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Are Today's Kids Miserable?
They'r called "Generation Me" - today’s young Americans who are more confident, assertive, entitled and yet more miserable than ever. We’ll find out why and what we as parents can do about it when Caroline and Jacquie talk with Dr. Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me. http://www.generationme.org/
They'r called "Generation Me" - today’s young Americans who are more confident, assertive, entitled and yet more miserable than ever. We’ll find out why and what we as parents can do about it when Caroline and Jacquie talk with Dr. Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me. http://www.generationme.org/
Helping Your Child Find Social Success
The most painful part of loving a child with learning disabilities is feeling helpless when we watch them struggle with social isolation and rejection. Special education expert Rick Lavoie will share tips from his book It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend, the first book ever to address the social component of learning disabilities. http://ricklavoie.com/
The most painful part of loving a child with learning disabilities is feeling helpless when we watch them struggle with social isolation and rejection. Special education expert Rick Lavoie will share tips from his book It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend, the first book ever to address the social component of learning disabilities. http://ricklavoie.com/
Not Buying It!
Shopping – it's the great American pastime. But what if you couldn't shop for an entire year? What do you think you could live without? Clothes, mascara, dinner out, gourmet coffee? How would it affect your family life and even your sanity? Jacquie &Caroline will find out what it takes to stop buying for 12 months and how it can change your life with Judith Levine, author of Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping.
http://judithlevine.com/
Shopping – it's the great American pastime. But what if you couldn't shop for an entire year? What do you think you could live without? Clothes, mascara, dinner out, gourmet coffee? How would it affect your family life and even your sanity? Jacquie &Caroline will find out what it takes to stop buying for 12 months and how it can change your life with Judith Levine, author of Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping.
http://judithlevine.com/
Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder
Spring is finally here so let your kids go out and play. Go ahead, what are you afraid of? Oh yea, strangers, deer ticks, West Nile Virus, they could get hurt. But today's children are loosing their connection with nature and experts say the results could be disastrous. Caroline &Jacquie will talk with child advocacy expert Richard Louv about his book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder.
http://www.thefuturesedge.com/
Spring is finally here so let your kids go out and play. Go ahead, what are you afraid of? Oh yea, strangers, deer ticks, West Nile Virus, they could get hurt. But today's children are loosing their connection with nature and experts say the results could be disastrous. Caroline &Jacquie will talk with child advocacy expert Richard Louv about his book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder.
http://www.thefuturesedge.com/
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