Description

Ashely Merryman is the co-author of New York Times bestseller, NurtureShock. One of the most influential books about children ever published, NurtureShock offers a revolutionary new perspective on children that upends a library's worth of conventional wisdom. The central premise of this book is that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring-  because key twists in the science have been overlooked. NurtureShock has been featured on Good Morning America, Nightline, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Newsweek, and many other media sources. If you want to be a better parent, please join us on October 8th. Together, we will try to updend what we know as we get to the core of how children grow, learn, and live. Event to be held in the Gorton Community Center auditorium. Questions, please visit www.leadingefforts.org/merryman or call (847) 295-9075.