Welcome to the show. Im susan sikora. Last year, about half of the countrys workforce were women. Though we think we know how to work professionally with the opposite sex, relationship expert john gray said men and women are still blind to each others expectations at work. He explains the blind spots and how to fix them in his new book work with me. John gray, welcome back. Always fun to have you here. Always happy to be here. First, i have to ask you one thing. This is the 17th book in. The 24th. Okay. Who is counting. 17 bestsellers. All right. With all of those books, is this the first time you co authored with someone . That is the first coauthor. I notice its a woman. Happens to rock stars after they stop dropping down. No, no. [ laughter ] this is what i want to know. Shes a woman and has been teaching gender differences in the work place for 30 years. Yeah, so have you. Yes. Yes. You have been doing this, too. Yes. Did you get to the point as not only the expert on this but a ma
Beautiful, up next welcome to bay area focus im susan sikora. Todays Asian Americans enjoy the highest incomes of any diem graphics. Parents using tough standards are referred to as tiger moms. The topic has hit more than a few nerves, including the nerves of author kim. Who as an asian daughter who was raised in this way. Her book, tiger baby strike back. Reporter very strict. The kids had to do everything perfectly. Your book does what . Answer that. Reporter i wanted to present a bigger picture. I think everyone took this idea of tiger mom and were so excited. Here was a new way to parent and get results. I think that was just 1 slice of the payment and it was more complex than just do what i say, put the hammer down, and get results. You also said i think in the book that you were getting a lot of questions. As soon as people would assume that you were Asian American and you in fact have a child, have a daughter, and figured are you a tiger mom. Reporter for many years i would be w
Welcome to bay area focus, im susan sikoran. May, president obama said he supported Marriage Equality for samesex couples. Will this impact the upcoming election . What is the status in california on samesex marriage and what other priorities are ahead . For insight, we welcome back attorney kate kendall, the executive director of nclr, the National Center for lesbian rights headquartered here in San Francisco. Welcome back, good to see you. Great to be back. Lets be clear. Sometimes people get a title and it washes them over quickly. National, you mean with problems, legal problems and issues for the entire country here fromfromSan Francisco. Thats right. Were based here. This is where we were founded in 1977, and we do work now all over the country representing the entire specto rum of the lesbian, gay, transsexual and gender community. Lets start with the marriage issue. Sure. It feels like a straight wound watching this back and forth and back and forth and its different in this st
Welcome to the show. Im susan sikora. In 1990 barry and ilane Taylor Elaine taylor wanted to send kids to summer camp. Kids with hiv aids. The Taylor Family foundation was born. They built their own camp and invited more kids with chronic illness to join the outdoor fun. 23 years later still is still no cost to the families. To keep the camp going is the annual day in the park fundraiser. It will be next sunday, august 25th. We welcome back Taylor Family Foundation Founder Elaine Taylor and celebrity host and the guy she cant get rid of for this event. Okay, well im sure and i know youre glad here there. We couldnt do it without him. In 23 years s this what you envisioned 23 years ago . No. It wasnt what he envisioned. We thought we were going to do a little fundraising for children with hiv. Then it just snowballed and the kids had nowhere to go. Then great good fortune, we met with the east Bay Regional Parks who is the landowner of the camp. We partnered and we built this amazing gr
Let the games begin. Its go time. Welcome to the show. Im susan sikora. Think back to the last time you saw a sleeping baby. You may have thought i wish i could sleep that soundly. Youre not alone. Between 50 and 70 million americans have trouble sleeping. The condition is often undiagnose and untreated. Why . Can you selfdiagnose nose a sleep problem . Meet ph. D. Matt walker. He studies sleep and the affects on the body and brain. He directs the sleep and Neuro Imaging lab. Lets go back to the baby. It seems like we all needed to sleep like, that through anything. You see babies sleeping in the middle of the noise. Did we all start like that . What happened along the way . We did start like that. We have a huge need for sleep in the early years. We shouldnt fool ourselves that once we get to adulthood we no long need sleep. Sleep is vital throughout the life span. If the body needs the sleep when were babies and still needs the sleep when were older and very old, what happens . Why d