Is Connected Parenting for you?

All children and teens can be challenging at times, but some are different. They don't seem to respond as well to the sensible consequences and strategies that work with other kids. At Connected Parenting, you'll learn to use the tools that therapists use to help your child to develop the emotional and neurological hardware they need to deal with whatever life throws at them.
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  • “Minor” Expansions
       At least eighty eager hands and arms waved like ornamental grasses in a breeze.  All these keen, empathetic children had questions. They had just finished watching a student presentation about a teenage Afghani girl who witnessed her father’s murder by the Taliban. .... read more »
  • CREATING HEALTHY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
    Jennifer’s presentation, “Polarizing Parents”, will teach strategies you can use to find a common ground for you and your partner (alternatives to “good cop/bad cop”!). By introducing the principals of Connected Parenting into your individual parenting style, parents.... read more »
  • Yummy Mummy: Choose yes over no
    Choose yes over no. Your children will thank you. A few Saturdays ago, my eight year-old daughter—let’s call her Dervish because she whirls—came huffing up to me as I sat with my morning coffee catching up on emails and paperwork that had risen .... read more »
  • Upcoming workshops starting May 10
    On May 10, Jennifer shares her model with a group of parents from Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School at an event called A Night of Shared Voices. Then, on May 15, Jennifer will speak to an audience of social workers, doctors, nurses, .... read more »
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"Connected Parenting advises us not just how to parent, but—far more important—who to be as parents. The therapeutic methods suggested by Jennifer Kolari are based not on simple-minded behavioural solutions, but on building warm, nurturing relationships with our children, with insight and compassion not only for their little flaws, but also for our own larger ones."
—Gabor Maté, M.D.

"A must read for parents, educators, and any other adults who want to connect in a deeply caring and positive way with the children in their lives."
—Barbara Coloroso