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Nashua, NH

Hampshire Hills in Milford, NH

Time: 12:00 noon

Location: Nashua Country Club

Milford, NH

Milford, NH

Authors Jean Rogers and Bob Farquhar.

About 35 people gathered at a private home in Amherst, NH, to congratulate Jean Rogers and Bob Farquhar on their new book, Kids Under Fire – Seven Simple Steps to Combat the Media Attack on Your Child.

Friends and business associates of Jean and Bob offered their help and expertise in getting out the word about the book and about the workshops offered by Jean to young parents, schools, healthcare providers and others.

Jean Rogers, left, is interviewed by Better TV’s Rhiannon Ally.

Jean Rogers, principal founder and Advocate of Kids Media Diet, was featured Thanksgiving week in a four-minute interview on Better TV, which is Better Homes and Garden’s national television network. The show aired in 33 states on November 23rd.

Rhiannon Ally, who left KCTV5 News in August of 2009 to join Better TV, interviewed Jean, who started the segment with straight talk:
“Let me say right up front what Kids Under Fire is not about. TV is not the devil. The book is not about unplugging from the media altogether. It’s about balance in the home and raising children to become thoughtful consumers of media.”

Jean and Bob spent the day at the Better TV studio in Hartford, CT, two weeks earlier where the taping session took place.
People at the studio were gracious hosts. Jean’s segment was shown as part of the network’s daily early-morning show.

To Watch Jean’s Better TV Interview – Click Here

• In “Better Search” box at bottom of page,
  type the words: Kids Under Fire
• Double-click on Kids Under Fire link at top of page to launch the video

Author Jean Rogers and her three healthy, happy teens.

Roughly a dozen attendees bought copies of Kids Under Fire at the New Hampshire State PTA Convention in Nashua, NH.

Dozens of people dropped by the Kids Media Diet booth to chat with Jean and Bob and with Evan, one of Jean’s twin sons. Evan, Scott and Jean’s daughter, Kate, are living proof that the Kids Media Diet methodology works.

Nearly 40 people left their contact information with Jean and Bob and indicated either they saw a synergy with what they were doing or they would be interested in helping to get out the word. It was the second straight year KMD had been an exhibitor at the show.

Jean Rogers

Jean and Bob presented to the Gate City Referrals chapter of Business Networking International in Nashua, NH. Members representing contractors to real estate brokers to financial advisers said they liked what they heard.

Several bought books – one of them more than one – but more importantly they said they would help get the word out to corporations and other groups about the Kids Media Diet workshops.

The book everyone is talking about.

After nearly two years of hard work, copies of Kids Under Fire rolled off the presses at AdiBook Publishing (www.adibook.com; www.kingprinting.com), Lowell, MA. Many people were responsible for publication of the book, but none more important than Tom Campbell, Senior Vice President of Sales, who provided valuable advice about the book industry, and Margaret Baker of Peterborough, NH (Baker Salmon Design), who designed the book.

Even before Kids Under Fire was printed, Jean spoke to the Rotary Club of Peterborough, NH, where an audience of 30 cheered what it heard.
She took attendees for a stroll down memory lane, comparing the mild content of TV shows when they were growing up with the blood, guts and gore seen in today’s television fare.

“You’re right,” said one attendee who stayed afterwards to chat. “Because we’re saturated in it today, we can’t see how it has changed. We’ve come to expect loud, rude and stupid.”

Jean also drilled home the good aspects of TV and video games where the content is appropriate and balanced with activities that don’t involve a screen.