This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.

Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.

And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.

Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves. Most of the time, I'll be getting

answers to your parenting questions. So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.

In this episode, we talk about helping kids stay active and eat well.

So I went golfing this week.

You did?

I haven't golfed in 20 years.

And it was a clinic.

It was me and my girlfriend, Jofii and about a dozen men over the age of 62

who have galled for two decades, essentially. And we get there and they say, pull out your wedge

and pull out the putter. And we're looking at the golf bag. We have no clue which one's a wedge

and which one's the putter. Oh, man, golf is having its moment, I think, as one of the very few socially distanced things that works really well.

I'm determined to learn how to play.

I've signed the kids up as well to learn how to play.

And it got me thinking because, you know, winter, unfortunately, is coming.

And we're stuck in the house.

You don't get a lot of opportunities out. And it got me thinking,

how do you get kids active, stay active? And as I was thinking about this, I was reading through

some of the questions that we're already getting in. And one listener sent this question. I want to

pose it to you. It says, I have a lovely tween girl who just turned 12. She used to be

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