The good news about bad behavior - Katherine Reynolds Lewis

Katherine Reynolds Lewis is an award-winning independent journalist based in the Washington, DC, area who regularly writes for The Atlantic, Fortune, USA Today's magazine group, the Washington Post, and Working Mother magazine. Lewis's byline has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, MSN Money, Money, Mother Jones, the New York Times, Parade, Slate, and the Washington Post Magazine. Her work has won awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Chicago Headline Club. She has received fellowships from the Carey Institute for Global Good, the National Press Foundation, the Poynter Institute, and the University of Maryland's Casey Journalism Center. Residencies include Le Moulin
Nef, Ragdale, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her media appearances include CNN, NPR, Bloomberg television and radio, and HuffPost Live, as well as numerous radio programs nationally and internationally. In 2008, Lewis created a website on working moms for About.com, which she ran until 2014, attracting millions of readers to the site, its blog, and a weekly newsletter. She is a certified parent educator with the Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington, Maryland.

"Katherine Lewis has written a smart, compassionate book for the21st century parent. Forget the carrot-and-stick approach to redirectingchildren's' behavior. We can help our kids develop their inner motivation forbehaving well - while simultaneously forging lasting family bonds - byfollowing the wise guidance in Bad Behavior."-Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of When and Drive

"Childhood - and parenting - have radically changed in the past few decades, to the point where far more children today struggle to manage their behavior. That's the argument Katherine Reynolds Lewis makes in her new parenting book, The Good News About Bad Behavior."-NPR

"An engaging, conversational writer, Lewis intersperses the neurological deep-dive with fly-on-the-wall reporting on families in action and examples from her parent-training group... Lewis provides a reassuring road map forward. And a little more help with the laundry won't hurt, either."-Seattle Times

"An approach to child-rearing that allows for 'the messiness of childhood.' As children today navigate tech and social media, a changing landscape of play, and a culture more oriented to personal success than family well-being, Lewis argues that we can no longer rely on old methods of discipline such as time outs."-KQED

"Lewis proposes ... that, instead of simply levying a punishment in the moment, parents come up with agreements with their kids and clearly define the consequences for violating them."-Washingtonian

"Household jobs can build a child's capability, helping them practice independence and autonomy, foster connection with the family and help them become capable adults, according to "The Good News About Bad Behavior," an insightful new book."-San Francisco Chronicle

"Lewis wrote her book in response to what she sees as a crisis of self-regulation among kids today. This, she explains, is the reason why nearly half of today's children will develop a mood disorder, behavioral disorder or substance abuse problem by age 18."-CNN

"At a time when families are feeling pressed for time and stressed bythe demands of modern living, Katherine Reynolds Lewis makes an urgent case forconnection, communication and giving children space to develop their owncapability. With compelling stories and research, Lewis's book is a welcomeguide through the land mines of modern parenting."-Brigid Schulte, award-winning journalist, director of The Better Life Lab at New America, and author of the New York Times bestseller Overwhelmed

"Katherine Reynolds Lewis, armed with the latest behavioral scienceresearch and her eye-opening journalistic inquiry, introduces a new disciplinemodel.... An absolute must-read for anyone raising or teaching 'difficult'children, and insightful to anyone eager to teach kids how to regulate theirown behavior and ultimately thrive in society on their own."-Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult and Real American

"The Good News About Bad Behavior is the book parents andteachers need in order to understand the link between empathy and genuine,human connection to positive behavioral outcomes. Lewis explains how children'slack of self-regulation and resilience is at the root of so many modernparenting dilemmas and gives practical, useful advice for how to do better forour kids. The Good News About Bad Behavior is an importantaddition to my parenting and education library."-Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure

"If you hate disciplining your kids with time-outs and punishments,you're in for a treat. Instead of trying to control children, this timely bookshows how you can teach them to control themselves."-Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg

"With a parent's compassion and a journalist's rigor, she offers advice from the trenches while providing a realistic roadmap towards a better family life. Blending solid science and highly readable storytelling, The Good News About Bad Behavior is sure to become a parent must-read."-Judith Warner, New York Times-bestselling author of Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety and We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication