400 parents and community members in Orono, MN gathered to hear a Say Yes to No presentation.  Starting this week No book reads will start throughout the district.  The early childhood community (ECFE) is organizing reads for parents of preschoolers through teens.

Support continues to be voiced by business and higher education leaders throughout the country.  A business leader in Sarasota, Florida, when he saw the list of my termed “Discipline Deficit Disorder” symptoms, realized the cause of our current financial meltdown is the end result of More, Easy, Fast and Fun.  DDD symptoms include:
impatience, inability to delay gratification, sense of entitlement, rampant consumerism, unrealistic expectations.

Recently in South Bend, Indiana, one of the parents, also a college professor at Indian University lamented that he could see the impact of More, Easy, Fast and Fun in his college classrooms every day.  He felt that our economic competitiveness depends on our kids re-learning some of the Say Yes to No character traits that will lead them to success.

How do you think that Say Yes to No will help kids and families?

Dr. Dave