herick smith joins us now. rick, thank you so much for coming in. going to let you make your message without a lot of q & a. what is the kernel of how people have been squeezed? because they know they've been squeezed. >> everybody tells us the middle class has been squeezed because of globalization and technology, because of market forces, impersonal forces. when i dug into this and started to look back, what i found out what really happened, back when you were working for tip o'neill as speaker of the house, that was when there was a power shift. louis powell, who was a corporate attorney named to the supreme court by richard nixon, actually wrote a memo and said, we're getting killed. business is getting killed politically by the environmental movement, by the labor movement, by the women's movement, by the consumer movement, ralph nader and those guys. he said, business you have to get to washington, take to high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, national association of manufacturers moved thei

herick smith joins us now. rick, thank you so much for coming in.let you make your message without a lot of q & a. what is the kernel of how people have been squeezed? because they know they've been squeezed. >> everybody tells us the middle class has been squeezed because of globalization and technology, because of market forces, impersonal forces. when i dug into this and started to look back, what i found out what really happened, back when you were working for tip o'neill as speaker of the house, that was when there was a power shift. louis powell, who was a corporate attorney named to the supreme court by richard nixon, actually wrote a memo and said, we're getting killed. business is getting killed politically by the environmental movement, by the labor movement, by the women's movement, by the consumer movement, ralph nader and those guys. he said, business you have to get to washington, take to high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, national association of manufacturers moved their headquar

herick: notice h this teacher is handling what could have been a very difficult situation. stop doing that. thank you for using your words. hendrick: how would you have dealt with it? what would you have de? at would you have said to resolve the conflict? woman: your friends are going to be at the picnic table. look. see them all at the picnic table? they're waiting for you. hendrick: conflict resution isn't only about defusing a proble it's also about allowing all the participants a chance to express their feelings. for example, if a child's having a hard ti waing for a rn on the swing we can talk with her, rather th simply repeating the rule-- "you have to wait till rosie's done." it's so reassuring to a child when an adult says something like, "i know you've been waiting a long time, "and you're dying foa turn, "but you'll need to wait till rosie's done. maybe you could ride on the trike while you're waiting." do you see the diffence bwe simply riting the rules and acknowledging the child's feelings? can you think of other ways you can help a child learn how to develop t

tamntresst esr f shld you p if proemchil cla wdu tamntresst inat h esr bend our rch pe utwn vesch i joae herick, thlis ofommu wh anis there' denng theare a powerful and significant pres in our work. in this program, we're going to look at the importance of maintaining stable and quality relationships with our children's families. we'll discuss what we can do to keep the lines of communication open between school and home. but we won't do it alone. we'll talk with parents and teachers from a number of different early childhood programs-- family daycare homes, head start, university-based lab schools, and private child care centers-- and we'll learn all about their firsthand experiences of dealing with and responding to the needs of children and their families. you must be gabrielle's dad. i'm eleanor. good to meet you. hendrick: there's an old adage, "when we support the family, we support the child." but the opposite is true, too. when we ignore the family, we ignore a vital part of knowing the child. the key, of course, is communication, and it's never too early to start. ...keep her out of sc