21stCenturyParent.com Goes Live

www.21stCenturyParent.com, the website developed for author Debra Haffner's books, goes live today, Monday, March 17, in advance of the April 7 publication of Haffner's new book What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know.

The site features information about and excerpts from Debra Haffner's books published by Newmarket Press, including her latest and the award-winning From Diapers to Dating and Beyond the Big Talk. It also lists upcoming speaking engagements and media appearances, and features an extensive Q&A with Haffner about What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know.

"Affairs Expert" Peggy Vaughan Comments in Print and On-Air

The Monogamy Myth author Peggy Vaughan is still being sought out by the media to comment on extramarital affairs, pertaining to the Eliot Spitzer story:

• Interviewed for a story to appear in this Sunday's New York Post (March 16 issue)
  UPDATE (3/17/08): You can read the article at:
  http://www.nypost.com/seven/03162008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/a_woman_scorned_102113.htm
• Interviewed for an article to run Tuesday in the Bay Area Newspaper Group publications (Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Marin Independent Journal, San Mateo County Times) (March 18 issues)
  UPDATE (3/19/08): You can read the article "Why Stay with a Cheating Spouse?" at:
  http://www.contracostatimes.com/relationships/ci_8616955?nclick_check=1
• Radio interview scheduled with KMOX-AM's "Relationships 101" (St. Louis, MO) for Sunday, March 23, 8pm CT

UPDATE (3/17/08): Peggy Vaughan also writes about Silda Spitzer and the coverage of her reaction on her Amazon blog, which you can read at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A49SWJP6Z2GWJ/ref=cm_blog_dp_artist_blog

Parenting Expert on Philadelphia NPR station

Author Debra Haffner, whose new book What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know will be published April 7, was interviewed today as part of a panel discussion about the Eliot Spitzer scandal on Philadelphia NPR affiliate WHYY-FM's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.

You can listen to the program at the following link:
http://www.whyy.org/rameta/RT/2008/RT20080314_20_2.ram
or
http://www.whyy.org/podcast/031408_110630.mp3

Author To Address Learning Disabilities Association in Cleveland This Week

Anne Ford, author of the books Laughing Allegra (2003) and On Their Own (2007), will speak about raising children with learning disabilities at the Learning Disabilities Association of Cuhyoga County Benefit in Cleveland, Ohio this Friday, March 14 at 7pm. (Event by invitation only).

Upcoming speaking dates include the Pennsylvania Dyslexia Association in Philadelphia on Friday, April 4 (attendance by invitation) and the Villa Maria School in Stamford, Connecticut on Wednesday, April 9 (reserved for school parents).

Parenting Author Offers "Sex Ed for Politicians"

Renowned parenting educator and author Debra Haffner (From Diapers to Dating, Beyond the Big Talk) penned a thought-provoking op-ed entitled "Sex Ed for Politicians" about the Eliot Spitzer story that appeared yesterday on The Huffington Post. You can read it in its entirety at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-debra-haffner/sex-education-for-politic_b_90957.html

Haffner's newest book What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know will be published April 7.

Bestselling Puberty Books Picked by NY Public Library

The New York Public Library has selected the new 2007 editions of the bestselling puberty education classics The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls and The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras for inclusion on its well regarded "Books for the Teen Age" list for 2008.

The announcement coincides with the upcoming publication of Madaras' newest addition to the series (2 million copies in print): On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow! A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Boys (Newmarket Press, April 2008).

"Monogamy Myth" author in USA Today

Author Peggy Vaughan (The Monogamy Myth), the authority on recovering from affairs, was interviewed today by USA Today about the Eliot Spitzer story. The article appears in the newspaper issue dated Wednesday, March 12. You can learn more about Peggy by visiting http://www.dearpeggy.com/

Update: You can read the article by clicking on this link:

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20080312/d_cheat12.art.htm