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Alyson Schafer is a psychotherapist and one of Canada's leading parenting experts. She's the author of the best-selling "Breaking the Good Mom Myth" (Wiley, 2006) and the new "Honey I Wrecked The Kids" (Wiley, 2009). Her popular TV call-in show The Parenting Show is now in its sixth season.
The media relies on Alyson's comments and opinions. You can find her interviewed and quoted extensively in such publications as Cosmopolitan, Readers' Digest, Canadian Living, Today's Parents, and Canadian Families and on TV shows like CBC's The National, TVO's Agenda, and Montel Williams.
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Great timing as I was just going to be looking for reading material on raising boys. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Suze | August 06, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Thanks for posting these. (I saw your twitter :) I really liked his overall approach and enjoyed reading this take on video games. Lawrence Cohen of Playful Parenting, a favorite author of mine, talks about the approach of joining kids in aggressive play so that you can figure out what's going on underneath and connect with them around it, and the harm of dismissing / denying it, and I never thought about applying the same thought to video games. Wow!
Posted by: Lisa Stroyan | August 07, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Has anybody had trouble accessing the website www.mentoringboys.com? I would love to read the newsletter and have a look at the site but can't get it to open!
Posted by: Karen | August 15, 2008 at 05:44 PM
I have had a few people say they can't follow that link - but I am not having any trouble when I click through. Weird eh? Here is the link on its own:
http://www.mentoringboys.com/newsletter/NewsJuly08.pdf
Hopefully that works!
Alyson
Posted by: Alyson Schafer | August 19, 2008 at 11:18 AM
That did the trick! Thanks Alyson.
Posted by: Karen | August 21, 2008 at 04:05 PM
I just came across this post on Slashdot and thought I would share: http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/09/16/2145236.shtml
mcgrew writes with news that a study done by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found game playing is all but universal among teens ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26726230/ ), and it provides a "significant amount of social interaction and potential for civic engagement." 97% of teens responding to the survey said they played games (75% played weekly or more often), and roughly two-thirds of teens use games as a social experience. The full report (PDF - http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Games_and_Civics_Report_FINAL.pdf ) and the questionnaire with answer data (PDF - http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIAL%20Gaming%20FINAL%20Topline.pdf ) are both available for viewing. From the report: "Youth who take part in social interaction related to the game, such as commenting on websites or contributing to discussion boards, are more engaged civically and politically. Youth who play games where they are part of guilds are not more civically engaged than youth who play games alone."
Posted by: Cary Moretti | September 16, 2008 at 10:08 PM
At the risk of becoming a "one issue" parent, I thought I would make a second post here. Another study on "gamers" just out from Ipsos (and IGN Entertainment, possible bias there) showing that those who play games are more active, more social, and more "valuable" consumers than those who do not. Details in their press release: http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=4140
Posted by: Cary Moretti | October 29, 2008 at 04:20 PM