Positive Parenting January 20, 2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Guest 1: Laurence Steinberg, author of The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting.

Topic: Why parenting is more science than art.

Issues: The attitudes and behaviors that have been scientifically proven to lead to happy, healthy, and successful children.

Guest 2: Koren Zailckas, author of Smashed.

Topic: A former teen alcoholic tells her story.

Issues: The availability of alcohol; how and why teens start drinking; what parents need to do to keep their kids from drinking—but aren’t.