Dear Readers,

The wait is over. NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children,
co-authored with Ashley Merryman, is hitting stores. Please buy it and
tell friends!

I'll be on NPR's All Things Considered this afternoon, about 20
minutes into the second hour of the broadcast.

So much is suddenly happening - you can follow it all, and buy the
book, at our new website, www.nurtureshock.com.

Monday morning I should be on Good Morning America; Monday night on
with CNN's Campbell Brown and later, a long segment on ABC News'
Nightline. Next week: the cover of Newsweek, I'm told, and Fresh Air.
We have a daily column starting at Newsweek this Saturday as well, the
NurtureShock blog at Newsweek.com.

The book is not even out yet, but somehow we have thirty 5-star and
4-star reviews on Amazon already - not one of them being from anyone
Ashley or I know.

We will be in New York next Wednesday Sept 2nd at the Union Square
Barnes & Noble at 7 pm. We have over thirty other events scheduled all
around the country, please come see us. All the events are listed at
www.nurtureshock.com.

We have been awarded four national magazine writing prizes for the
material that made it previously into New York magazine - but there
are so many groundbreaking and incredibly interesting topics covered
in the book.

•        Why the most brutal person in a child’s life is often a
sibling, and how a single aspect of their preschool-aged play can
determine their relationship as adults.

•        When is it too soon – or too late – to teach a child about
race? Children in diverse schools are less likely to have a
cross-racial friendship, not more - so is school diversity backfiring?

•        Millions of families are fighting to get their kids into
private schools and advanced programs as early as possible. But
schools are missing the best kids, 73% of the time – the new
neuroscience explains why.

•        The Science of Teen Rebellion: Why, for adolescents, arguing
with adults is a sign of respect, not disrespect – and arguing is
constructive to the relationship, not destructive.

•        Why are kids – even those from the best of homes – still
aggressive and cruel? The answer is found in a rethinking of parental
conflict, discipline, television’s unexpected influence, and social
dominance.

•        Developers of a new kind of preschool keep losing their grant
money – the students are so successful they’re no longer “at-risk
enough” to warrant further study. What’s their secret?

•        Parents are desperate to jump-start infants’ language skills.
Recently, scientists have discovered a series of natural techniques
that are astonishing in their efficacy – it’s not baby videos, sign
language, or even the richness of language exposure. It’s nothing
you’ve heard before.

Please, get the book, enjoy it, and come discuss it starting Saturday
on our blog here:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?PoBronson/06b6cff611/af1bc4aa43/e1e49b8f05

Thanks so much,

Po Bronson