to teenage traumas to college crises! Family, personal and professional life issues are dealt with in a straight-forward, no-nonsense, and often humorous way.
Share2026-03-03
Understanding Does Not Equal Agreement
Dr. Ray talks about how parents often feel their children will agree if they could get them to understand. And that is not always the case.
2026-02-24
The Desperation of Lectures
Dr Ray talks about the effectiveness of frequent lectures on kids.
2026-02-09
What’s Going On With Parental Estrangement?
Dr. Ray looks at the new phenomenon of parental estrangement.
2026-01-29
Phrases that Make Kids Anxious
Dr. Ray looks at an article that lays out phrases that supposedly make kids anxious. But do they?
2026-01-21
Look and Listen
Dr Ray talks about the habits people have of saying “look” or “listen” in conversation.
2026-01-14
Benign Underparenting is Good
Dr. Ray talks about how much attention parents should give to their children.
2026-01-02
Jesus was not a good man
Dr. Ray pushes back on secular claims that Jesus was merely a good man and teacher.
2025-12-15
Special Child
Dr. Ray talks about adjusting your discipline to a child’s unique circumstances.
2025-12-10
Asking for consent
Experts say parents should ask babies for consent to change diapers? Dr. Ray responds.
2025-12-01
Getting Cooperation from our Kids
Dr. Ray talks about positive reinforcement vs. negative reinforcement.
2025-11-24
How do feelings change?
Dr. Ray explains why your thinking and feelings change as you age.
2025-11-17
Is an Algorithm Raising Your Kid?
Dr Ray asks if an algorithm is raising your kid.
2025-11-10
The Curse of Extreme Language
Dr. Ray wonders why the language used to describe everyday matters is so extreme nowadays.
2025-11-03
Why Little Troubles seem BIG
Today Dr. Ray tackles Why little troubles seem big.
2025-10-27
Affection Sends a Powerful Message
Dr. Ray talks about communicating with your kids that your parenting rules are done out of love.