Dr. Linda Pearson will tell your audience how to cut off the Toy Tryants before they ruin Christmas:

MANAGING CHILDREN'S GIFT DEMANDS DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

* Do they want more for this holiday season than is good for them?

* Are you competing with Madison Avenue for your kids' attention?

* Do they whine and demand tirelessly for more toys than you can afford?

* Has the holiday season lost its true meaning for your kids?

* Has the barrage of daily toy advertisements gotten to your kids?

* What if your kids demand toys that aren't good for them?

* Do the grandparents want to give them more than you think is good for them?

* Should you feel guilty if you can't afford all that you want to give your kids this holiday season?

WHO:  DR. LINDA PEARSON, a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, is a frequent speaker and writer on parenting issues and appears on national and local shows nationwide. She has a column, "Ask Dr. Linda," in the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners and lives in Colorado.

WHAT:  Dr. Pearson's new book "THE DISCIPLINE MIRACLE: The Clinically Proven System for Raising Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Kids" is refreshingly free of quick-fixes and false promises.  As moms and dads in the trenches know, parenting is a tough job - and no time is harder than the holidays. Dr. Pearson has a simple, reliable, universal parenting philosophy, developed over her thirty-plus year career counseling families while coping with four children at home.  She will share with your listeners her three core parenting principles and show

through real-life examples how to use them in the most trying situations with the most exasperating toddlers and preschoolers.

WHEN:  FRIDAYS, DECEMBER 9TH AND 16TH BY TELEPHONE FROM COLORADO CONTACT TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. LINDA PEARSON:

Elayne Angel Harbert

AngelWorks in California

Toll free 888.560.3454

Direct 805.445.9738