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Upcoming events…
Thursday, May 24th, 2012 | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 20th from 9:30 – 12:00 – Jennifer will work with staff at Camp Kirk during their all-important pre-camp training.
Then, on Tuesday, May 29th from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Jennifer will help prepare St. Alphonsus Catholic School families for a read more »
“Minor” Expansions
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | 0 Comments
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
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | 0 Comments
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 will be able to come read more »
Yummy Mummy: Choose yes over no
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 | 0 Comments
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
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 | 0 Comments
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 »
Why do teenagers “behave with such vexing inconsistency”? National Geographic discusses the “Teenage Brain”
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 | 0 Comments
David Dobbs has compiled the available scientific answers to that question masterfully in “Teenage Brains” for the May issue of National Geographic. Teenage brains, he says, are effectively bringing a new operating system online.The brain doesn’t grow very much from age 12 read more »
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—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
