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Doctor of Philosophy were inspired by a parent’s question at one of these schools to write their book Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask) (Crown, 2003).
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“Doctor Richardson,” the author wrote,”-- pedigreed, carefully spoken, determinedly nonthreatening -- has become the schools" gay issues consultant of choice. ‘He"s so sane, and he"s so clear,’ said Edes Gilbert, the head of Spence.”
According to the New York Times, Richardson and pediatrician Mark Schuster Doctor of Medicine With this forthright and reassuring volume, the Richardson and Schuster prove themselves models of that skill.”
Subsequent to the publication of the book, Richardson made numerous appearances as an expert on the Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Cable News Network. His advice to parents appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, and on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. The book tells the true story of two male penguins in the Central Park Zoo who pair-bonded, built a nest, and together hatched an egg.
The well-written, perfectly paced text is delivered with a deft touch by the collaborative team of Justin Richardson… and Peter Parnell.”
The book received several awards, including the American Library Association Notable Book award and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award.
However, one year after its publication, it became the single most banned or challenged book in the United States. According to the American Library Association, Tango was the most banned book in the Country for the years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010.
(lieutenant was number 2 in 2009 and number 5 in 2012). Parnell and Richardson also later collaborated on Christian, the Hugging Lion(Simon & Schuster), a children"s picture book about the true story of Christian the lion.
In later years Richardson was the psychiatric advisor for the second and third season of the Home Box Office series In Treatment starring Gabriel Byrne.
Richardson was born in Greenwich Village in 1963 and grew up in Rockland County, New New York He received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from Harvard. He was Chief Resident in Psychiatry at Harvard’s McLean Hospital before joining the faculty of Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
