Grandparenting

The phone/screen conundrum

Break 1

How often should we see the grandkids?

"They Won't Let Me See My Grandkids"

critique or advice from parents

Break 2

Should you feel guilty

How to talk to an alcoholic grandfather 

Dr. Ray Guarendi—Catholic clinical psychologist with over 40 years of experience —joins Trending with Timmerie 

Episode Guide
Grandparenting: frustration over discipline, near and far (2:08)
The phone/screen conundrum (17:48)
How often should we see the grandkids? (26:23)
“They Won't Let Me See My Grandkids” (33:35)
Hate hearing critiques or advice from parents about your parenting? (39:03)
Should you feel guilty about helping one family member over another? (42:46)
How to talk to an alcoholic grandfather (48:16)

Resources mentioned: 

 

Episode on “Drama-Free Parenting” 

https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/parenting-kids-without-the-chaos/ 

 

Book Drama-Free Discipline 

https://amzn.to/42xvcfD 

 

Being a Grandparent: Just like being a parent… only different

https://www.drray.com/shop/being-a-grandparent/ 

Dr. Ray Guarendi&mdash;Catholic clinical psychologist with over 40 years of experience &mdash;joins Trending with Timmerie&nbsp;
Episode Guide
<ul>
<li>Grandparenting: frustration over discipline, near and far (2:08)</li>
<li>The phone/screen conundrum (17:48)</li>
<li>How often should we see the grandkids? (26:23)</li>
<li>&ldquo;They Won't Let Me See My Grandkids&rdquo; (33:35)</li>
<li>Hate hearing critiques or advice from parents about your parenting? (39:03)</li>
<li>Should you feel guilty about helping one family member over another? (42:46)</li>
<li>How to talk to an alcoholic grandfather (48:16)</li>
</ul>
Resources mentioned:&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Episode on &ldquo;Drama-Free Parenting&rdquo;&nbsp;
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/parenting-kids-without-the-chaos/">https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/parenting-kids-without-the-chaos/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Book Drama-Free Discipline&nbsp;
<a href="https://amzn.to/42xvcfD">https://amzn.to/42xvcfD</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Being a Grandparent: Just like being a parent&hellip; only different
<a href="https://www.drray.com/shop/being-a-grandparent/">https://www.drray.com/shop/being-a-grandparent/</a>&nbsp;

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Trending with Timmerie - Catholic Principles applied to today's experiences.

Grandparenting Dilemmas No One Talks About

New grading trends ad AI

Pope Leo's birthday!

People from within the AI companies

AI Intelligence?

The Exultation of the Cross - suffering

Tuesday on Trending

On this episode of Trending with Timmerie 

 

Episode Guide
Back to school? – new grading trends even at Ivy League schools in the face of AI (2:54)
Pope Leo’s birthday! (24:22)
People from within the AI companies are calling for a slowdown of development (25:38)
AI Intelligence? (39:19)
The Exultation of the Cross – suffering (46:10)
Tomorrow on Trending (50:55)

Resources mentioned: 

 

Episode: The Trades & Catholic Trade Schools

https://relevantradio.com/2024/10/the-trades-catholic-trade-schools/ 

 

Who Trains AI?

https://relevantradio.com/2026/06/who-trains-ai/ 

 

MIT AI Report Calls for Alternative Grading, More Social Learning 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/28/mit-ai-report-calls-alternative-grading 

 

Harvard Will Cap A Grades

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/learning-assessment/2026/05/20/harvard-will-cap-grades

 

Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity - The New York Times 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/technology/anthropic-researchers-raise-alarm.html 

 

Magnifica Humanitas 

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html 

 

Antique Et Nova

https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250128_antiqua-et-nova_en.html?curius=1239&utm_ 

 

Salvifici Doloris 

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html 

On this episode of Trending with Timmerie&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Episode Guide
<ul>
<li>Back to school? &ndash; new grading trends even at Ivy League schools in the face of AI (2:54)</li>
<li>Pope Leo&rsquo;s birthday! (24:22)</li>
<li>People from within the AI companies are calling for a slowdown of development (25:38)</li>
<li>AI Intelligence? (39:19)</li>
<li>The Exultation of the Cross &ndash; suffering (46:10)</li>
<li>Tomorrow on Trending (50:55)</li>
</ul>
Resources mentioned:&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Episode: The Trades &amp; Catholic Trade Schools
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2024/10/the-trades-catholic-trade-schools/">https://relevantradio.com/2024/10/the-trades-catholic-trade-schools/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Who Trains AI?
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2026/06/who-trains-ai/">https://relevantradio.com/2026/06/who-trains-ai/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
MIT AI Report Calls for Alternative Grading, More Social Learning&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/28/mit-ai-report-calls-alternative-grading">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/28/mit-ai-report-calls-alternative-grading</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Harvard Will Cap A Grades
<a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/learning-assessment/2026/05/20/harvard-will-cap-grades">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/learning-assessment/2026/05/20/harvard-will-cap-grades</a>
&nbsp;
Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity - The New York Times&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/technology/anthropic-researchers-raise-alarm.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/technology/anthropic-researchers-raise-alarm.html</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Magnifica Humanitas&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html">https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Antique Et Nova
<a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250128_antiqua-et-nova_en.html?curius=1239&amp;utm_">https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250128_antiqua-et-nova_en.html?curius=1239&amp;utm_</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Salvifici Doloris&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html">https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html</a>&nbsp;

AI Intelligence & the Cross 

What Heroism Looks like

The waterborne evacuation of Manhattan

US Marshals find 79 missing children

Sunday Mass prep

Dr. Ben Baran – organizational psychologist, award-winning management professor, and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy Reserve joins Trending with Timmerie 

 

Episode Guide
What Heroism Looks like - Visiting 9/11 Flight 93 National Memorial as a naval officer (1:36)
The little-known story of 9/11: the waterborne evacuation of Manhattan – bigger than the evacuation of Dunkirk (18:19)
US Marshals find 79 missing children in Ohio during largest operation of its kind (32:43)
Sunday Mass prep (43:36)

Resources mentioned: 

 

Dr. Ben Baran 

https://www.benbaran.com/about  

 

Book :  Crucibles: How Faith and Science Help Us Navigate Suffering

https://www.benbaran.com/crucibles     

 

Resilience & Fortitude

https://relevantradio.com/2026/05/resilience-fortitude/ 

 

APOSTOLIC LETTER - SALVIFICI DOLORIS

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html 

 

US Marshals find 79 missing children in Ohio during largest operation of its kind 

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/us-marshals-ohio-recover-79-missing-children-cleveland-akron-toledo-columbus/95-1fe97892-c4aa-4263-8884-248dca036050?tbref=hp 

Dr. Ben Baran &ndash; organizational psychologist, award-winning management professor, and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy Reserve joins Trending with Timmerie&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Episode Guide
<ul>
<li>What Heroism Looks like - Visiting 9/11 Flight 93 National Memorial as a naval officer (1:36)</li>
<li>The little-known story of 9/11: the waterborne evacuation of Manhattan &ndash; bigger than the evacuation of Dunkirk (18:19)</li>
<li>US Marshals find 79 missing children in Ohio during largest operation of its kind (32:43)</li>
<li>Sunday Mass prep (43:36)</li>
</ul>
Resources mentioned:&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Dr. Ben Baran&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.benbaran.com/about">https://www.benbaran.com/about</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Book :&nbsp; Crucibles: How Faith and Science Help Us Navigate Suffering
<a href="https://www.benbaran.com/crucibles">https://www.benbaran.com/crucibles</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Resilience &amp; Fortitude
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2026/05/resilience-fortitude/">https://relevantradio.com/2026/05/resilience-fortitude/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
APOSTOLIC LETTER - SALVIFICI DOLORIS
<a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html">https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
US Marshals find 79 missing children in Ohio during largest operation of its kind&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/us-marshals-ohio-recover-79-missing-children-cleveland-akron-toledo-columbus/95-1fe97892-c4aa-4263-8884-248dca036050?tbref=hp">https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/us-marshals-ohio-recover-79-missing-children-cleveland-akron-toledo-columbus/95-1fe97892-c4aa-4263-8884-248dca036050?tbref=hp</a>&nbsp;

Heroism of 9/11 & the waterborne evacuation 

Gym culture

Strengthening mind, body, and soul

Charlie Kirk is remembered

Lindsay Clancy mistrial

United States vs. Steven Anderegg

The case impacting kids 

live streamed abortion

Friday on Trending

Jayce Rastrelli co-owner of Grow the Kingdom Gym joins Trending with Timmerie 

Episode Guide
Gym culture (2:23)
Mentorship — strengthening mind, body, and soul (16:45)
Why Charlie Kirk is remembered 1 year later (27:01)
Lindsay Clancy mistrial (30:06)
United States vs. Steven Anderegg decision – 1st amendment right to create and be in possession of child pornography (36:42)
The case impacting kids no one talked about – Meta to pay $17.1 billion for harming children, but now what? (42:23)
Gender reveal becomes an live streamed abortion (49:07)
Tomorrow on Trending (50:56)

Resources mentioned: 

 

Grow the Kingdom Gym

growthekingdomco.com 

 

Lindsay Clancy trial & Fauci

https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/lindsay-clancy-trial-fauci/ 

 

Motherhood Is Being Labeled as a Psychiatric Diagnosis 

https://relevantradio.com/2026/09/motherhood-is-being-labeled-a-psychiatric-diagnosis/ 

 

Tech-Enabled Sexual Abuse

https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/tech-enabled-sexual-abuse/ 

Jayce Rastrelli co-owner of Grow the Kingdom Gym joins Trending with Timmerie&nbsp;
Episode Guide
<ul>
<li>Gym culture (2:23)</li>
<li>Mentorship &mdash; strengthening mind, body, and soul (16:45)</li>
<li>Why Charlie Kirk is remembered 1 year later (27:01)</li>
<li>Lindsay Clancy mistrial (30:06)</li>
<li>United States vs. Steven Anderegg decision &ndash; 1st amendment right to create and be in possession of child pornography (36:42)</li>
<li>The case impacting kids no one talked about &ndash; Meta to pay $17.1 billion for harming children, but now what? (42:23)</li>
<li>Gender reveal becomes an live streamed abortion (49:07)</li>
<li>Tomorrow on Trending (50:56)</li>
</ul>
Resources mentioned:&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Grow the Kingdom Gym
<a href="http://growthekingdomco.com">growthekingdomco.com</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Lindsay Clancy trial &amp; Fauci
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/lindsay-clancy-trial-fauci/">https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/lindsay-clancy-trial-fauci/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Motherhood Is Being Labeled as a Psychiatric Diagnosis&nbsp;
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2026/09/motherhood-is-being-labeled-a-psychiatric-diagnosis/">https://relevantradio.com/2026/09/motherhood-is-being-labeled-a-psychiatric-diagnosis/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Tech-Enabled Sexual Abuse
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/tech-enabled-sexual-abuse/">https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/tech-enabled-sexual-abuse/</a>&nbsp;

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