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Dr. Christine Carter has been featured in a number of national and regional print, online, radio and broadcast outlets.  She has been quoted in Women’s Health and Parenting magazines, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and dozens of other publications.  She has appeared on the “Oprah Winfrey Show,” the “Today Show”, the “Rachael Ray Morning Show,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” and NPR.   Following is a selection of Dr. Carter’s press appearances.

TELEVISION

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Christine Carter offers her perspective on Amy Chua’s opinions of “Tiger Mothering.”

The Today Show
“Kids crumbling under too much pressure?”

Christine Carter, Ph.D, author of Raising Happiness, makes a guest appearance on the Today Show.

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PRINT

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“Learning Joy”

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Christine Carter on what it takes for kids—and their parents—to get happy, and why we should.
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San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
“Cultivating Happiness: Will positive psychology and gratitude intervention teach our kids how to be happy?”

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Three good things, possibly more, happened to 6-year-old Fiona McLaughlin one fall day, and at dinner that night she took a deep breath and recounted them.
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RADIO

KQED Forum with Michael Krasny
“Are Women Becoming Unhappier?”

Over recent decades, women have been becoming unhappier while men’s happiness has increased. That’s according to data from the General Social Survey which has tracked Americans’ moods since 1972. What are the possible causes?

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WEBSITES

The New York Times
“Raising Happy, Imperfect, Children”

“The conversation about Amy Chua’s praise of what she dubs ‘Chinese’ parenting continues.”
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