Nancy Reagan, Disability Voting, Middle School Parenting

Remembering the Reagans (1:03) Guest: Ambassador Gregory Newell, Reagan White House Special Assistant and Director of Presidential Appointments  Nancy Reagan died of congestive heart failure over the weekend at the age of 94. Her funeral is scheduled for Friday.  The Engineer Who Made Voting Possible for All (22:30) Guest: Juan Gilbert, PhD, Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and Chair of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department at the University of Florida  For most Americans in an election year, the primary barrier to casting a vote is mustering the motivation to get out and do it. Typically little more than half of people eligible to vote in the US, do it in a presidential election. People with disabilities are even less likely to vote, because the barriers they face go beyond self-motivation. For a person with limited sight or hearing or use of their arms, the act of voting itself can be intimidating – and even humiliating. Middle School Parenting (52:07) Guest: Suniya Luthar, PhD, Foundation Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University and Professor Emerita at Columbia University’s Teachers College  You’d think toddlers or infants would be the toughest to parent. They cry, they scream, and the little ones won’t let you sleep through the night. However, recent research shows it’s middle schoolers, with their dismissive attitudes and rebellious tendencies, who wreak the most havoc on a parent’s well-being. We all remember how lonely and awkward those years were for us. But was it even worse for our moms?  Worlds Awaiting (1:10:18) Guest: Rachel Wadham, Host Worlds Awaiting on BYUradio  Worlds Awaiting is a new show here on BYUradio about fostering reading and discovery in children. It’s a show for grownups, and Ms. Wadham will help us to help those kids in our lives discover great literature and to learn to think critically about the world around them. Worlds Awaiting airs weekly on Saturdays at 1:30 pm EST here on BYUradio, Sirius XM Radio channel 143.  Sha