Your kids need a powerful connection with you and/or another loving adult. Powerful connections to other kids are nice, but other kids cannot give your child the unconditional love and mature guidance that they need. In that sense, love is almost all our children need , but that love has to get through. Too many [...]
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The Parenting Summit Interviews are Live!
Imagine getting the help you need to deal with your worries, fears and realities with raising your children. Parenting did not come easily for me at all, which is why I became a parenting educator so that I could learn more and find better approaches than I already knew. I created The Parenting Summit, in [...]
Drum Roll Please…. Soon The Parenting Summit – Middle School Edition Site Will Be Live!
I’ve been having a great time working on the details for TheParentingSummit.com! The big picture has been in development since last fall, but booking the experts, finding the sponsors and getting the website up has taken a lot of time. Like parenting, going from gestation to launch is a big job! Okay, I’ll admit it, [...]
Great Call with Annie Fox!
If you are wanting help guiding your child through Grades 6 to 8, Annie Fox has the answers. Her warm, relaxed style makes her easy to listen to and relate to what she is saying. Topics included: – how to help your child see the value in being assertive – dating – media use such [...]
Imagine Being Able to Help Your Middle School-Age Child Thrive, not Just Survive
Let’s face it, middle school can be a BRUTAL experience. If teens are going to go off track, most of them start to derail during the middle school years. • Are you afraid that your child will go sideways during middle school? • Would you like to know the best ways to prepare and work [...]
Great Call with Top Teen Parenting Expert Vanessa Van Petten
Last night’s teleseminar/webinar with Vanessa Van Petten was so helpful! Vanessa is a wealth of knowledge, and she covered your questions ranging from how to monitor social media usage, to sexting, to how to coach your teen on difficult issues instead of turning them off by asking leading quetions. I learnt a lot and the [...]
Want to Know What Your Teen is Dong Online and Off?
Like most parents, I often want to know what the teens in my life are thinking. I have had the benefit of Dr. Gordon Neufeld’s ground-breaking teaching in developmental psychology. I have a grasp of what teens are up to developmentally, but that isn’t the same as knowing what they are up to these days.
