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.
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.
Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud Podcast: How to Keep Kids Motivated Learning At Home
Family Looking Up Podcast: Discipline, Consequences, and Communication
Undone Redone Podcast: Parenting During a Pandemic
Mighty Parenting Podcast: Teens Lying to Parents
Parenting ADHD and Autism Podcast: Empowering Kids to Handle Life’s Basic Problems
Mr. Lewis has also published several public policy 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 »
