Retiring Comfortably + Teens Who Cut + The Truth about Violent Video Games

Guest 1: John Graves, author of The 7% Solution.
Topic: You can afford a comfortable retirement.
Issues: Getting a clear understanding of you financial situation in retirement; gathering income and expense data; understanding what financial advisors do—and don’t do; the importance of bonds; borrowing from retirement accounts; structuring your retirement so you can earn up to 7 percent/year.


Guest 2: Michael Hollander, author of Helping Teens Who Cut.
Topic: Understanding and ending self-injury.
Issues: Dispelling the myths about teenage “cutting”; what motivates cutting; what parents can do to make the cutting stop; effective treatments that can help troubled teens cope with extreme emotions in a healthier way.


Guest 3: Lawrence Kutner, author of Grand Theft Childhood.
Topic: The surprising truth about violent video games and what parents can do.
Issues: Do video games really make children more violent? How violent video games may actually prevent fights by helping kids work through their anger; why girls like Grand Theft Auto almost as much as boys do; the myth that kids lose social skills by playing video games.

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