On social media, in the news, and from the highest levels of government, kids have been getting the message that being selfish, obnoxious and cruel is okay. Hate crimes among children and teens have been rising, while compassion has been dropping. We know, of course, that young people have the capacity for great empathy, resilience, and action, and we all want to bring up kids who will help build a better tomorrow. But how do we actually do this? How do we raise children who are kind, considerate, and ethical inside and outside the home, who will grow into adults committed to making the world a better place? Join us with the author of "How To Raise Kids Who Aren't Assoholes", who will present science-based parenting strategies (with some humor too) to help your student foster compassion, curiosity and resilience in this turbulent world.
This virtual presentation is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.
Melinda Wenner Moyer
Author of How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes, published in July 2021 and winning a gold medal in the 2022 Living Now Book Awards, Melinda Wenner Moyer is a contributing editor at Scientific American magazine and a regular contributor — and former columnist — at The New York Times. She is a faculty member in the Science, Health & Environmental Reporting program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She writes a science-based parenting newsletter at melindawmoyer.substack.com.
Melinda was the recipient of the 2022 Excellence in Science Journalism award from The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the 2019 Bricker Award for Science Writing in Medicine, and her work was featured in the 2020 Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology. She was also awarded a 2018 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowship. Moyer’s work has won first place prizes in the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, the Folio Eddie Awards and the Annual Writing Awards of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. It has also been shortlisted for a James Beard Journalism Award, a National Academy of Sciences Communication Award and a National Magazine Award. She has a master’s in Science, Health & Environmental Reporting from NYU and a background in cell and molecular biology. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, two children, and her dog.