Category Archives: Appearances

When Mom Moves In

Making it Work!

  • Talk about everybody’s expectations before she moves in around the following topics:
    • Childcare
    • Housework
    • Money
    • Time together
    • Time apart
  • Parents get the final say about how the kids are raised
  • Don’t be the go-between your mother and your spouse. Encourage direct communication
  • Don’t let resentments build up
  • Don’t process every gripe that you have. Let some of the little things go
  • Adult children should know that their parent may feel guilty or like they’re a burden
  • Parents should know that their adult children may feel over-controlled or intruded upon
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Healing After an Affair

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Appearances: 2009

A summary of some appearances from 2009:


Jan 19
Grandma in the House
NPR On Point with host Tom Ashbrook and historian Stephanie Coontz

Jan 27
Life Part 2: Boomer Grandparents
PBS Taping for fall, 2009 segment

Jan 28
Keeping the Family Together in an Economic Downturn
ABC 7 View from the Bay

Feb 25
When Mom Moves In
ABC 7 View from the Bay

March 19
Keeping Your Marriage Strong
San Carlos/Belmont Mother’s Club 7 PM, Twin Pines Senior & Community Center

March 23
Issues Affecting a Harmonious Family in Strained Financial Times
NPR host David Inge with historian Stephanie Coontz

April 17 and 18
Families: Relationships, Sexuality, and Equality: How Far Have We Come? Also lecture: The Ghosts of Traditional Marriages in Contemporary Marriages (PDF)
Co-Chair of Conference for Council on Contemporary

April 29
Fighting in Front of the Kids
View from the Bay

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Today Show

WHEN PARENTS HURT: Al Roker and Hoda Kotb interview Dr. Coleman on the topic of parents who have been cut off by their grown children.

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Appearances: 2005

January 18
Twin Valley Mothers of Twins Club

January 25th, 1:40 PST
CKLW Radio

February 14th
KTVU “Mornings on 2 (Fox News Channel)
Tuesday, February 22
Ruth Kozlak Radio Program in St. Paul, Minnesota

Friday, February 11
ABC Good Morning America

Thurday, February 24
ABC News Radio

Monday, February 28
Redwood City Mother’s Club

March. 10
Couples Quandries: Gender, Parenting and Housework
International Conference for the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group

Friday, March. 18
ABC 20/20

March 18
Ddouble segment narrated by John Stossel from the set of Desperate Housewives
LA Mornings (Fox TV, Channel 11)

April 3.
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Holy Names College

April 4
Moderating 2 panels
Today Show (Australia)
10:15 and one at 11:30

April 21
Interview with Gerry Adams
Irish National Radio

April 30
The Saturday Magazine
BBC Radio, Ulster

Tues, May 3rd
Soap Talk
ABC Television

May 18
Interview with Sharon Hughes
before interview with Richard Civaro, who plays “Carlos” on “Desperate Housewives”
Changing Worldviews Talk Radio

June 6
The Today Show
Australia TV

June 8
Burlingame Mothers’ Club

June 18th
Keeping Your Marriage Strong. All Day Seminar.
Corte Madera, CA

June 23
Life Matters Radio
ABC Australia

June 26.
RESOLVE Conferece on Infertility Letting Go of Biological Ties

July 20
Smartmarriages Conference
Dallas, Texas

August 1
KUSI TV (CNN TV)
San Diego

August 17
KSVY Conversations with Katy Radio Show

September 1
Walnut Creek Mother’s Club

October 4
Interview with Al Roker, David Gregory, and Harriet Cole
The Today Show

October 10
Las Madras Mother’s Club

October 20
Belmont Mother’s Club

November 4
PULSE Radio

November 22
Workshop with Barbara Flores on Writing Non-fiction

December12
Interview with Dr. Lynn Lampert, Voice of America Health and Wellness
Voice of America Radio

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