Lonnie Carton

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Lonnie Carton
Born (1930-08-25) August 25, 1930 (age 93)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nationality (legal) American
Education Pennsylvania State University

Lonnie Carton (born August 25, 1930) is a family therapist and an educational consultant [1] best known for "The Learning Center", a long-running daily feature on CBS Radio which provided strategies for successful parenting. [2]

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Biography

Carton was born in Baltimore on August 25, 1930. She grew up in Baltimore and attended Johns Hopkins University, getting her bachelor's degree in 1950. She later received a PhD from Pennsylvania State University in 1959. [3]

She served as a professor of educational psychology at Tufts University [4]

Carton also serves as a member of the Anheuser-Busch "Family Talk About Drinking" Advisory Panel and the host of the popular "Family Talk about Drinking" Video. [5]

Publications

The Learning Center was taped in Boston, where it was heard over station WEEI. [6] By the early 1990s, her show moved over to WBZ Radio. [7]

Carton's book No is a love word covers when parents should and should not say no to their children.[ citation needed ]

Carton's CD "Parenting Preschoolers from the Park Bench" is an audio guide that claims to offer strategies for parents who want to learn how to raise physically, socially, and emotionally healthy children.[ citation needed ]

Carton began a blog in 2009, transitioning her news-media and print work online to guide parents and children through the growing years and reinforce positive parent-child relationships.[ citation needed ]

Awards

Carton has received the National Media Award of the American Psychological Association in recognition of "her outstanding contributions to the advancement of psychology as a science, profession and means of promoting human welfare".

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References

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