Daniel Kindlon and Rosalind Wiseman

Queen Bees Or Alpha Girls: The State Of Young Womanhood Today
Monday, October 29, 2007

Daniel Kindlon is a clinical and research psychologist specializing in the behavioral problems of children and adolescents. In Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, Kindlon and his co-author shined a light on the troubled inner world of boys in contemporary society. He believes that boys suffer from a narrow definition of masculinity imposed on them by our culture that leaves them emotionally resourceless as men.

In his latest book, Too Much of a Good Thing, Kindlon sheds new light on how parents with the best intentions of making their children happy actually increase the chance that their children will be depressed. He argues that society’s focus on achievement and success has replaced the emphasis on developing an inner moral compass; its absence makes it hard for kids to take responsibility for their actions and have meaningful, fulfilling relationships.

Dr. Kindlon holds joint assistant professorship in the Psychiatry Department of the Harvard Medical School and the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he is engaged in teaching and research.

Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized author and educator on children, teens, parenting, education and social justice. Author of the best-seller Queen Bees and Wannabes, which was the basis for the movie Mean Girls, her new book Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads was released in 2006. Her work aims to help parents, educators and young people successfully navigate the social challenges of young adulthood.

Co-founder of the Empower Program, a non-profit organization that empowers youth to stop the culture of violence and envisions a world where young people are safe from being bullied, harassed, or victimized, she has been a liaison to the American Bar Association’s Domestic Violence Committee and a member of the Violence Against Women Act’s Subcommittee on Girls and School Violence. Certified through the Program for Young Negotiators at Harvard University, her audiences have included the American School Counselors Association, National Education Association, and the International Chiefs of Police.