Parenting Youth Athletes Getting the most out of your child's involvement in sports
More children are participating in sports than ever before and sports are becoming increasingly time consuming and competitive. In this workshop, you will learn what child development specialists have to say about children's involvement in athletics. You will leave with tools to help your family make choices that respect your family's values and your child's needs.
And Baby Makes Three Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives
Having a baby is a joyous experience, but even the best relationships are strained during the transition from duo to trio. This workshop teaches the skills needed to maintain healthy marriages, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by focusing on intimacy and romance, replacing an atmosphere of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation and creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health.
Your Child's Strengths
The Strengths Movement in Parenting
From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. The Strengths Movement is founded on the principle that developing our strengths is the most efficient and rewarding path to excellence. We will discuss how to discover your child's strengths and what you can do to develop them.
The Effort Effect
The Growth Mindset in Kids
Based on Carol Dweck's breakthrough book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success", this workshop explores why some people achieve their potential while equally talented others don't. The key she found isn't ability; it's whether you look at ability as something inherent that needs to be demonstrated or as something that can be developed. You will learn how to support a growth mindset and help your children reach new heights by learning to embrace the occasional tumble.
Redirecting Children's Behavior
Transform your family with this proven course
This powerful and practical course helps you to build strong, respectful relationships with your children while setting firm limits. Learn why children misbehave and what to do about it without resorting to yelling, grounding or bribes. Get on the same "parenting page" with your spouse and learn to resolve conflicts without power struggles.
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen, And Listen So Kids Will Talk
Based on the best selling book by Faber and Mazlish
In this workshop you will learn and practice innovative ways to solve common problems in a way that is supportive, friendly and effective. Learn how to listen to-and understand-your child's concerns, have cooperation in your family-without nagging, find alternatives to punishment, and help your child attain a positive self-image.
Silver Spoon Kids
How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children
Being an affluent parent comes with its own particular set of concerns and responsibilities. This is relevant not only to the super-rich but also to the millions of families whose children are exposed to material abundance. While many parents know how to capitalize on their wealth financially, they aren't as certain how to make sure money doesn't spoil their children. This workshop addresses the how and the equally important why of instilling in your family a healthy relationship with money. Here you'll find practical ideas to help you raise well-adjusted, emotionally and financially secure children.
Compassionate Communication in Your Family
Use Non Violent Communication to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation
Dive deeply into methods for developing genuine mutual respect between you and your children using the principles of Non Violent Communication developed by Marshall Rosenberg. There are no quick fixes here. Mastering this rewarding philosophy of family communication is a lifelong process--here is a place to start or share thoughts with other like-minded families.
Nurture Shock
New Thinking About Children - from Po Bronson's book
We will step through Po Bronson's topics and surprising findings from
"The Inverse Power of Praise" which challenges conventional wisdom that praising kids benefits them to
"The Sibling Effect" exploring why siblings really fight. Learn what researchers are learning about children's development and how we can use this information to improve our parenting.
If you are interested in having a workshop or presentation on any of these topics at your school, workplace or place of worship, please email a request to AnnDeWitt@gmail.com
