In the blink of an eye, our kids will be adults navigating a complex and rapidly changing world. How can we prepare them? To find out, award-winning science journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer interviewed parenting experts and researchers across many fields—psychology, education, information literacy, technology, business, and even addiction.In Hello, Cruel World! - Science Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times, Melinda Wenner Moyer shares her often surprising insights and provides practical, comprehensive, science-backed tools to help our children handle the world they will inherit. Her strategies help children develop three core attributes—coping mechanisms, connection techniques, and cultivation practices—so that kids can learn to set boundaries, take responsibility for their actions, build healthy relationships in turbulent times, and much more. By being activists in our parenting, we can set our kids up to not just survive, but also build a better world for themselves and future generations.

Melinda Wenner Moyer's work explores the intersection of science and everyday life. She’s known for her deep dives into subjects that have both scientific and societal implications, addressing issues that are relevant to parents, families, and the general public. She is a contributing editor at Scientific American magazine and a regular contributor to The New York Times. Her first book, How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes, won a gold medal in the 2022 Living Now Book Awards and was featured in an Open Mind program. She also writes the popular science-based parenting blog Now What on Substack

Robin Berman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will join Melinda Wenner Moyers in discussion.  Dr. Berman is a founding board member of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors at UCLA. She is also the author of the best-selling book,   Permission to Parent: How to Raise Your Child with Love & Limits.  Dr. Berman has appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America and is on the Parents Magazine Advisory Board. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. You can learn more about Dr. Berman at permissiontoparent.net.