Po Bronson

"My elevator pitch," says Elliott, "is 'Go watch a movie.' I kind of hate that everybody has to sum up a book in a sentence." Po Bronson, a writer who knows Elliott through their offices in the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, says that what...

In this article: Stephen Elliott, Jerry Stahl, Hans Reiser, San Francisco, Amphetamine, Ritalin, and Heroin

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest is a 2002 film based on a novel by technology-culture writer Po Bronson. The film stars Adam Garcia. The film was made by 20th Century Fox at the cost of $17 million and is sometimes shown on HBO

In this article: The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, Adam Garcia, DVD, Cd-rom Drive, and Silver

.../ Getty Images We didn't want our son to have Pokemon cards-until they began turning him into a human computer. NurtureShock author Po Bronson on games that increase children's brain power 100-fold. This is a story about the science of...

In this article: Marcia Clark, Insulator, New York University School of Law, Justice Magazine, Dopamine, and O.J. Simpson

...is a columnist for TIME online. The days of the so-called "helicopter parent" are numbered - or they should be, according to author Po Bronson. Although the impulse to hover over our kids may stem from the best of intentions, Bronson...

In this article: New York Times

...social problems with children and teenagers from all backgrounds? Based on a massive review of the latest scientific studies, authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman - who are established writers on social issues - insist that much of what...

In this article: Penn State University and Facebook

Tackling how we raise our kids in a new book, authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman argue that important parenting decisions have been based on outdated and incomplete evidence. NurtureShock looks at diversity in schools, how often kids...

In this article: Formula One, Flavio Briatore, Renault, and Florida

By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Parents often rely on two things when they go about the complex business of raising children: instinct and conventional wisdom. When instinct and the culture's knowledge about caring for babies don't...

In this article: Sleep disorders, University of Virginia, A's, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles

...also tackle the subject of why children lie - and what parents can do about it. Lying, Bronson says, is a normal part of development. Po Bronson is the author of five books, including What Should I Do With My Life?. "Almost all kids...

...they're much more socially conscious than mine. But they do want to be rich. Or at least have a great house in the suburbs." Author Po Bronson witnessed Wall Street's wildest days firsthand as a banker in the late '80s. He says there will...

In this article: Wall Street, Stanford University, and McKinsey & Co.

...Ballerina!! (illustrated by Angela Martini) at Barnes & Noble-Rockville, 12089 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md., 301-881-0237. 8 P.M. Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, science writers who collaborated on an award-winning series of articles on...

In this article: St. John's Church, Conservatism, Wired magazine, Jane Goodall, Library of Congress, Barnes & Noble, and Jane Austen