Kristen Hagopian Show - 08 13 25

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
And we are back with the Christian Egopian Show. And
I love getting these fabulous techy guests on the air
because I have many fine qualities, but tech skills are
not one of them. And when you combine my complete
lack of tech skills with my huge fear of cyber
technology takeover where I've got, you know, two beautiful kids.
My husband's a tech genius, I am not. And I

(00:31):
love hearing the latest with regards to tech and cybersecurity.
It's always a double edged sword, isn't it, especially when
it comes to our kids. And you're ready for this, guys.
The statistics about cybersecurity, they're staggering. And while these concerns
affect you and me and everybody, there's this new study
from Coxmobile. It reveals that the Sandwich generation I love

(00:51):
that phrase that to know me, possibly carries the heaviest burdens.
Why do I say that, because not only are they
caring for themselves but also for their kids. Maybe you
have some beautiful aging parents as well. But in all
of the stress necessary, you guys know, I jump into
the stress tree, maybe prematurely, and here to talk me
down out of that tree and explain what caregivers can

(01:12):
do to ease some of that online safety concern. We
are joined with certified caregiving consultant Elizabeth Miller here on
our Newsmaker line. Elizabeth, thank you so much for taking
time out of your day. You were so busy. How's
that even going on your end?

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Things are going great? Thanks for having me today.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Well, we've been looking forward to this because when I
was putting the word out on social media about my
usual spazzy concerns on cybersecurity and such, you get people
all over the map. You know, some people are experts,
some people are like me, like the anti experts, but
we all have people in our lives that we're concerned
with when it comes to cybersecurity, and like, talk to

(01:49):
me a bit about why it seems like the Sandwich
generation and I love that phrase, why do they seem
to carry around so much of this worry around the
online safety? Are we on the market? We all so more?
Talk us down a bit, if you would.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, there's a lot of pressure for the Sandwich generation
caregiver to manage online and digital safety for their families
and for themselves. And in this Coxmobile survey, eighty six
percent of them said that they were concerned about online
and digital safety, and thirty percent of them have said
that this is adding more stress to their life, stress

(02:23):
and overwhelmed to their lives. They've got valid concerns. I know,
these are concerns that I have as well. Where you know,
on the one hand, you've got your aging parents and
you're worried about identity theft and privacy violations. And then
on the other hand, you've got your children and your
teenagers you're worried about, you know, online predators and cyber bullying.

(02:43):
And then we've got to think about ourselves too. You know,
I'm always trying to encourage the caregiver to think about
their own health and happiness. And we're spending time online,
We're spending you know, five or more hours a day
on connected devices, so we certainly have to mitigate the
risk for ourselves as well.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
I know you're right, and I'm writing down notes as
you're talking because you're bringing up so many good points.
And you know why I've been looking forward to picking
your brain on this is because you've got that unique,
like fifty thousand foot view and you can see a
bit more of the bigger picture than perhaps a lot
of us out there. From your perspective, is there like
a common online safety concern or does it change from

(03:21):
generation to generations? Like I'm right there in the middle
exactly the way you described. I've got beautiful, brilliant, techy,
sophisticated kids, and they're explaining to me how to run
half my electronics, right. But then on the flip side,
you think they could be a little naive despite all
of our teachings about how to beck handle devices. And
then you've got the parents, the wonderful parents, the Boomer

(03:43):
generation such where they are so dang smart, they've done
amazing things with their lives, but the tech just keeps
the leap frogging over all of us with new ways
to trip us up. So how do we thread that needle?
What are you finding to be the best strategies out there?

Speaker 2 (03:57):
Yeah, I mean there's a lot to take in. It
changes every day. One of the things that the survey
shedded light on is that a third of the Sandwich generation,
a third of the seniors, and a fifth of the
teenagers have experienced some kind of mis or disinformation in
the past twelve months. So that is certainly a concern.
They are not necessarily as concerned about it, but we

(04:19):
know that that generative AI use is on the rise
where it's almost becoming more of something that we're using
on a daily basis. And the teenagers in the survey
they have said that they have certainly used these resources
and do so on a regular basis. And so this
is something that crosses all generations because you know, we

(04:39):
don't just use AI for work. We use it food,
help us at travel planning and home too. So we've
got to make sure that you know, we're checking ourselves
as far as the miss and the disinformation that's out there.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
Agreed, it's such a double ed shortage, and you're just
what I think I'm getting on top of some of
this stuff. That's when the AI pops up and I'm
back and like deer in the headlight. So it's something
I've how to improve as well. So like any double
edged sword, which is today's tech, you've got ways that
it can help im mensely. Like when I cyberstoff my
kids the other phone, brilliant. I mean, that's just that

(05:13):
can't be beat. However, you've got stress when it comes
to other aspects of these techs. How we reduce the
stress for lack of a better word.

Speaker 2 (05:21):
Well, there's certainly things that we can do to help
protect ourselves when it comes to digital and online safety.
We can do things like we can set strong passwords
for you know, our different ways that we access things.
We can also make sure that we're only clicking on
trusted URLs and opening attachments from people that we know,
and we need to do that fact checking on some

(05:43):
of those online claims that we're seeing. I think another
thing that people could do that maybe they aren't already doing,
is that they could check with their internet provider, check
with their device manufacturer to see if there are some
security and some safety features that they can take advantage
of that are already built into those products. Could be
things like malicious activity monitoring, maybe some parental controls, some

(06:06):
elder friendly modes, and some remote monitoring options as well.
And so when you're running these things in the background,
that's going to add a layer of protection and safety
to us. And it's also going to give us peace
of mind as the Sandwich generation caregiver, to know that
we've got those things in the background.

Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, I agree, And you know, it's like anything else.
I mean, every generation has had some huge broadening tech moment.
You know, whether it's I mean name, but whether you
know the car that came out one hundred and twenty
five years ago, oh my gosh, it's the end of
the world, or it's the greatest thing ever. We just
can't decide. Same thing with AI and with today tech
and overcaffeinated parents like myself to sometimes have to get

(06:48):
a grip and talk with pros like you because you're
taking down my blood pressure as well. And I'm finding
that my beautiful kids, you know, they're in their early
adults now, young adults now, and these have pretty good
luck on a lot of this. And I will take
credit for because they're teaching me stuff every day. But
what are you finding from your perspective? You know, the

(07:09):
best thing the parents want to be. I like to
call it being proactive for lack of a more tacky term,
but being proactive is tough in the day and age
where everything is just light years ahead of where was yesterday.
But what do you recommend for maybe a couple of
proactive techniques. You already detailed a couple of things a
few minutes ago, But what would you say are your
top two or three ideas on being proactive with this

(07:32):
in a way that keeps everybody calm and not freaking out.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
Anything. I'm with you, Anything that we can do in
advance to help avoid the crisis is so appreciated. I
think one of the things I was relieved to see
from the Cox Mobile survey is that families are already
having conversations about digital and online safety, and so that
would be my biggest tip is like, let's continue to

(07:56):
have these conversations. Let's continue to be open and honest,
maybe sharing some real life examples that happen to us.
Frankly every single day and week. You know, there's a
new type of scam and thing that's coming our way,
and so having dialogue about that is going to build
trust with both of our aging parents, our teenagers and
our children, and so they're feeling more comfortable and safe

(08:18):
coming to us asking questions. We want to, you know,
not feel embarrassed by some of those things that maybe
we did get taken advantage of, but we want to
be able to react quickly to in those circumstances. So
Cox Mobile, in partnership with Common Sense Media, they created
some resources that are going to be helpful to you,
to helpful to me, so that we can help have

(08:40):
these conversations with our aging parents and our teenagers, and
so those are going to be great, great tools to
be proactive.

Speaker 1 (08:47):
I agree, and I love the Brady. I'm writing down
so many things as you're talking, and one of the
big takeaways you're gonna left, I'm going to call it
having a dialogue when I talk with my kids, because
they call it something else entirely I'm sure. I'm not
sure about these parents are just go talk with their
kids all the time. Because I'm that parent's evil twin.
I won't shut up, and my parents and my kids
are aware of it. So I'm going to call it
now from now on, like not nagging, which I think

(09:09):
my kids call it, and they're the greatest kids in
the world, but having a dialogue. They will run sprinting
in the other direction soon. But I'm going to say, kids,
we're going to have a dialogue later, and let's see
how long I keeps them in the room. I love it,
and I knew the time would fly. Elizabeth Miller, go ahead, No,
I was going to.

Speaker 2 (09:23):
Say, I appreciate that we do learn a lot from
our kids.

Speaker 3 (09:25):
Too.

Speaker 2 (09:25):
It's a two way street. And so I think, you know,
just thanking them for making us smarter too is amazing.
I've got similar kids and they're smart.

Speaker 1 (09:34):
All that's awesome now, And you're so right for all
of my kidding. You know, the kids are just brilliant.
They astonish me every day. But then as they get older,
you know, this helicopter parent mentality of mine, which will
never leave me, wants to protect them more and more.
And with all of these various types of electronics and technology,
it's that double edged short again. And I'm never satisfied

(09:55):
no matter what pops up. I'm going to find some
way to kind of, you know, freak myself out about it.
And I wish we had and Apple. But we're wrapping
up here. I knew the time would fly. Elizabeth Miller,
thank you so much for joining us. Where can our
listeners coast to coast go to learn more about this?

Speaker 2 (10:09):
They can learn more about the insights from the Coxmobile
Safety Survey and also the valuable resources that have been
created by going to Coxmobile Safety dot com.

Speaker 1 (10:18):
Excellent. We'll put some links on our social media as well.
Thank you so much. Fellow Sandwich generation. If you ever
need any tips on doing that helicopter parent thing wrapping
up to the next level, you know where to find me.
Don't hesitate to give us a ring and all seriousness.
Thank you very much for all of the in but
we really appreciate it. Thank you. You've bet We'll be
right back gang right after this.

Speaker 3 (10:56):
And we are back with the Kristen Negopian Show talking
about with all the people putting it out there on
the line and finding phenomenal returns as a result. I
want you guys to know that feeling. And I know
every single one of you listening has an idea for
a small business. Either you have it running right now,
you're thinking, dreaming, praying on it, deciding is now the

(11:19):
time to do it? I'm telling you now is the
time to do it. If it's on a smaller level
than you'd like right now, you're thinking about growing it
to the next level, do it. Maybe it's been in line,
maybe you've had it going for years, you're thinking about
taking it to that next bold step.

Speaker 4 (11:34):
Do it.

Speaker 3 (11:34):
And I'm loving this. I got to go over one
more article here, Entrepreneurs ditching Silicon Valley for vast numbers
of US cities here's one of my biggest points. I'm
just gonna cut right to the chase here. Chances are outstanding.
It's a perfect spot to start your business, especially if
it's an online business. Wherever you are, it gets better
year after year after year. For you to just stay

(11:57):
put where you are. No need to dig up stakes
or up roots and move to some other city far
far away to get your tone the door for the
industry you're thinking about creating or the industry you're thinking
about working in. You can do it right from home
with your laptop and a little bit of imagination. I
am digging this. I gotta go over this real quick.
It says here, and this is very true. Silicon Valley

(12:18):
may be a home to a host of tech entrepreneurs,
but Americans of all ages are increasingly looking to start
up their businesses in other parts of the country. According
to a new study from lending Tree, Salt Lake City, Utah,
has the highest concentration of younger entrepreneurs in the US.
The average age of business founders in that city was
about thirty eight years old, and they credit that with

(12:40):
Salt Lake City's relatively low cost of living and rich
talent pool. As factors that make the city an attractive
business environment. Love it. Other side of the country, Buffalo,
New York second on the list. The age of a
typical business founder was thirty eight as well. Out of
all the city's entrepreneurs, three point six percent pretty relatively small,

(13:01):
belong to Generation Z, or those individuals born after nineteen
ninety five. Well, god, I would hope. So I got
married in nineteen ninety five. You're telling me there's entrepreneurs
that are doing this. Oh my god. In New Orleans, Louisiana,
entrepreneurs typically about thirty eight as well, ranking the city
third when it comes to cities with young business founders.
What I love is the number of older business founders

(13:24):
that are really coming to I don't know, coming to
the forefront, kind of making their voices heard. I love
these numbers on the younger entrepreneurs. It gives me great
hope for the next generation because there's so much downtalk
and doubt and everything else. Let me tell you something.
I know a huge number of people who are considered
that younger generation. They are go getters, They have goals,

(13:47):
they have ambitions, and they aren't afraid of hard work.
It's so heartening to see when I do my various
speaking engagements and meeting with people, it's tremendous. People of
all ages, people of all experiences. You are the ones
I'm talking to when it comes to putting your experiences
and you're all of your various talents, your favorite things

(14:08):
into a new industry, because chances are outstanding. Whatever city
you're in right now, if you've got a laptop and
you've got some Internet access, you can start putting one
foot in front of the other when it comes to
making this new job a reality. Entrepreneurs in Charlotte, North
Carolina also going ape crackers when it comes to starting
their businesses. Next up, and I love this list because

(14:30):
this is a list that encompasses a huge number of
our stations coast to coast. Minneapolis, Saint Louis, all huge
names for entrepreneurs. Portland, Milwaukee, lovinar stations in that area. Austin,
Texas rounding out the list as the top ten baby
boomers of whom I know so many fantastic people are
more likely to start their businesses near or around Silicon

(14:53):
Valley or San Jose, California. Other older entrepreneurs also likely
to start businesses in Providence, Rhode Island, Hartford, Connecticut and
home of so many entrepreneurs, Florida. Gotta love it. Here's
the takeaway. Wherever you are, there's no need for a big,
bold geographic move from one city to the other. Stay

(15:15):
where you are, Start putting those fantastic ideas on paper,
and start making it a reality. Love it. Here we go.
I'm going to tell you guys the story of me.
Why because I made so many mistakes that I want
you guys to avoid. And number two is just kind
of a reminder that if you've got a pretty loud
mouth like yours, truly, and a bold idea that you

(15:36):
want to bring out there, it can be done. When
I first had the idea for writing a book, the
economy just took a huge hit. It was two thousand
and nine, twenty ten. It was a horrible time to
be a US economy, and people started losing their jobs
right and left. Okay, you had a lot of people
going from two incomes down to one. Now in my household,

(15:56):
we had willingly, knowingly gone from two incomes down to
one one when we had Katie, right, So then we
have Robbie. In two thousand and seven, I've got two kids.
We now have four people living on one income, my
husband's and I got the idea to write a book.
So the book comes out. I talk about how you
live on one income, all kinds of very tried and
true ideas. We get the book out there and it

(16:18):
becomes rather popular. I connect with a few publishers. The
terms were too steep for a startup like mine. No
doubt yours is going to be the same way. If
you have an idea for a book, not just about
saving money. If it's a book about gambling or home improvement,
or fixing cars, or going back to school, whatever, you
have a book idea, go and start writing your book.

(16:39):
It doesn't have to be warm peace, it doesn't have
to be gone with the wind. It can be a
few dozen pages. Get yourself to a local copy shop
the copy or shop like a Kinko's or wherever else
around you, or go to a local printer, whatever works
for you, and get a couple of books made okay.
When I realized I would be self publishing, I shopped
around for all all kinds of local printers and found

(17:02):
one that could print it very reasonably and a bonus
with that. No shipping costs. Okay, The next step after
you have written your book idea and you've got it
bound a little bit. This doesn't have to be some
crazy making event, start putting your ideas on paper. If
you know somebody that has any kind of experience in editing,
I didn't, But if you happen to know someone who

(17:22):
can take a second look at it, give it a
fresh eye, maybe do a bit of editing, have them
take a look at it too, and then get a
few of them printed up. There is nothing more motivating
than seeing a book that you wrote in some professional
bound sort of format. It gets it done. I'm here
to tell you. You get up in the morning, you take
a look at that. There it is. Next up. Here's

(17:42):
something I want you to do now. Back when I
was doing this back in two thousand and nine, things
have gotten even more sophisticated with this. Start blogging. Start
building a following by blogging once a week, once and
it doesn't have to be warm piece again, guys, couple
of paragraphs. Here's a website that I used and I'd
love it. I highly recommend it. No, I mean this

(18:02):
is just some you know, free advertising for them WordPress
dot com WordPress dot com. Have you, guys ever seen
the movie Julie and Julia. Guys, I realized it's kind
of it seems like a chick movie. It's not the
Here's the reason why I love this. When you start
blogging about your particular expertise, you're going to find this

(18:23):
is no joke. This is how it happened to me.
Local reporters, local writers, local newspaper writers will often comb
the blogs for information relevant to their stories, and if
they come across yours, they may connect with you to
get a quote from an air quotes expert such as yourself.
And it's phenomenal advertising. And it's free. And I mentioned

(18:45):
before that website Julie and Julia, Oh my god, it's fantastic.
It's all about a young lady, Julie Powell, who blogged
about how she cooked her way through the Julia Child
The Art of French Cooking Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
I love that cookbook. I actually have it here, one
of the first editions here in the studio. She cooks
her way through it for an entire year, blogs about

(19:07):
it every day, talking about her experience. By the end
of that year, she's had nationwide publicity. There was a
movie made out of it, with none other than Meryl
Streep as Julia Child. It's a fun movie, but you
get the point. That's what I'm talking about. Things can
and will snowball rather nicely in your favor when it
comes to publicity, but not just publicity. The best kind

(19:29):
of publicity, free publicity. It's great advertising for your message,
for your company, for your book. And by the way,
when you write this book, you'll have it an e
format a PDF. Get it onto Amazon dot Com so
people can download it to their kindles and get ready
for a whole new line of cash that way as well.

Speaker 1 (19:48):
More.

Speaker 3 (19:48):
After this, guys, the time is flying. Hang out for
a second. We'll be right back, and we are back with.

Speaker 1 (20:07):
The Christian Egopian Show. And I've been looking so forward
to our next guest because this subject matter is something
that touches so many people's lives. And I'm talking about ADHD.
Get this, guys, Get these numbers. Approximately six million children
and adolescents in the US are characterized and we all

(20:28):
know them beautiful, wonderful kids, by persistent patterns of you
name it inattention, Let's call it hyperactivity. Impulsivity, which can
make the transition back to school routines, and we're coming
up on that, guys, particularly stressful for the entire family.
And you know, you guys know that I'm kind of
old school when it comes to this. You know, I
was raised in the seventies and eighties, and what we

(20:49):
thought of, you know, back in those days, is like
maybe particularly active, maybe all over the place, maybe had
to discipline them a bit more, that kind of thing.
We're now realizing it's much more nuanced. ADHD is everywhere
out there. And while it may seem early to start
thinking about the new school year, now is actually the
perfect time to begin to prepare. If you have a
beautiful kid in your life that you think is fitting

(21:11):
into this ADHD structure. And joining us via our Newsmaker line,
Doctor James Anderson is here to share some strategies one
hundred percent working strategies and support for re establishing the
schedules and managing the academic expectations and the emotions, just
checking all the boxes that we all need to help
families of loved ones with ADHD get that strong start

(21:34):
that we all want for them. Doctor welcome, how are
you today? We are doing great. And when I put
out the word about having you on the air with us,
I was I'm always continually surprised and how many listeners
we have coast to coast, So many of them have
beautiful kids in their lives who have been diagnosed with ADHD.
But it's not as simple as that, is it. Doctor

(21:55):
are so many different varying forms of it, so many
different ways that we can at this and help these
beautiful kids have the know a fantastic school year, and
the information is always evolving, it's always changing. Talk to
me a bit about your best strategies you're finding out
there for creating a back to school routine that works

(22:15):
well for these beautiful kids with ADHD.

Speaker 5 (22:18):
Absolutely, And it's one of those kind of things I
always like to say, you know, you were spot on
when you were talking about I grew up at the
same time as you did, and we just thought that
was a discipline thing. When ADHD was first described in
nineteen ninety six, we thought it was a chronic and
a temporary condition for boys who had hyperactivity and impulsivity
and you go out of it. And so all the
girls got missed and the biggest group of people who

(22:40):
are presenting for evaluation are adults, particularly women from the
ages of fifteen to years to forty nine years. So
it doesn't just affect our kids, but it affects us
as adults as well, and it's a chronic and persistent condition,
so we once we have it, about ninety percent will
continue to have symptoms into adulthood. So this is a

(23:01):
great topic not only just for the kids, but for
all of us adults too, because I always like to
think back to school starts the day after school ends,
and the reason for that is it's a great time
for patients who have ADHD to not only get their
annual check up if they haven't had one in the year,
but also to meet with their healthcare provider and talk
about their ADAH symptoms, if they've been off medication, when

(23:23):
to restart, what are things we liked about our medicine,
that things we would want to change if we could,
How long was it lasting, so all of those things.
So it's a really an important time of the year.
And it's also a great time that if we wanted
to change to a different medication, maybe one that lasts
a little longer or has some different characteristics, that is
summertime is the time to do that because you can

(23:45):
get that dose right you start school. You might have
to do suggest a little bit. But Mom is happy,
Dad is happy, and are so are the patients. So
and so I know. One of the medications that I'm
here to talk a little bit about today is join APM.
It's been around since twenty nineteen. It is a prescription
medication that's approved by the FDA as a central nervous

(24:08):
stimulant for the management of ADHD for patients ages six
and up, so adults are on join APM. It's once
a day, designed once today to be given at night
to be dosed and the goal of that is so
it actually tackles tomorrow's symptoms and so when you wake
up in the morning, the ADAC symptoms are already being managed.
Is you wake up to get up and start the day,

(24:29):
and join APM helps with ADA symptoms throughout the day
from the morning, throughout the day and into the evening time.
It has a smooth onset and offset, so that smooth
and steady coverage without the need for any additional short
acting booster medications. What those are, those like the immediate
release short acting boosters, can provide some symptom relief, but

(24:49):
only for really a brief period of time, and so
I'm very pleased to be working with Collegium as a
paid partner to raise the awareness of Jourin APM and
also to help them with their new campaign Rise and Shine,
which really emphasizes the importance of having an ADHD treatment
that starts working as you wake up, so your symptoms
are already being managed and you're ready to take on

(25:11):
the day from the moment you rise. So but it's
also important we talk about that. We need to talk
about like risk benefit side effects right if any medication
that we take. So I want to make sure everyone
is aware that all CNS stimulant medications like Jorin APM
have a boxed warning because join APM contains metalfinity, which
is the active ingredient, which is a Class two federally

(25:31):
controlled substance and does carry a high potential for abuse, misuse,
and addiction. So it's important to not only have conversations
about that at the beginning when we start, but with
each of the follow u appointments that we have. Treatments
with all CNS stimulants, including jordan APM, require that close
monitoring for potential side effects such as serious cardiovascular or

(25:52):
circulatory side effects. Some mental health issues can be emerged
or exacerbated with stimulatic cations. We can have emergence of
simoltor ticks. And we also have to follow weight to
height because there's a potential for slow and growth in
children if we're not watching that to make sure they're
getting the right amount of calories and nutrition because of
some appetite suppression we see with the stimula medications. And

(26:15):
it's really important to always consult with your own healthcare
provider that's helping you to manage your child's ADHD or
yours if you're an adult, and really talk about all
the potential benefits and the side effects. Are risks associated
with joorin APM or any medication honestly that we're taking,
what are those side effects for jorina? And most commonly

(26:37):
we think of things like decreased appetite, weight loss, trouble sleeping.
We got some gi side effects like nausea, vomiting, ingestion,
and some son pain and can sometimes exacerbate our anxiety
a little bit. Some people have reported dizziness, irritability, mood, swings,
and we have to watch for blood pressure and heart
rate because it can increase our heart rate and elevate
our blood pressure. This information, these side effects were when

(27:01):
we did the clinical trials to get approval for join
APM to be used. These are some of the side
effects that patients reported throughout that throughout those two clinical trials.
But again, if you're having any side effects, contact your
healthcare provider and that we can kind of talk about
that or any other side effects that you think maybe
you're associated with. Join APM, and the best resource to
learn about the medication itself is they have a great

(27:24):
website joinapm dot com and they've got a lot of
information not only just about the full prescribing information, but
they have some good general ADHD information as well. And
the goal then with our medication being on board in
the summer, then we can step back and say, Okay,
how did we do When we're talking about organization, we're
talking about studying, we're talking about plans and how do
we want to approach the year? What things worked for

(27:45):
us last year? What things did? Now that I have
my focused medicine on board, I can kind of work
on trying to get some of those things. Set to
begin the year with a very positive outlook and ready
to tackle the next academic here.

Speaker 1 (27:57):
That is brilliant. See you're writing notes out to my
self like trying to take of the next question, and
you already answered it boom boom boom every time. And
one of the biggest takeaways I had from here is
the fact that doctor, with all the noise out there
and all the different news outlets out there, there are
still so many messages getting lost between the lines, and
people aren't realizing all of these amazing new strategies that

(28:18):
are out there, all these amazing new developments, all these
amazing new treatments out here. So this is so refreshing
and so uplifting and so encouraging to hear about all
of these great new ways to attack this from multi
pronged approaches. Here, one of the big takeaways I have
is that my family tree is crawling with teachers, all
of them spectacular, amazing human beings, and they are one
of the biggest legs in the stool of this. You've

(28:38):
got parents, you've got the kids, and you've got the
teachers that are involved in this too. In a world
where teachers already have so much going on here. How
can they bring their best strategies to this as well
and be a partner in all this. We only have
about a minute before we have to wrap up here.
But what site and such would you steer them towards
to make them, you know, to make this a really
effective combo treatment to get these kids through the next

(28:59):
school year.

Speaker 5 (29:00):
There is a great website and it's a support site
that actually has been around for longer than I've been
in practice. It's called chadha d D dot org. It's
set up to help both patients as well as parents
and patients with ADHD. It's kind of the ADHD community.
They'll have a lot of great resources for studying, for organization,
for communication, things that people have done, and any links

(29:22):
from that site will also be good and real links
that you can trust to get more information.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
Brilliant and I knew the time which fly doctor, This
is fantastic. Will put a link to all of this
on our website as well. You've got an open mic anytime,
Please be well. Thanks so much for all that you
do and have yourself a fabulous fall.

Speaker 5 (29:40):
Thank you, Chris, and I really appreciate it. You have
a great one to you.

Speaker 4 (29:42):
Do the same, doctor, and we'll be right back right
after this.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
And we are back with the Christian Agopian Show with
a bonus round regarding college, whether it's for you, for
your kids, for your grandkids. We have spoken about the
beauty and the elegance and the brilliance of looking outside
the usual post high school education box, because a lot

(30:27):
of us seem to be swept up in this idea.
If a kind of expensive school is good, then a
really expensive school must be even better. And I want
to kind of reverse that thinking just a bit, because
in my ever growing file of people who have lit
the world on fire with their businesses and their business
know how and their entrepreneurship, is this growing list of

(30:49):
listeners who attended local community colleges and trade schools and
walked out with their diploma debt free, and the ripple
effect from that having no debt and therefore being able
to immediately buy a house, being able to immediately start
their own business because they had all kinds of great

(31:10):
stuff ready to go in no debt holding them back
when they walked up to the bank. People who, you know,
even getting a little more touchy feely, people who were
able to start families earlier, to get married, and to
start the whole American dream adult style and start their
families earlier. Imagine the people and friends that you know
who now in their forties, after they've paid off all

(31:32):
of their debt. They're responsible, amazing, hardworking people, and now
that they paid off all of their college debt, now
they're thinking about starting a family in their forties compared
to in their twenties. What kind of ripple effects do
you have from that? A few heartbreaking ones here and there.
I get the emails, I hear the stories. Imagine the
ripple effects of you or someone you love going to

(31:54):
a local, much less expensive, but just as intellectually powerful
community college. Here bonus round sent to me by listeners,
in no particular order, the top thirty community colleges in
the US and why they are the top. All of
these I could not believe it. I had to double
check the numbers myself. You guys, these community colleges between

(32:17):
two thousand and five thousand dollars per year. Per year,
we're talking about no more than one hundred bucks a
week for your college, for your post high school education.
That's what I'm talking about. It's affordable, it's doable, no stress,
no entrance exams, none of the waiting, you biting your

(32:38):
nails waiting to see you got accepted. You walk up,
you enroll, and you're accepted, and you're doing it for
a fraction of what other people are paying, walking out
with an incredible, unbelievable degree getting into it. In no
particular order. Foothill College. This is all sent in my listeners.
Foothill College located Los Aalto's Hills, California and instat jution

(33:00):
offers a broad range academic all kinds of academic programs
left and right, different, I mean, very diverse. Fifteen hundred
a year. These are the numbers being sent to me here,
all of these colleges. I'm not even going to save
the amounts except to tell you they are between one
thousand dollars a year and five thousand dollars a year.
Very doable numbers. Walla Walla Community College located near one

(33:23):
of our best stations, Walla Walla Community College there in
Washington State. Unbelievable program hugely diverse. Great Now I can't
even list all of the various programs if I'm going
to get through these thirty. Next up. I love how
these community colleges keep popping up in some of the
most expensive states in the Union. Santa Barbara City College

(33:44):
highly ranked, people walk out happy with great degrees. I'm
going to Butcher the next one technical college system of
Georgia's all toa Maha Technical College. All of these between
five grand a year to all the way down to
one grand a year. It's unbelievable. Next up, North Central
Kansas Technical College. I love the Midwest. It is so beautiful,

(34:05):
stuffed with some of the nicest people you'd ever want
to meet in your life. I'm so proud to hail
my family tree from the midwest, South Dakota, namely love
it Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota. Speaking
of all of these degrees, guys to be had for
five grand or less per year. According to this printout
that I have right here, Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown,

(34:28):
South Dakota. I have been to that town many times
on my beloved family summer trips as a kid. Beautiful country,
amazing institute. Get your degree for far less, and enjoy
habitating with some of the finest people on earth while
you do it. Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott, Kansas.
Love all these Midwestern towns. Fantastic degrees. I am looking

(34:50):
at bullet point after bullet point of what they offer
with regards to degrees. Some of the most highly sought
after career choices out there, all available to you at
rightably inexpensive prices. Next up, Scottsdale Community College, located very
close to Phoenix, Arizona. Love our stations around that area.
Associate in arts, business science, all kinds of transfer programs.

(35:13):
If you're thinking about shaking things up, love it. Moving on,
Los Angeles Harbor College. I love all of the various
diverse areas where you're going to find these incredibly low priced,
high quality programs. Los Angeles Harbor College. Start googling these guys.
If they're close to you, think about it. MESA Community College, Mesa, Arizona.
I've got people here, you know. I'm living in the

(35:35):
Philadelphia area. I know so many people who have moved
to Arizona for the climate, for the anything you name it,
the economy, the job opportunities. One more reason to love it.
MESA Community College, established nineteen sixty five, growing like gangbusters.
You know how that happens. You know how the free
market makes something grow, It's because it works reasonable prices.

(35:57):
We're talking five grand or less for these amazing schools
per year. It's unbelievable. Northern Virginia Community College, all of
these sent in by listeners who got their degrees there,
highly recommend it. Either they got their degrees there, or
their children are currently enrolled there. Maybe grandchildren are enrolled
there and they're getting a high quality, fabulous, wonderful education.

(36:20):
I love this stuff. We're going to do a blitz
through here for the rest of these. I want you
to hear these. Co Cheese College, Douglas, Arizona, highly ranked,
Labette Community College, Parsons, Kansas. Thank you so much for
sending these in. Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi, home of
our super Talk Mississippi Network. Thank you for that. Northern

(36:40):
Oklahoma College again some of the prettiest country on earth.
Lee College, Baytown, Texas.

Speaker 5 (36:46):
Oh.

Speaker 3 (36:46):
I love this. I love this. Texas is amazing for
so many reasons. Now we got another reason to love it.
Western Wyoming Community College. All of these five grand or less,
either per semester or per year, very affordable schools there.
Imagine walking in registering no worries about that. Did I
get in? Did I not get in? You got in?
If you've got your high school diploma or ged, you're

(37:08):
in and you're smart, you're doing it right, and you're
doing it for a lot less. The Kentucky Community and
Technical College System, Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas.

Speaker 1 (37:19):
Love it.

Speaker 3 (37:20):
Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Beautiful stuff, Rome, Georgia. I've been there.
I love it. Clovis Community College, Clovis, New Mexico, Amarillo
College and Amarillo, Texas. Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.
We've got stations there too. I love all of this, guys. Last,
but not least in again, no particular order. Spokane Falls

(37:42):
Community College in Spokane, Washington. You've got this. You know
what you're doing. You're flooding me with this information on
these great community colleges. Set yourself up for amazing financial
success with that one move. That one move is going
to unlock your financial future in ways that few other
things can tell. Everyone, tell a friend and until next week,

(38:02):
save those pennies, okay with cash and you all SKay
frugal out there.

Speaker 1 (38:09):
Jesus