A PRELIM OUT WOMAN MADE
MINNESOTA PROUD WHEN SHE
BECAME A PARENTING EXPERT.
VICKY LANSKY WAS THE AUTHOR
OF 20 BOOKS AS WELL
AS NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES.
SHE DIDN'T SEE HERSELF AS
REVOLUTIONARY; JUST
SOMEBODY WHO WAS HELPING OTHER
MOMS AND HAVING FUN
IN THE PROCESS.
LANSKY'S PARENTING ADVICE
WAS SO POPULAR DURING
THE ú80S AND ú90S SHE BECAME A
REGULAR GUEST ON
NATIONAL TELEVISION SHOWS, LIKE
"OPRAH."
VICKY'S RESEARCH WAS BASED ON
HER OWN EXPERIENCE AS
A MOM.
REPORTER: SHE WAS A CALM
VOICE OF REASON FOR
PARENTS LOOKING FOR ADVICE ON
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR LITTLE ONES.
VICKY LANSKY WAS AN ADVOCATE OF
HOMEMADE NATURAL
BABY FOOD.
IT BEGAN FROM A COOK BOOK
WITH THE LOCAL
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION.
REPORTER: BRUCE LANSKY WAS
VICKY'S HUSBAND AT
THE TIME.
IT WAS MORE THAN JUST BABY
FOOD.
IT WAS ABOUT BABIES CRYING AT
NIGHT.
REPORTER: "FEED ME AND
YOURS" BECAME SO POPULAR
IN 1975, THE COUPLE STARTED TO
DECIDE THEIR OWN
PUBLISHING COMPANY.
MEADOWBROOKE PRESS IS NAMED
AFTER THE STREET THEY
LIVED ON IN PRELIM OUT WITH
THEIR TWO YOUNG
CHILDREN.
SHE WAS A TERRIFIC MOM.
REPORTER: IN 1978, VICKY'S
SECOND BOOK LANDED ON
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" BEST
SELLER LIST.
SHE CALLED IT "TIMING OF THE
CANDY MONSTER."
.
WE ACTUALLY ATE THAT STUFF,
AND TO A LARGE
EXTENT, ME AND MY KIDS WERE
ACTUALLY TESTING THOSE
THINGS.
REPORTER: IT WASN'T LONG
BEFORE "FAMILY CIRCLE"
AND "SESAME STREET" MAGAZINE
CAME CALL
Gary: BASICALLY LIKE A CROSS
BETWEEN HELOISA AND
ANN LANDERS.
REPORTER: AND THEN SHE
STARTED SHOWING UP ON
LOCAL AND NATIONAL TV WITH
APPEARANCES ON "THE TODAY
SHOW," "OPRAH" AND CNN.
SHE WAS TOLD SHE DIDN'T LOOK
SOPHISTICATED
ENOUGH, AND SHE LOOKED TOO SORT
OF MOMISH.
SHE WAS THE LADY NEXT DOOR.
REPORTER: AND EVEN WHEN
DIVORCE RATTLED HER
WORLD, VICKY WROTE A BOOK ANT
IT.
THE WORLD DOESN'T DEVASTATE
KID; PEOPLE DO.
HOW RESOLVING YOUR CONFLICT IS
GOING TO AFFECT YOUR
KIDS.
SO PEOPLE SAW HER AS A GREAT
PERSON WHO THEY JUST
PLAIN LIKED, BUT ALSO AS
SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING TO
BAT FOR THEM, AND SORT OF
PROVIDE THEM WITH
INFORMATION THEY HADN'T HAD
PREVIOUSLY.
REPORTER: MORE THAN 3
MILLION COPIES OF "FEED ME
I'M YOURS" HAVE BEEN SOLD SINCE
1975.
VICKY LANSKY WAS 75 YEARS OLD
WHEN SHE DIED LAST
WEEK.
