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Naomi Schaefer Riley, Author Of Be the Parent, Please: Stop Banning Seesaws and Start Banning Snapchat: Strategies For Solving The Real Parenting Problems (Virtues: Strategies For Solving The Real Parenting Problems)

Click Here To Listen Naomi Riley Toddlers on tablets. Pre-teens on Tumblr. Thanks to a variety of factors—from tech companies hungry for new audiences, to school administrations bent on making education digital, to a culture that promotes everyone as the star of their own reality shows—technology is irrevocably a part of childhood, and parents are struggling to keep up. What should be allowed? What should be denied? And, given the ubiquity of technology and its inherent usefulness, what do sensible boundaries even look like? A noted columnist and mother of three, Naomi Schaefer Riley fully understands the seductive nature of screens. For example, an after­noon of finger painting equals enormous cleanup of both house and [...]

By |April 25th, 2018|Parenting|Comments Off on Naomi Schaefer Riley, Author Of Be the Parent, Please: Stop Banning Seesaws and Start Banning Snapchat: Strategies For Solving The Real Parenting Problems (Virtues: Strategies For Solving The Real Parenting Problems)
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Anya Kamenetz, Author Of The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life

Click Here To Listen Anya Kamenetz Finally, an evidence-based, don't-panic guide to what to do about kids and screens. Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad news? A wonderful opportunity to connect around the world? Or the first step in creating a generation of addled screen zombies? Many have been quick to declare this the dawn of a neurological and emotional crisis, but solid science on the subject is surprisingly hard to come by. In The Art of Screen Time, Anya Kamenetz--an expert on education and technology, as well as a [...]

By |April 25th, 2018|Parenting|Comments Off on Anya Kamenetz, Author Of The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life
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Alissa Marquess, Author Of Bounceback Parenting: A Field Guide For Creating Connection, Not Perfection Chats On DrAlvin.Com

Click Here To Listen Alissa Marquess This insightful and empowering book is more than just another parenting guide. It's a playbook filled with simple yet powerful "secret missions" for parents who want to recharge, refresh and restart in a positive new way. Filled with simple challenges, journal prompts with room to write, and inspiring advice to try today, this is a game-changing resource for overwhelmedmoms and dads everywhere.

By |April 24th, 2018|Children, Parenting, Women, Youth|Comments Off on Alissa Marquess, Author Of Bounceback Parenting: A Field Guide For Creating Connection, Not Perfection Chats On DrAlvin.Com
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Tom Rachman, Author Of The Italian Teacher Chats On DrAlvin.com

Click Here To Listen Tom Rachman “An exotic touch of intrigue arises in THE ITALIAN TEACHER . . . deliciously ironic and deeply affectionate.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post A masterful novel about the son of a great painter striving to create his own legacy, by the bestselling author of The Imperfectionists. Conceived while his father, Bear, cavorted around Rome in the 1950s, Pinch learns quickly that Bear's genius trumps all. After Bear abandons his family, Pinch strives to make himself worthy of his father's attention--first trying to be a painter himself; then resolving to write his father's biography; eventually settling, disillusioned, into a job as an Italian teacher in London. But when Bear dies, Pinch [...]

By |April 23rd, 2018|Fiction, Parenting|Comments Off on Tom Rachman, Author Of The Italian Teacher Chats On DrAlvin.com
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Eric Jerome Dickey, Author Of Bad Men And Wicked Women Chats On Dr. Alvin.Com

Click Here To Listen Eric Jerome Dickey-Bad Men Affairs of the heart can be lethal in New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey's latest sensual, thrilling novel. As a low-level enforcer in Los Angeles, Ken Swift knows danger, but nowhere does he feel it more than in his tangled romances. Divorced from one woman, in love with another, and wrestling with a strong desire to get to know a third, his life is far from perfect, and it becomes all the more complicated when his troubled daughter resurfaces on the same day as a major job. Margaux is pregnant, bitter, and desperate: she needs $50,000 immediately, and she isn't above blackmailing Ken to get [...]

By |April 17th, 2018|African Americans, Fiction, Parenting, Politics|Comments Off on Eric Jerome Dickey, Author Of Bad Men And Wicked Women Chats On Dr. Alvin.Com
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Mary DeMocker, Author The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways To Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, And Still Get A Good Night’s Sleep

Click Here To Listen Mary DeMocker “Relax,” writes author Mary DeMocker, “this isn’t another light bulb list. It’s not another overwhelming pile of parental ‘to dos’ designed to shrink your family’s carbon footprint through eco-superheroism.” Instead, DeMocker lays out a lively, empowering, and doable blueprint for engaging families in the urgent endeavor of climate revolution. In this book’s brief, action-packed chapters, you’ll learn hundreds of wide-ranging ideas for being part of the revolution — from embracing simplicity parenting, to freeing yourself from dead-end science debates, to teaching kids about the power of creative protest, to changing your lifestyle in ways that deepen family bonds, improve moods, and reduce your impact on the Earth. Engaging and [...]

By |April 16th, 2018|Environment, Parenting, Women|Comments Off on Mary DeMocker, Author The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways To Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, And Still Get A Good Night’s Sleep
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Angela C. Santomero, Author Of Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, And Engaged Kids In A Screen-Filled World Chats On DrAlvin.com

Click Here To Listen Angela Santomero The award-winning creator of Blue’s Clues, Super Why!, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood shares the secret sauce behind her shows’ powerful, transformative results in the form of eleven research-based, foundational “clues” to ensure that preschoolers flourish academically, socially, and emotionally during this critical time.

By |April 6th, 2018|Children, Education, Family, Parenting|Comments Off on Angela C. Santomero, Author Of Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, And Engaged Kids In A Screen-Filled World Chats On DrAlvin.com
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Thomas Moore, Author Of Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy

Click Here To Listen Thomas Moore-Ageless Soul "Beautifully and eloquently written...Thomas Moore convinces us that we age best when we embrace our age, live agelessly, and remember every day to find the endless joy nestled inside our soul." - Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi, New York Times bestselling author of Super Brain and Super Genes Thomas Moore is the renowned author of Care of the Soul, the classic #1 New York Times bestseller. In Ageless Soul, Moore reveals a fresh, uplifting, and inspiring path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather embraced and cherished. In Moore’s view, aging is the process by which one becomes a more distinctive, complex, fulfilled, loving, and connected [...]

By |February 5th, 2018|Belief, Parenting, Self-Help, Spirituality|Comments Off on Thomas Moore, Author Of Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy
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NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Kerry Schrader & Ashlee Ammons

Click Here To Listen Nashville Business 100 Leading African Americans Kerry Schrader Ashlee Ammons Kerry Schrader and Ashlee Ammons are a dynamic minority Mother/Daughter duo, who are in the new wave of entrepreneurs who are re-imagining daily life, creating services that make work and play simpler, better and more satisfying. Without formal tech backgrounds, they’ve been blazing trails in the male-dominated tech startup space with their company, Mixtroz which makes networking experiences more valuable. Following remarkable progress in 2017, Team Mixtroz kicks off 2018 with a bang joining the 2nd Cohort of Birmingham, Alabama’s prestigious Velocity Accelerator and starring on an episode of A&E’s New Investment Series “Rooster & Butch”. Kerry Schrader, Cofounder/CEO of Mixtroz, [...]

By |January 12th, 2018|Advertising, African Americans, Biography, Nashville Business, Nashville Leading 100, Parenting, Women|Comments Off on NashvilleBusiness.Net 100 Leading African Americans 2018 Recipient: Kerry Schrader & Ashlee Ammons
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Sara Zaske, Author Of Achtung Baby: An American Mom On The German Art Of Raising Self-Reliant Children Chats On DrAlvin.Com

Click Here To Listen Sara Zaske An Entertaining, Enlightening Look at the Art of Raising Self-Reliant, Independent Children Based on One American Mom’s Experiences in Germany When Sara Zaske moved from Oregon to Berlin with her husband and toddler, she knew the transition would be challenging, especially when she became pregnant with her second child. She was surprised to discover that German parents give their children a great deal of freedom―much more than Americans. In Berlin, kids walk to school by themselves, ride the subway alone, cut food with sharp knives, and even play with fire. German parents did not share her fears, and their children were thriving. Was she doing the opposite of what [...]

By |January 8th, 2018|Education, Family, Parenting, Women|Comments Off on Sara Zaske, Author Of Achtung Baby: An American Mom On The German Art Of Raising Self-Reliant Children Chats On DrAlvin.Com
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