Mommy in the Middle
Conflict Resolution for Two-Year-Olds…or Anybody Who’s TERRIBLE!

Most parenting experts teach how to prevent sibling rivalry, or how to ignore it. In this class, we’ll get down on the floor and learn what to do in the middle of the argument to help kids to resolve conflicts peacefully, and evenutally all by themselves. Watch our, this technique is so powerful, they will try it on their friends! Just imagine all that peace and quiet…

Go to Your Room!
Stress, anger, and children

We’re more likely to become angry with our children than anyone else in our lives. In this workshop, parents will learn the relationship between stress and anger, how to effectively handle their own anger and how to help children deal with anger effectively.
(CD available!)

Parenting the Millenium Kids
Alternatives to punishment and reward

The twenty-first century will offer our children choices that we can only imagine today. We can help our children to overcome these challenges by giving them a strong basic set of values, by teaching them communication skills and by modeling leadership without fear or favors.

Time Management for Families
Difficult choices for busy lives

Too much to do, constant interruptions, no outside-provided structure – it’s a wonder we get anything done at all! This workshop will help parents to get their priorities straight so they can begin (or continue) to live according to their values.

Tickles, Giggles and Sighs
Humor and stress relief

Modern life getting you down? Laughter is the true biochemical antidote for stress, and humor can be a powerful technique to help us survive the most difficult situations. In this lively, funny workshop, we’ll learn eight ways to go from “my cup is half-empty” to “my cup is overflowing” and live happier, less-stressful lives.

Peer Pressure

It dominates middle school – from clothing styles to cliques and bullying issues. Is there anything parents can do to help their children navigate their way through these troublesome years? Thankfully, the answer is “yes”, and we’ll learn in this workshop not only how to help our own children stay out of danger, but how to create a safer atmosphere in our schools and communities.

Bullies, Meanies, Bystanders and Friends
How to stay safe at school

Is your child safe on the playground? Some kids are born smart about social relationships, and some kids, frankly, need to be taught. All kids, in fact, all people could probably use some help figuring out how to handle conflict and make productive, nurturing friendships. This interactive workshop is meant to be for groups of kids and parents, from elementary school through middle school. Through role plays and discussion, kids and parents will learn:

* How to tell the difference between a good friend, a meanie, and a “user”
* How to make and keep a good friend
* How to use your body language to keep the bullies and meanies away
* Why kids are mean to each other
* When and how to confront a bully and when to run

Creative Tightwaddery
How to stay home with your kids and still pay the bills

In tough times, Tightwads rule! Experienced and beginning pennypinchers will find straightforward ideas and support in this workshop about how to save money and live simpler, more meaningful, less-stressful lives. CD Available

Kids and Money
Teaching old-fashioned values in a spendthrift world

Parents who come from a position of abundance can find it difficult to teach basic values of hard work and frugality, especially in the face of enormous pressure in our culture to spend, spend, spend. In this workshop, we’ll take a good look at our own values about money, then work on how to transfer those basic beliefs to our children. In the process, we’ll gain insight into the real secrets of wealth and success for our families and ourselves.

Remodeling the Empty Nest
Midlife in the new millennium

By 2020, America will be experiencing a huge surge in the population of senior citizens. Baby Boomers have a choice as they enter the transitions of midlife: they can arrange to be a resource for their children’s generation, or resign themselves to being a burden. In this workshop/discussion, we’ll work through all the various issues of midlife, from sex over 40 to parenting a young adult.