Insights Into Things

Situations, emotions and hormones often combine in our teens to make them feel like a burden on those around them. We’ll explore why this happens, some of the things that can cause this and finally we’ll look at ways to help our teens combat this.

Today in our Disney Detective, a happy birthday wish to my favorite celebrity and news of a new film she’s appearing in and details are released on the new Lightyear movie In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, someone besides me has a cheeky response to Disney’s obscene prices for the Galactic Starcruiser Experience plus Disney is looking for an Actress To Play the Live-Action version of Sabine Wren And for our Entertainment News, a favorite canceled NBC Series is Close to Returning, then Wizard World sells out to Fan Expo And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

This week we’re talking about disappointment and how to deal with it. We’ll discuss what disappointment is and what causes us to feel disappointed. We’ll explore signs to look for that indicate our teens are disappointed and some common things that can cause disappointment. We’ll finish up with some tips on how to help teens deal with disappointment.

Today in our Disney Detective, Disney is now requiring employees to be vaccinated and the stars of the new ‘Haunted Mansion’ movie have been announced In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Mark Hamill has some quality time with Grogu plus Disney parks announces pricing for the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience And for our Entertainment News, Kevin Feige's Reaction To Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow Drama then some big changes coming to Doctor Who And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

Today we’re talking about teens and acceptance. We’ll explore what acceptance is and why it’s important. Then we’ll talk a little bit about understanding teen development and how that plays into acceptance. Finally we’ll explore tips on improving teen acceptance.

Today in our Disney Detective, Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald goes behind-the-scenes on making the new Coco scene for Mickey's PhilharMagic and Did you ever want to spend the night in the Haunted Mansion, We’ll tell you how to make it happen! In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Mark Hamill says he's secretly been in every Star Wars movie since 2015, and Grogu & Luke Build a Lightsaber And for our Entertainment News, A decade’s old Walking Dead lawsuit has ended in a settlement, plus Why Loki Didn’t Use The Void popularized by the Mandalorian’s production crew And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some after thoughts...

This week we’re talking about helping teens handle rejection. We’ll look at how rejection is different in teens and things parents need to keep in mind when helping their teens get through it. We’ll talk about some typical coping mechanisms to help teens when they face rejection. Finally we’ll talk about methods that can help our teens heal, recover and come back stronger than ever from rejection.

This week we’re talking about the pandemic of student debt. Why is it a problem in the United States? We’ll talk about a brief history of student debt. We’ll take a look at what is driving the rise in student debt. And we’ll look at possible solutions to this problem plaguing today’s youth.

Today in our Disney Detective, Disney isn’t #1 according to Fans anymore, then some Unhappy Guests Burst Into Song While Stuck on a Popular Ride In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, An Actor from The Mandalorian says Why Season 3 Will Be More Like Season 1 & The Completed Star Wars show that we’ll never probably see And for our Entertainment News, Kevin Feige Reportedly is Not Pleased With Disney Over their release strategy for Black Widow & a 'Willy Wonka' child star said this Actor made sure she was looked after on-set because her parents weren't around during filming And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and an abbreviated version of our after thoughts

In today’s episode we’re going to discuss one of the most basic things we can impart on our teens, common courtesy. It’s a topic that’s often overlooked and taken for granted but one that can have a profound impact on our lives at just about every age. We’ll discuss how common courtesy has slipped during the digital age. Then we’ll look at some of the most basic forms of courtesy, most of which are very easy to follow and have long lasting benefits. Finally we’ll discuss how to encourage your teens to practice common courtesy into the future.