Keeping Kids Healthy: The Difference Between Boys and Girls-Nature or Nurture?

BOYS & GIRLS: Are boys and girls really different? And if they are, then why? Are their brains structured differently? Are they raised differently? Should they be?! The bottom line question hasn't changed for years: are any differences we see based on nature or nurture, and what should we do about it? But the answers are changing day by day. Tune in as top experts in the field tell us the latest answers to the puzzle, and give us practical tips on how parents can best rear their boys & girls.

Guests:

Melissa Frederikse, MD - Psychiatrist, University Hospital, University of Medicine & Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School; Medical Director, Acute Psychiatric Services, University of Medicine & Dentistry; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine & Dentistry Eli Newberger, MD - Senior Associate in Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Founder, The Child Protection Team & The Family Development Program at Children's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School;Member, Committee on Violence, Massachusetts Medical Society; Author, The Men They Will Become: The Nature and Nurture of Male Character Myrna B. Shure, PhD - Developmental Psychologist and Professor of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Martha Russell - Kindergarten Teacher. «

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