Kimball Lewis is the CEO of EmpoweringParents.com. In addition to his leadership and management roles, he contributes as an editor, a homeschooling expert, and a parent coach. He resides in Orlando, Florida, with his wife and two teenage sons. He is the host of The Empowering Parents Podcast ( Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher ).
Mr. Lewis began his career as a health, welfare, and child policy researcher for a leading public policy think-tank in Washington, DC. He then served as a technologist and executive in a series of successful healthcare start-ups. Mr. Lewis volunteers as an executive coach for Cru, a Christian missionary organization serving over 190 countries worldwide. He and his wife have led several marriage ministry groups at his home church in Orlando, FL. LinkedIn
Mr. Lewis attended Cornell University, where he earned a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and a BA in Government.
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Mr. Lewis is frequently interviewed by CBS News in Tampa Bay, Florida, for his expert parenting advice. Recent stories include the following:
What parents can do to protect their children from online predators.
How parents should talk with their kids about online rules and safety.
How to track sex offenders in your neighborhood before Halloween.
Digital literacy program teaching kids to spot fake news.
He was also interviewed by Gannett publishing for the article ‘Be the parent and not the friend’: Experts discuss the benefits of leading children. The same parenting article was also published in the Daily American newspaper.
As a homeschool expert, he was also interviewed by a leading housing publication on what homeschool families should consider when purchasing new home. He was also interviewed for The Homeschooling Experiment: Tips for Parents and was quoted in How To Start Homeschooling Your Child, A Step-By-Step Guide.
Moms of Tweens and Teens (Sheryl Gould): How To Set Limits and Boundaries That Work With Our Teens
Real Men Connect (Dr. Joe Martin): How Good Dads Respond to Bad Behavior
Divorcing Well (Leanne Townsend): Coparenting Children With Problematic Behaviours
The Single Dads Podcast: Child Behavior Expert – Kimball Lewis
Be the Man (Gregory Denning): Being an Effective Father in Challenging Times
The Sweetest Little Life (Courtney Hanson): Empowering Parents of Children With Behavioral Problems
Mama Says Namaste Podcast (Ashley Logsdon): Why Kids Lie…And What To Do About It
Rebel and Create: Fatherhood Field Notes (Ned W. Schaut): Fatherhood and Raising Challenging Kids
Everything Always Podcast (Summer Mulder): Empowered Parenting
It’s Time for Coffee (Jeanette Tapley): Tips for Child Behavior Problems
Find the Magic (Taralyn Griffin): What To Do When Your Kids Act Out Defiantly
Mama Says Namaste (Ashley Logsdon): What To Do When Your Child Acts Out
The Christian Single Mom’s Podcast (Michelle Donnelly): Anger & Acting Out: Parenting Strategies for a Difficult, Defiant Child
Doing Relationships Right (Jennifer Hurvitz): Why Won’t My Kid Stop Lying?!
Family Looking Up Podcast: Three Tips To Stop the Lying
Parenting in Real Life (Alan and Alexis Tanner): How to Give Consequences that Result in Good Behavior
The Dad Edge Podcast (Larry Hagner): Empowering Parents Through Tough Times
Parenting Teens With Dr. Cam (Cameron Caswell): Tackling Teen Behavior Problems
The 5 to 8 Shift (Susannah McMonagle): Tackling Tough Behavior Challenges and Holding Kids Responsible
Doing Relationships Right (Jennifer Hurvitz): You Are Not To Blame for Your Child’s Behavior
Parenting Teens Solutions (Phinnah Chichi): Parenting Hope and Transformations
The Secure Dad Podcast (Andy Murphy): Behavioral Red Flags in Children
Mimosas With Moms (Abbey Williams): Empowering Parents
Motherhood Unfiltered (Ashley Henriott): Practical Parenting
Divorcing Well (Leanne Townsend): How to Coparent a Child With Behavioral Problems
Moms Moving On (Michelle Dempsey-Multack): How to Manage Your Child’s Behaviors and How to Discipline Them While Co-Parenting
It Starts With Attraction (Kimberly Holmes): Helping Parents Navigate Challenges
The Divorced Woman’s Guide (Wendy Sterling): Co-Parenting a Child with Behavioral Problems
Dad-Up! (Bryan Ward): Dads Being Dads
Modern Divorce Podcast (Billie Tarascio): Empowering Single Parents
License to Parent (Trace Embry): A Total Transformation with Kimball Lewis
Parenting ADHD and Autism (Penny Williams): Empowering Kids to Handle Life’s Basic Problems
Mighty Parenting Podcast (Sandy Fowler): Teens Lying to Parents
Undone Redone Podcast: Parenting During a Pandemic
Family Looking Up Podcast: When Parents Disagree
Family Looking Up Podcast: Discipline, Consequences, and Communication
Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud Podcast: How to Keep Kids Motivated Learning At Home
While a researcher at a leading public policy think tank, Mr. Lewis published several studies on children and families, including families and Medicaid coverage, children’s health insurance coverage patterns, Medicaid and WIC policy, health insurance coverage in the United States, and how to measure the number of uninsured in the United States.
Mr. Lewis also holds a patent (co-inventor) in the area of using analytics to improve healthcare utilization and outcomes (US Patent No. 10,108,975).
Do you homeschool your kids? Recently, a reader wrote in with this question about her 13-year-old daughter, who thinks being homeschooled means she can do work whenever she wants to. "I know EmpoweringParents.com has written about how to get kids to do their homework, but we have a unique situation. We homeschool our two children, and... Read more »
Many of our readers are trying to figure out how to homeschool their kids for the first time. Or they are contending with distance learning through their local school. Either way, your child is learning while at home and under your watch now. It's a significant change from having your child at school all day. My... Read more »
Note to readers: You can listen to Kimball Lewis discuss this article in an interview on the Parenting ADHD and Autism Podcast with author and parent coach Penny Williams. If your 10-year-old child has ever shown you how to work your computer or phone, you know that the generation we are raising now is bright and... Read more »
