Dr. Daniel Amen

Well, there's a part in the book, Raising Mentally Strong Kids, that I just loved so much. And I collect penguins. In my office at work, I have dozens of them. And the reason I collect penguins is, so I have six kids, and three of them are adopted. And I adopted my oldest, and he was hard for me. argumentative, oppositional. And I really didn't like being a dad.

Well, there's a part in the book, Raising Mentally Strong Kids, that I just loved so much. And I collect penguins. In my office at work, I have dozens of them. And the reason I collect penguins is, so I have six kids, and three of them are adopted. And I adopted my oldest, and he was hard for me. argumentative, oppositional. And I really didn't like being a dad.

Well, there's a part in the book, Raising Mentally Strong Kids, that I just loved so much. And I collect penguins. In my office at work, I have dozens of them. And the reason I collect penguins is, so I have six kids, and three of them are adopted. And I adopted my oldest, and he was hard for me. argumentative, oppositional. And I really didn't like being a dad.

I'm like, this is just no fun at all. And I was a child psychiatry fellow. So I was doing my child psychiatry training and I'm talking to my supervisor about it. And she says, you have to spend more time with him, which was sort of the last thing I wanted to do. And I was living in Hawaii at the time. That's where I did my child psychiatry fellowship.

I'm like, this is just no fun at all. And I was a child psychiatry fellow. So I was doing my child psychiatry training and I'm talking to my supervisor about it. And she says, you have to spend more time with him, which was sort of the last thing I wanted to do. And I was living in Hawaii at the time. That's where I did my child psychiatry fellowship.

I'm like, this is just no fun at all. And I was a child psychiatry fellow. So I was doing my child psychiatry training and I'm talking to my supervisor about it. And she says, you have to spend more time with him, which was sort of the last thing I wanted to do. And I was living in Hawaii at the time. That's where I did my child psychiatry fellowship.

And I took my son to a place called Sea Life Park, which is on Oahu and like SeaWorld, they have sea animal shows. And we went to the killer whale show and that was great. And the dolphin show. But at the end of the day, he grabs my shirt. He goes, I want to see Fat Freddy. And I'm like, who's Fat Freddy? It's like the penguin dad. Don't you know anything?

And I took my son to a place called Sea Life Park, which is on Oahu and like SeaWorld, they have sea animal shows. And we went to the killer whale show and that was great. And the dolphin show. But at the end of the day, he grabs my shirt. He goes, I want to see Fat Freddy. And I'm like, who's Fat Freddy? It's like the penguin dad. Don't you know anything?

And I took my son to a place called Sea Life Park, which is on Oahu and like SeaWorld, they have sea animal shows. And we went to the killer whale show and that was great. And the dolphin show. But at the end of the day, he grabs my shirt. He goes, I want to see Fat Freddy. And I'm like, who's Fat Freddy? It's like the penguin dad. Don't you know anything?

And so we went to the Fat Freddy show and it's this little chubby, humble penguin who is amazing. He comes out onto the stage. He climbs like a 12 foot ladder to a diving board, goes to the edge of the board, bounces and then jumps in the water. And I'm like, whoa. And then... He gets out of the pool, bowls with his nose, counts with his flipper, jumps through a hoop of fire.

And so we went to the Fat Freddy show and it's this little chubby, humble penguin who is amazing. He comes out onto the stage. He climbs like a 12 foot ladder to a diving board, goes to the edge of the board, bounces and then jumps in the water. And I'm like, whoa. And then... He gets out of the pool, bowls with his nose, counts with his flipper, jumps through a hoop of fire.

And so we went to the Fat Freddy show and it's this little chubby, humble penguin who is amazing. He comes out onto the stage. He climbs like a 12 foot ladder to a diving board, goes to the edge of the board, bounces and then jumps in the water. And I'm like, whoa. And then... He gets out of the pool, bowls with his nose, counts with his flipper, jumps through a hoop of fire.

And at the end of the show, the trainer asked him to go get something. And Freddie went and got it. And he brought it right back. And at that moment, time stood still for me. And I'm like, I asked this child to get something from me and he wants to have a discussion for like 20 minutes and then he doesn't want to do it. And I knew my son was smarter than the penguin.

And at the end of the show, the trainer asked him to go get something. And Freddie went and got it. And he brought it right back. And at that moment, time stood still for me. And I'm like, I asked this child to get something from me and he wants to have a discussion for like 20 minutes and then he doesn't want to do it. And I knew my son was smarter than the penguin.

And at the end of the show, the trainer asked him to go get something. And Freddie went and got it. And he brought it right back. And at that moment, time stood still for me. And I'm like, I asked this child to get something from me and he wants to have a discussion for like 20 minutes and then he doesn't want to do it. And I knew my son was smarter than the penguin.

So I go up to the trainer afterwards and I'm like, how'd you get Freddie to do all these really cool things? And she looked at my son and then looked at me and said, unlike parents, whenever Freddie does anything like what I want him to do, I notice him. I'd give him a hug and I'd give him a fish. And even though my son didn't like raw fish, I realized I was like my dad.

So I go up to the trainer afterwards and I'm like, how'd you get Freddie to do all these really cool things? And she looked at my son and then looked at me and said, unlike parents, whenever Freddie does anything like what I want him to do, I notice him. I'd give him a hug and I'd give him a fish. And even though my son didn't like raw fish, I realized I was like my dad.

So I go up to the trainer afterwards and I'm like, how'd you get Freddie to do all these really cool things? And she looked at my son and then looked at me and said, unlike parents, whenever Freddie does anything like what I want him to do, I notice him. I'd give him a hug and I'd give him a fish. And even though my son didn't like raw fish, I realized I was like my dad.

When he did things I liked, I paid no attention to him at all. And when he didn't do things I liked, I gave him a ton of attention. So I was inadvertently teaching him to do bad things to get my attention. So I'm dense. I collect penguins as a way to just remind myself every day, notice what you like more than what you don't like. And we have a new study. So I have 11 clinics around the country.

When he did things I liked, I paid no attention to him at all. And when he didn't do things I liked, I gave him a ton of attention. So I was inadvertently teaching him to do bad things to get my attention. So I'm dense. I collect penguins as a way to just remind myself every day, notice what you like more than what you don't like. And we have a new study. So I have 11 clinics around the country.