Dr. Donna Risolo is an educator, consultant and researcher with a doctorate in education from Columbia University. She has worked with adolescents and their parents for over twenty years.
During that time she observed hundreds of teen-parent interactions and concluded that the success of each of those relationships hinged less on how the teen behaved and more on how the adult interacted with the teen.
Based on years of observation and theorizing, Dr. Donna’s writing intends to both inspire and challenge parents to rethink the choices they make in order to build healthier relationships with their children and teens. Her message ultimately serves a higher purpose – to spread hope and healing to families and teenagers.
Teen Talk is Dr. Donna's first book. She is working on her second, Raising the Virtuous Child: How Benjamin Franklin's 13 Virtuous Can Create Happy, Healthy, and Successful Children in the 21st Century.