Real Talk With Dr. Valencia Campbell: Howard University President To Speak At Coalition Scholarship Program Chats With Dr. Alvin

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By |May 19th, 2017|African Americans, Business, Careers, Commentary, Education, Leadership, Women, Youth|Comments Off on Real Talk With Dr. Valencia Campbell: Howard University President To Speak At Coalition Scholarship Program Chats With Dr. Alvin

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens By Sean Covey chats with Dr. Alvin

Sean Covey Click Here To Listen With more than five million copies in print all around the world, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide—now updated for the digital age. Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they are all within reach. You just need the tools to help you get there.

By |July 23rd, 2014|Leadership, Self-Help, Youth|Comments Off on The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens By Sean Covey chats with Dr. Alvin

Seventeen Ultimate Guide To College: Everything You Need To Know To Walk Onto Campus And Own It By Bethany Heitman chats with Dr. Alvin

Bethany Heitman Click Here To Listen   After the excitement of prom and high-school graduation festivities, young women begin to focus on the next big milestone; starting college. Filled with tips and stories from real students, Seventeen Ultimate Guide to College reveals everything a girl needs to know to feel confident on campus and make the next years her best yet. It contains insider secrets she won’t learn from her high school guidance counselor or a college information packet, including: How to bond with your roomie Navigating the college hookup scene Sneaky ways to avoid going broke in college Plus a bonus style section on what to wear at every type of school  

By |July 9th, 2014|Education, Women, Youth|Comments Off on Seventeen Ultimate Guide To College: Everything You Need To Know To Walk Onto Campus And Own It By Bethany Heitman chats with Dr. Alvin

A Survival Guide To Parenting Teens: Talking To Your Kids About Sexting, Drinking, Drugs, And Other Things That Freak You Out By Joani Geltman chats with Dr. Alvin

Joani Geltman Click Here To Listen Joani Geltman has a Masters degree in Social Work, and is an expert in child development and parenting. She presents her popular course, Adolescent Psychology, to schools and community groups, hosts Ask the Expert gatherings for parents, and provides home-based parent coaching services.

By |June 17th, 2014|Parenting, Youth|Comments Off on A Survival Guide To Parenting Teens: Talking To Your Kids About Sexting, Drinking, Drugs, And Other Things That Freak You Out By Joani Geltman chats with Dr. Alvin

No Summit Out Of Sight By Jordan Romero chats with Dr. Alvin

Jordan Romero Click Here To Listen Jordan Romero climbed Mount Everest at age thirteen—and he didn’t stop there. In this inspiring young adult memoir, he tells how he achieved such great heights. On May 22, 2010, at the age of thirteen, American teenager Jordan Romero became the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. At fifteen, he became the youngest person to reach the summits of the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. In this energizing memoir for young adults, Jordan, now seventeen, recounts his experience, which started as a spark of an idea at the age of nine and, many years of training and hard work later, turned into [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|Biography, Sports, Youth|Comments Off on No Summit Out Of Sight By Jordan Romero chats with Dr. Alvin

Make Me A Mother By Susanne Antonetta chats with Dr. Alvin

Susanne Antonetta Click Here To Listen In Make Me a Mother, acclaimed memoirist Susanne Antonetta adopts an infant from Seoul, South Korea. After meeting their six-month-old son, Jin, at the airport—an incident made memorable when Susanne, so eager to meet her son, is chased down by security—Susanne and her husband learn lessons common to all parents, such as the lack of sleep and the worry and joy of loving a child. They also learn lessons particular to their own family: not just how another being can take over your life but how to let an entire culture in, how to discuss birth parents who gave up a child, and the tricky steps required to navigate [...]

By |May 13th, 2014|Adoption, Children, Parenting, Women, Youth|Comments Off on Make Me A Mother By Susanne Antonetta chats with Dr. Alvin

Nat Geo Kids: Mission Animal Rescue By Daniel Raven-Ellison chats with Dr. Alvin

Daniel Ellison Click Here To Listen Inspiring young animal lovers to get up close to roaring lions and the real-life challenges they face is what Mission: Animal Rescue: Wolves is all about. With fun and amazing adventure stories, gorgeous photography, hands-on activities, fascinating information, and more, this book taps into kids' interest in animals and their passion for saving them. Meet real-life wolves and learn about their habitats, challenges, and successes, plus learn how you can take action and save these amazing endangered creatures.

By |May 7th, 2014|Animals, Children, Youth|Comments Off on Nat Geo Kids: Mission Animal Rescue By Daniel Raven-Ellison chats with Dr. Alvin

The Dolphin Way By Shimi Kang chats with Dr. Alvin

Shimi Kang Click Here To Listen In this inspiring book, Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and expert in human motivation Dr. Shimi Kang provides a guide to the art and science of inspiring children to develop their own internal drive and a lifelong love of learning. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, Dr. Kang shows why pushy “tiger parents” and permissive “jellyfish parents” actually hinder self-motivation. She proposes a powerful new parenting model: the intelligent, joyful, playful, highly social dolphin. Dolphin parents focus on maintaining balance in their children’s lives to gently yet authoritatively guide them toward lasting health, happiness, and success. As the medical director for Child and Youth Mental Health community [...]

By |May 5th, 2014|Animals, Family, Parenting, Youth|Comments Off on The Dolphin Way By Shimi Kang chats with Dr. Alvin

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader For Kids Only chats with Dr. Alvin

Uncle John-Kids Click Here To Listen Here is an exciting chance to own the very first Uncle John's Bathroom Reader For Kids Only! in a hardcover edition with all new illustrations! When our younger readers demanded a Bathroom Reader of their own, Uncle John put together this brain-boggling easy-to-read collection of facts, fads, quotes, history, science, origins, pop culture, mythology, humor, and more! Plus it's full of wacky and fun illustrations and Uncle John's famous "running feet" — those fun and fascinating facts on the bottom of every page. Curious young readers will learn about the real Dr. Seuss, baseball superstitions, the birth of The Simpsons, how carnival games are rigged, the history of dining [...]

By |April 30th, 2014|Children, Education, Science, Youth|Comments Off on Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader For Kids Only chats with Dr. Alvin