Minnesota Public Radio Presents Author Po Bronson on Strategies for Nurturing Children Wednesday, Sept. 23

Sep 16, 2009

Po Bronson, co-author of Nurtureshock, comes to Minnesota Public Radio's UBS Forum to discuss how modern society's strategies for nurturing children are backfiring.

WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: UBS Forum at Minnesota Public Radio, 480 Cedar Street, St. Paul

TICKETS: Admission is free but reservations are required. Go to mprnewsq.org.

WHAT: Jeff Horwich, host of MPR's program In The Loop, will interview Bronson about why kids lie, how praising your kids can hurt them, and how babies interpret race. Bronson argues how some key sciences of childrearing have been overlooked and how we haven't been paying enough attention to research done in the last 20 years. By bringing attention to the science, Bronson is making himself the Malcolm Gladwell of the parenting and education world. Nurtureshock has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and the cover of Newsweek.

TUNE IN: Program will be recorded for broadcast, date TBA.

More about Po Bronson

Po Bronson has published five books, and he has written for television, magazines, and newspapers, including Time, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and for National Public Radio's Morning Edition. Currently he is writing regularly for New York Magazine and for The Guardian in the United Kingdom. Po Bronson's book of social documentary, What Should I Do With My Life?, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. He has been on Oprah, on every national morning show, and on the cover of five magazines, including Wired and Fast Company.