Tuesday November 16, 2010
This week on Your DNTO: Advice on advice (Nov. 16)
Who are you to give me advice? That's the question we ask this week on "Your DNTO," where our best stories meet your best stories.
Read on to find out what's on the show...
How quick are you to give advice? Sook-Yin asks some strangers for their words of wisdom.
Imagine going for a walk in your neighbourhood, and coming across a guy sitting at a wooden booth with a simple sign: "Free Advice." That's just what's happened to hundreds of people in Portland, where Chris Sparhawk - electrical engineer by day, free advice-giver by night - has set up his "Free Advice Booth" on and off for the past 10 years. He'll tell us why - and why people are so keen to take advice from a stranger.
For some reason, walking around with a child seems to scream to people, "Hey, I need advice!" One DNTO listener shares the story of the worst parental advice she ever got... from her in-laws.
Actor, mom, and parenting columnist Diane Flacks certainly has received a lot of that "unsolicited" parenting advice - and she'll look into why people give it so freely, and how to respond to it.
You were likely taught to respect the wisdom of your elders. So Sook-Yin goes to St. Christopher House seniors' centre to get some advice from hers.
Okay, raise your hand if you've ever followed some of Oprah Winfrey's advice. Maybe you read something recommended in her Book Club. Or bought those high-waisted jeans she was raving about last season. Chicago writer Robyn Okrant went one step further than that. She spent an entire year doing everything Oprah suggested - literally. And she wrote a book about her experiences called Living Oprah. We'll find out what it's like to "live Oprah" for a year.
Krista Burton explains why when you're asked for advice - especially by an eight-year-old on roller skates - you should probably take the responsibility pretty seriously. And not quote Calvin and Hobbes.
On the flip side, sometimes you see someone doing something so remarkably foolish, you have no choice but to offer unsolicited advice. A DNTO listener shares her story of such a moment.
But of course, not all advice is good advice. So what's the worst advice you ever got? Sook-Yin takes her mic to the street to find out.
And here's this week's playlist:
Jeremy Fisher - "Shine a Little Light"
Gordon Lightfoot - "Mama Said"
Christine Fellows - "Advice"
Nat King Cole - "Take a Fool's Advice"
Read on to find out what's on the show...
How quick are you to give advice? Sook-Yin asks some strangers for their words of wisdom.
Imagine going for a walk in your neighbourhood, and coming across a guy sitting at a wooden booth with a simple sign: "Free Advice." That's just what's happened to hundreds of people in Portland, where Chris Sparhawk - electrical engineer by day, free advice-giver by night - has set up his "Free Advice Booth" on and off for the past 10 years. He'll tell us why - and why people are so keen to take advice from a stranger.
For some reason, walking around with a child seems to scream to people, "Hey, I need advice!" One DNTO listener shares the story of the worst parental advice she ever got... from her in-laws.
Actor, mom, and parenting columnist Diane Flacks certainly has received a lot of that "unsolicited" parenting advice - and she'll look into why people give it so freely, and how to respond to it.
You were likely taught to respect the wisdom of your elders. So Sook-Yin goes to St. Christopher House seniors' centre to get some advice from hers.
Okay, raise your hand if you've ever followed some of Oprah Winfrey's advice. Maybe you read something recommended in her Book Club. Or bought those high-waisted jeans she was raving about last season. Chicago writer Robyn Okrant went one step further than that. She spent an entire year doing everything Oprah suggested - literally. And she wrote a book about her experiences called Living Oprah. We'll find out what it's like to "live Oprah" for a year.
Krista Burton explains why when you're asked for advice - especially by an eight-year-old on roller skates - you should probably take the responsibility pretty seriously. And not quote Calvin and Hobbes.
On the flip side, sometimes you see someone doing something so remarkably foolish, you have no choice but to offer unsolicited advice. A DNTO listener shares her story of such a moment.
But of course, not all advice is good advice. So what's the worst advice you ever got? Sook-Yin takes her mic to the street to find out.
And here's this week's playlist:
Jeremy Fisher - "Shine a Little Light"
Gordon Lightfoot - "Mama Said"
Christine Fellows - "Advice"
Nat King Cole - "Take a Fool's Advice"
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