The Whiteside Forum’s annual book discussion will be led by crowd favorite Professor Jessica Roisen of St. Ambrose University on the topic of Parenting on Sunday, February 22, 2026.

Our book “Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans” by Michaeleen Doucleff is a #1 bestseller on Amazon’s children’s studies list and is also a N.Y. Times bestseller. Summaries of the book are also available online.

Please join us at 2:00pm on February 22 in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library located at 307 S. Madison St. in Morrison, IL. to explore both ancient wisdom and current realities on perhaps one of our most important tasks in life: to raise happy, healthy and productive children.

For more information about this event or the Whiteside Forum you can contact Marc Adami by email at marcadami53@gmail.com or text 815-718-5347.

The Whiteside Forum, established in 1985, is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit community group which sponsors presentations and discussions of issues of importance and interest to the public. Issues chosen for conferences have an international dimension as well as local interest and importance. The organization is supported entirely by individual, special and business contributions and all events are free and open to the public.