Secret Lives of Teen Girls + Why Boys Fail
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Guest 1: Evelyn Resh, author of The Secret Lives of Teen Girls.
Topic: What your mother wouldn't talk about but your daughter needs to know.
Issues: The mysterious world of female, adolescent sexuality and how parents—especially mothers—can help their daughters through this tumultuous time; battling underachievement; emerging from the teen years with self-image intact.
Guest 2: Richard Whitmire, author of Why Boys Fail.
Topic: Saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind.
Issues: The most likely causes of boys’ reading troubles; how boys’ lagging in reading and math affects everything from grades to career choices; what really works for boys—including targeted tutoring and single-sex classrooms.
