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Video 48 NEW! - Dr. Peters and nutritionist Joy Bauer talk with Meredith Viera about how to handle the situation at home when one sibling is thin and one is overweight.

Video 47 - Dr. Peters and Matt Lauer discuss the pros and cons of spanking.

Video 46 - Dr. Peters and Al Rokder discuss knowing what your kid's teacher is thinking during parent-teacher conferences.

Video 45 - Ruth Peters and Matt Lauer discuss how to avoid back-to-school jitters.

Video 44 - Dr. Peters and Ann Curry discuss the ups and downs of modern day parenting.

Video 43 - Dr. Peters and Natalie Morales discuss parental controls for child usage of cell phones and computers.

Video 42 - Dr. Peters and Al Roker discuss teens and sexting.

Video 41 - Dr. Ruth Peters discusses "why people lie", especially in terms of protecting their children.

Video 40 - Dr. Peters is part of a back-to-school "whip" with Meredith Viera and Matt Lauer.

Video 39 - Dr. Peters, Stephanie Oppenheim and Matt Lauer discuss activities to help prevent summer learning loss.

Video 38 - What to do when someone else's children are driving you crazy!

Video 38 - Dr. Peters and Meredith Viera discuss the fallout to the Miley Cyrus photos.

Video 37 - Dr. Peters and Ann Curry discuss childhood independence.

Video 36 - Dr. Peters and Matt Lauer discuss how to approach the kids when a parent is caught with infidelity.

Video 35 - Meredith Viera and Dr. Peters discuss curbing some of your kid's gross behaviors!

Video 34
- Al Roker and Dr. Peters discuss New Year's Parenting Resolutions.

Video 33 - Dr. Peters and Natalie Morales discuss sex and your teenager--how to know and what to do if your teen is sexually active.

Video 32 - Dr. Peters and Meredith Viera discuss how to lower Sunday night stress.

Video 31 - Dr. Peters and Natalie Morales discuss kids and shoplifting, and how to prevent it from happening in the first place.

Video 30
- Dr. Peters responds to viewers' own secrets and suggestions for dealing with their kids' misbehavior.

Video 29
- Dr. Peters and David Gregory discuss building a "parenting tool kit" on the Today Show.

Video 28
- Dr. Peters and Today's Al Roker discuss techniques to get and to keep your middle schooler organized during the new school year.

Video 27
- Dr. Peters discusses whether cell phones should be banned in the schools, with Today show host, Ann Curry.

Video 26 - Dr. Peters and nutritionist Joy Bauer discuss tips with Meredith Viera for helping your child to deal with and to overcome obesity.

Video 25
- Dr. Peters and Matt Lauer discuss safe and savvy Internet use by children.

Video 24
- Dr. Peters and Natalie Morales discuss "Summer Firsts--When should you give your kids more freedom?"

Video 23 - "Helping daughters feel secure and to value themselves". Dr. Peters speaks with Ann Curry about the pressures of today's society on young women and their own self image.

Video 22
- "Your Child's Firsts". Is he or she ready? Are you?: Dr. Peters talks with Matt Lauer about when it is appropriate for your child to begin going to the mall with friends, driving, attending boy-girl parties among other issues.

Video 21 - Dr. Ruth Peters deals with the issues of “First Day of School Jitters” with Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today show.

Video 20 - Dr. Ruth Peters talks with Al Roker about “Getting your Teen Ready for College” on NBC’s Today show.

Video 19 - Today how host Matt Lauer talks to Meg Cabot, author of "How to be Popular", and Today contributor Dr. Ruth Peters about fitting into social groups and why it's so important to people.

Video 18 - David Gregory talks to Today contributor and psychologist Dr. Ruth Peters about what you can do if you and your spouse disagree on discipline.

Video 17 - "Should you Stay Together for the Sake of the Kids?"--Today host Matt Lauer talks with Dr. Ruth Peters about what parents need to think about when considering divorce.

Video 16
- Ruth Peters discusses the signs of adult sibling rivalry with Today's Ann Curry, and what you can do about it.

Video 15 - Dr. Peters discusses "when it's appropriate to..." with Today's Al Roker. The topics include when it's okay to: let girls wear make-up and shave their legs, continue to take your daughter into the men's room when mom is not with you in public, allow your kids to stay home alone after school, among others topics.

Video 14 - The Today show's Al Roker talks with Dr. Ruth Peters about adult ADHD.

Video 13 - Katie Couric talks with Dr. Ruth Peters about why taking separate vacations with friends rather than with your spouse can be so rejuvenating.

Video 12 - Hate other people's kids? Here's what to do! --Dr. Ruth Peters and Matt Lauer discuss public behavior that is inappropriate, noting that it's both the parent and the child's responsibility to remain polite.

Video 11 - What should your parenting resolutions be?--Dr. Peters talks with Matt Lauer, offering advice on how to fine-tune your child-rearing skills for the new year.

Video 10 - What to do if your child is the bully--Dr. Peters talks with Matt Lauer about what to do if your child is a bully.

Video 9 - How to help if your child is the victim of a bully--Dr. Peters and Ann Curry discuss ways that parents can help if their child is a victim to a bully.

Video 8 - Getting your kids off to a good start at school--Dr. Peters discusses the reasonable expectations for getting ready in the morning, homework tasks, picking friends, involvement in extra-curricular activities, and fitting in with peers at school.

Video 7 - Stopping Teens From Smoking: Dr. Peters' advice on preventing your preteen or teen from smoking cigarettes, how to prevent the habit, and how to break it.

Video 6 - Parenting and school: Getting organized during middle school, study skill training and motivating the unmotivated.

Video 5 - Staunch your kids' summer learning loss: Facts about preventing academic loss during the summer and what you can do about it now!

Video 4 - Parenting and rules: Two parents, two sets of rules, divorced fathers staying in relationships with their children, disciplining others' children, college goodbyes, and helping the non-assertive child.

Video 3 - Parenting after divorce: Answers to your email questions and concerns, dating after divorce, different homes, different rules, ex-wife undermining your rules, two failed marriages, bad example?, the "evil stepdad", and rivalry between stepchildren.

Video 2 - Kids' behavior: Dr. Peters answers your email questions concerning finicky eaters, tattling vs. telling, moms who yell, being a cool mom, and dealing with a back-talker.

Video 1 - Disciplining the kids: Break your bad discipline habits. Frustrated because your children aren't listening to you? Dr. Ruth Peters advises parents to stick to their guns and set clear limits.

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