As writers, lecturers, and grassroots and media catalysts, Linda and Richard Eyre's mission statement is: FORTIFY FAMILIES by Popularizing Parenting, Validating Values, and Bolstering Balance. Their latest efforts in these directions are their new books, The Happy Family, Empty Nest Parenting and The Book of Nurturing, and their regular appearances on The CBS Early Show. Richard's new book, The Three Deceivers: How our obsessions with ownership, control and independence are ruining the quality of our lives will be published next year. The Eyres lecture and present keynotes and seminars throughout the world on parenting, life balance, and values-based time management...to audiences ranging from national conventions (ABA, AARP) and senior management of international corporations (Disney, Merck) to state and local chapters (Jr. League, Young Presidents Organization) and educational entities (private schools, hospitals). They have done two around-the-world speaking tours and frequently address church and community groups on a pro bono basis.
One of the Eyres' best-selling co-authored books, Teaching Your Children Values, became the first parenting book in fifty years (since Dr. Spock) to reach #1 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, Prime Time Live and Donahue to Good Morning America and The Today Show and in national print media from the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal 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 valuesparenting.com with a membership of more than 100,000 parents throughout the world, and were named by President Reagan to direct his 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.
Linda is a teacher and musician who was named by The National Council of Women as one of America's Six Outstanding Young Women. Largely because of her, the Eyre family was named the Western U. S. "Musical Family of the Year." Richard is president of a management consulting company and a ranked senior tennis player. He was a "mission president" for his church in London, and a candidate for Governor of Utah. Each of the Eyre children who has reached the age of nineteen (eight so far) have spent two years living abroad, studying and performing humanitarian service and missionary work. The second generation Eyres hold degrees from Wellesley, M.I.T., Harvard, B.Y.U. and Columbia and often accompany and participate with their parents in lectures, presentations, and media appearances, as well as assisting on writing projects.
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