Sunday, April 29 (11am)

Topic:
Curt and the panelists will talk about "Our children, Ourselves" -- the problems facing children in our time-challenged, family-ruptured age.

• Tolstoy wrote, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." How are families unhappy today?
• How prevalent is child abuse? What are its costs - economic and emotional?
• Is it harder, easier, or the same to be a child now v. 30 years ago?
• How have television and the internet altered this generation of children?
• Why are more parents turning to international as opposed to domestic adoption?

Panelists:

• Jody Manly, Research Associate, Clinical and Social Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center
• Honorable Michael Miller, retired Family Court Judge
• Dennis Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hillside Family of Agencies
• Sheree Toth, Research Associate, Clinical and Social Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center