Who Is Mike Smart?

Mike holds a Bachelor's degree in English Education and a Master's in English. He has several hours

beyond his Master's in the areas of counseling and education. He has taught at the secondary education level
for over thirty years and has been a successful basketball coach for 25 years.  He received his Leadership
Parenting Coach certification from the John Rosemond Institute in 2016.

Mike resides in Ohio, in the Columbus/Springfield area has four grown successful children, among them a
digital graphics designer, a designer/stylist, a professional basketball player, and a registered nurse.  He has five
grandchildren, ages 9-8-6-4-2.

Today, Mike, through his company Parenting Outsmarted, employs his Leadership Parenting Coach certification
in multiple ways: in-home private coaching; as a speaker for parent groups, schools, churches, etc.;
phone consultations; and answering parent-submitted questions on ParentGuru.com.

In addition, he teaches part time at local junior high and high schools, does individual and small group
basketball training, also finds time to babysit four of his grandchildren, leads a men's discipleship group,
plays racquetball and enjoys fitness training.

"My goal is to help today's parent understand that, as THE true authority figure in the household, THEY have
the God-given ability to Lead and Love their children-- in a simple, enjoyable, common-sense fashion.
Although raising children may be the most important job of a parent, it does not have to be the most stressful,
most difficult task.  Let's get back to seeing the humor and joys of family life. “

          In the 1960’s and ‘70’s, there occurred in our country  a strong reaction and loud protestations of many
areas of traditional ways of doing things and of  traditional ways of thinking-- that had been part of our life
since the Pilgrims settled here. These new  secular progressive ideals ripped apart many of the Judeo-Christian
values regarded as mainstays of our country--including the legitimacy of traditional marriage and the traditional
beliefs concerning child-rearing and the value of  the intact family. With these new ideals came the religion
of therapeutic psychology. The term “parenting” became a term associated with the new “psychological
child-rearing” concepts; and American mothers, in particular, bought in to this psychology---and  we’ve been
on precipitous downward trend ever since as regards to the raising of children. It’s time we Outsmart Parenting!