Any Fans of Dr. Ray Guarendi?

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I’ve never gotten to hear that show. I’m not usually up by then. My morning isn’t glorious until 630.
 
They introduce the hour as “Catholic Connections”. That’s what they call it. I hear it every morning on the way to work. It starts exactly at 8AM. That’s what it’s called on their online schedule as well. I did send a email to the email that is listed on their website, but I never heard back.
 
He drives me nuts, and I don’t know anyone who listens to him. I also work in Catholic Radio.

How he has a job is beyond me.
I am that way with Gus Lloyd. Simply atrocious.
 
I think it was Coleen Mast?
I didn’t like her show as much—I mean, she seemed like she had a very sweet demeanor, but some of the advice she gave seemed a little extreme.
 
mrsdizzyd said:
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HolySpirit:
He drives me nuts, and I don’t know anyone who listens to him. I also work in Catholic Radio.

How he has a job is beyond me.
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Do you have anything more to add other than this? Is there something we should be aware of?

I listen to his show sometimes. I like his approach, but not always his delivery.
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He sounds like an obnoxious bore to me.

I have a natural skepticism of any mental health professional who would give advice based on two minutes of conversation. It strikes me as walking an ethical line that credible mhp’s would not walk.

I don’t think he listens to the caller’s problems, because he is busy pigeonholing callers problems into his personal theories. (or as an excuse to advertise his books) He has a tough love approach that isn’t always helpful.

He is a poor man’s Dr. Phil or Michael Savage.

Some people must like him, because he has a national radio show. I am not aware of any of my friends who do. My friends who listen to EWTN radio daily, turn his show off. To sum it up, I think he is a jerk whose judgement is questionable.

But, different strokes for different folks.
 
That’s understandable, especially the irresponsibility of call-in quick advice, but Dr. Phil?! 😮😄
 
I agree with some of what you say, but to be fair Dr Ray does try not to overdiagnose or make sweeping assumptions on limited info. When people email and don’t give enough info, he asks them to call in because he can’t really give advice based on such limited information. He won’t talk to people who are in therapy so as not to be muddying their theraputic process etc, and most of the advice he gives are how to handle situations, not how to treat emotional or mental conditions
He bugs the crap outta me, but I do believe he is ethical.

You’re right that often he decides what he’s going to say to the caller before they get on the air and he sometimes barely lets them talk.
 
One time I called the show and all I said was “Hello I’m a mother of 2 children and my 10 year old boy…” and he cut me off and said “First of all you don’t call anyone boy, my father never called me boy and it shouldn’t even be a vocabulary word!”

I’m just kidding! I’ve been reading every post in this thread way too long. I apologize for my bad jokes, my kids always tell me straight faced how much I crack myself up. (and I sincerely don’t get why they’re not laughing) I’ve been corny all my life.
 
Can someone summarize his basic child-rearing philosophies? Does he have certain phrases about child-rearing that he uses?

Thanks! I tried looking at his website, but it’s very vague, with the titles of the various talks, but no actual written articles. I may be misjudging him, but I can’t imagine why he doesn’t put his advice or at least some kind of general summary of his teachings, online. Again, I may be misjudging him, but the thought occurs to me that if he’s going to write paragraphs about child rearing, he wants to be paid. I hope I’m wrong.

If you go to Dr. James Dobson’s website, you will see many articles, arranged by topic, that discuss various family topics. I love Dr. Dobson and raised our children according to his advice, with excellent results.

We can’t get Catholic radio. I’m sure I could listen to Dr, Guarendi online, but I never listen to anything online. 😦
 
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entire neighborhoods in the St Louis area being full of “thugs.”
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Uh, have you ever been to east St. Louis? It’s a fair charatature for quite a bit of that side of town. I’ve walked around New Orleans and West Memphis after dark but east St. Louis was way worse in my opinion.
 
I hate to sound snobbish, but he is a little folksy. And his style of communication is more like a used car salesman. I’m biased though. He’s probably better than I give him credit for.
 
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nd i did not care for him at all.
i can’t put my finger on it.
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its his communication style. He’s irritating. Still I cant stand the way Scott Hahn uses crescendo in his voice to make a point.
I prefer a less dramatic speaker. More focussed on content than style.
 
Peeps said:
the thought occurs to me that if he’s going to write paragraphs about child rearing, he wants to be paid.
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Scripture tells us that a workman is entitled to be paid, so, I do not fault people who don’t want to work for free.

That being said, there are many articles online:

http://blog.franciscanmedia.org/fra...aralysis-whats-changed-about-raising-children



If you click this link and type “Dr. Ray Guarendi” in the search box, you will find many call in programs that you can listen to on your phone or computer.


Here is one example:

https://www.catholic.com/audio/cal/5836
 
First of all, she wasn’t even talking about East St. Louis. Second of all, not even East St. Louis is “nothing but thugs”. Black people aren’t automatically “thugs”. Poor black people aren’t automatically “thugs”. Poor black people who live in a certain neighborhood aren’t automatically “thugs”.
 
Not saying they are, but there’s reasons certain areas get a certain stereotype.
 
Here’s my thing about Dr. Ray (and the guy from Sound Insight, [and several other individuals in apologetics]). I don’t like them because I don’t think they’re enjoyable radio. I don’t mean that they don’t know what they’re talking about, it’s just that I don’t think the medium suits them.
 
Well, at least they are out there preaching the gospel as best they can. Better job than I’m doing, for sure!
To answer Peeps question about Dr Ray, what I take away from his talks is that there are rarely bad children, there are just clueless parents (he says it more kindly). He encourages parents to set consequences for behavior and follow through every time, and keep it up until it sinks in. Parents control media, food, outings, purchases, etc so there is no reason for the child to rule the roost.
His advice seems practical to me. He does tend to wander sometimes, but it’s radio. If I need serious help, I can see a therapist.
 
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