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As writers, lecturers and grassroots and media catalysts, Linda and Richard Eyre's mission statement is: Popularize Parenting, Validate Values and Bolster Balance. Their latest efforts in these directions are their new book, How To Talk To Your Child About Sex (October 1998), and their regular Monday appearances on Great Day America on the new national PAX network.

One of the Eyres' best-selling co-authored books, Teaching Your Children Values, became the first parenting book in 50 years (since Dr. Spock) to reach number one on The New York Times best seller list. They have also advocated strong families and balanced life styles on major network shows, ranging from Oprah and Prime Time Live to CBS This Morning and The Today Show and in national print media from The New York Times to USA Today. For several years they hosted the national weekly cable TV show, Families Are Forever, and two national satellite TV shows: Lifebalance and Teaching Children Values. They founded (and run) the international parents' cooperative organization HOMEBASE with a membership of more than 100,000 parents throughout the world and were named by President Reagan to direct the '80s White House Conference on Children and Parents. Richard and Linda have nine children (one of every kind) and live in Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City. They lecture and present seminars throughout the world on parenting, lifebalance and values-based planning.

But it is not the Eyres' large family or their speaking/publishing credentials and media exposure that makes them leaders and effective spokespeople for today's trends toward values and families -- it is common background and breadth of experience. Richard was born in a Baltimore ghetto and raised from his teens by a widowed mother. Linda grew up on a farm in Idaho with two working parents in a blended family. The Eyres met in college where they had to either maintain their scholarships or drop out, and worked their way through graduate school at Harvard with Linda teaching in an inner city public school and Richard giving driving lessons and selling used furniture.

Linda is a teacher and musician who was named by The National Council of Women as one of America's Six Outstanding Young Women. Richard is the president of a management consulting company and a ranked senior tennis player. Each of the Eyre children who has reached the age of 19 (six so far) has spent 18-24 months living abroad, studying and performing humanitarian service and missionary work. Two hold degrees from Wellesley two from Brigham Young University and one from Harvard. The second generation Eyres, particularly the youngest three who still live at home, often accompany and participate with their parents in lectures, presentations and media appearances. They, like Richard and Linda, do no consider themselves "experts" but fellow strugglers -- trying to cope with everything kids and families face today.

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