. >> who is po bronson and ashley merriman? >> po bronson is author of the number one best seller what should i do with my life, ashley merriman is a science journalist, and they've taken a look much as dubber in and leavitt did for the economy and friedman did for globalization, they're taking a cultural look at the way we raise children, and they've discovered there are certain key twists that science has overlooked. and recent research shows that conventional wisdom of raising our kids is all wrong, so they won a national magazine award for a piece they did on praise for new york magazine. turns out overpraising your children will, n., make your children less inclined to attempt to do things they don't think they're good at. there are also chapters on siblings, there are chapters on gifted programs, testing for private scools. turns out that the testing for gifts programs they do in kindergarten, and testing for elite private schools, they've retested a lot of these schools three, four years later, and they've found they've

. >> who is po bronson and ashley merriman? >> po bronson is a journalist and writer. ashley merryman is a science journalist and they've taken a look much as leavitt did for the economy. they are looking at the way the way we raise children. there are certain key twists that science has overlooked and recent research shows conventional wisdom about raising our kids is all wrong. and so they won a national magazine award for a piece done on praise. it turns out that we all think praise your children give them a sense of confidence, you're very bright and good-looking. overpraising your children will, in fact, make your children less inclined to do attempt things they don't think they are good at and more inclined to cheat. there are also chapters on siblings. there are chapters on gifted programs, testing for private schools. it turns out that the testing for gifted programs they do in kindergarten and testing for elite private schools they've retested a lot of these kids three or four years later and they have found they have misplaced these kids 73% of the time. thre

another way i'd do it is with france's bronson. another way i do this is with discipline and another way is writing columns written by jerry garvey, there were many ways. this seemed to him to be another way. i guess the point, part of the point is when a man is biting off so much and chewing so much and getting so much right, it is strange, there might be some things that he doesn't, that has to be part of the picture. yes, sir? >> since the name of christopher buckley has been mentioned by the last questioner, i feel that i can ask this question. in visible tag team. do you have any views on what christopher buckley has done? among the choices, this is a multiple choice question, the powerful father figure rebelling against that, he is actually sort of unbeliever in utopian socialism more he is just stupid? >> there is a poison tilt. i don't have views on what christopher has done. he wrote about bill's best writing about his life. next question. in the very back. >> i was wondering if you could comment on buckley's relationship

one way i do it is with the help of priscilla and all of my co-workers another way i do it is with bronson and my discipline another way is writing columns in my car driven by jerry garvey, there were many, many ways and this seemed two him to be another way. and i guess part of the point* is that when a man is fighting off so much and to bring so much and getting so much right, it is not strange that there may be some things that he does not get right and that has to be part of the picture too. >> . >> since the name of christopher buckley has been mentioned by the last questioner i feel that i can ask this question. >> are you a tag team? [laughter] >> in visible. do you have any views on what christopher buckley has done? this is a multiple choice questions. the powerful father figure rebeling, or he is at chalet a believer in the utopian socialism or he is just stupid? [laughter] >> there is a poison pill. and no. i do not have views on what christopher has done. he rode about billy's death by writing about his life. the next question? >> i was wondering if you could comment on but ple

in this event hosted by bronson noble in new york city is 45 minutes. >> thank you all for coming. like most authors to sell less than john grisham, i had told, khalil of -- i had hoped more privileged, i think that word of my intention linked out because my intention is to begin this evening by reading to you what is in my opinion one of the more mundane, more predictable and less insightful paragraphs in this entire book. [laughter] so i guess i asked for a few empty seats. here is the paragraph: most journalists behave like most other people in most other occupations. they do their jobs well or better than well, they realize that others depend on them and are stimulated by the need to meet their responsibilities. they want to succeed and be rewarded for their success my gratitude, money and maybe a few plaques at a few dinners in their honor. end of paragraph. this book is not about those people. this book is about people whose journalistic behavior was adamant, not typical. in this book, jason player who makes only a cameo appearance is a wrongdoer of modest proportions. now yo

another way i do it with the help of francis bronson and another way i do it with my discipline and another way i do it with writing columns in my car driven by jerry garvey, you know, there were like many, many ways and this seemed to him to be another way. and, you know, i guess, the point -- part of the point is that when a man is biting off so much and chewing so much and getting so much right, it's not strange that there may be some things that he doesn't get right and that has to be part of the picture, too. yes, sir? >> since the name of christopher buckley has been mentioned by the last questioner, i feel that i can ask this question. how -- >> are you a team? >> tag team? >> yes, yes. invisible tag team. do you have any views on what christopher buckley has done? i mean, my -- among the choices -- this is a multiple choice question. a, you know, the powerful father figure rebelling against that, b, that he is actually sort of a believer in utopian socialism on c, that he's just stupid? [laughter] >> god! there's -- what do they call it a poisoned bill? no, i don't have views on wha