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Parents Toolshop Newsletter July 2009 - Parenting Older Children
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In this month's newsletter you'll find:
Parenting is a lifetime job that has many distinct phases, and each phase has its own unique dynamics and challenges. This month, we are focusing on parenting older teen and adult children.
When our children become older teens, from ages 16-18, we begin the transition from parenting children to parenting adults. As those first few years of adulthood pass, the relationship changes into more of an adult-to-adult relationship — but we are still their parents. It can all get very weird and awkward for parents and some common problems can arise.
As a parent educator. some of my greatest challenges involve supporting parents of older/adult children. Particularly difficult are the times I try to support parents of teen and young adult children who have mental health or drug issues. It is so heartbreaking to see their agony and pain as they watch their children suffer and realize they are very limited in what they can do to help.
Our goal this month is to support parents of children who are exiting their teenage years, moving into adulthood, and leaving the nest. Hopefully we will also help parents in another phase of their child's life, but who are already preparing for that inevitable day!
So this month, I've invited some special guests on Parents Tool Talk to talk with me about "Parenting Adult Children." I also have several great resources for parenting of older teens and young adults. I hope you have a chance to check them out. As always, if you have a friend or colleague who may benefit from these resources, please forward this newsletter along. |
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Sign up for Summer Classes!
T.I.P.S. (Tools For Improving Parenting Success) LIVE in Dayton - 6 Tuesday Evenings, July 28 through September 1, 2009: Sycamore Hospital, Miamisburg
The most proven-effective and raved-about Parents Toolshop program! Offered locally in the Dayton area for over 25 years, this class is the only parenting program anywhere that teaches my unique step-by-step plan for preventing or effectively responding to any challenge involving children ages 1-18.
Click here for more information and to register.
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Parents Tool Talk Radio
This month on Parents Tool Talk, we will reach out to parents of teen and adult children with support and help with some of the many challenges these parents face. My special guests will be special guests will be Krsnanandi Devi Dasi and Tariq Saleem Ziyad.
As co-directors of the Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute, Krsnanandini Dasi & Tariq Saleem Ziyad have created or implemented scores of workshops, curricula and articles about healthy relationships, marriage, parenting, and youth character and leadership development. They are also experienced parents, with nearly twenty children ranging in age from ten to forty years old!
We will discuss topics such as:
- Skills parents need to help their children transition from childhood to adulthood
- Adult children with mental health or drug issues
- What children need from their parents at any age, but especially as teens and adults
- How to preserve relationships when adult children move back in with their parents
- And as always, your LIVE questions!
(Submit your questions in advance to questions@parentstooltalk.com to increase your chance of an in-depth answer on the air!)
Show Title: Parenting Your Teen And Adult Children
Air Date and Time: Friday, July 10th, 12pm Eastern.
Show Length: 1 Hour
When Parents Tool Talk airs, you can listen to the show LIVE on the Internet by going to:
The Parents Tool Talk Radio Show Home Page
For additional reminders about this and future Parents Tool Talk programs, AND access to exclusive pre- and post-show resources and special offers, join the Parents Tool Talk Mailing List! To sign up, simply give us your name and email address at the following page:
Parents Tool Talk Radio Show and F-R*E^E Parents Toolshop Teleseminars
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Article: Prepare Teens To Leave The Nest
As my husband and I prepared our oldest child to leave the nest, we learned first-hand the challenges facing both teens and parents at the doorway to adulthood. This easy-reading article sums up our lessons learned, and looks at them in context of the teachings of The Parents Toolshop.
Click here to read the article
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The Parents Toolshop: The Universal Blueprint For Building a Healthy Family
 This book was born out of my years of teaching effective skills to parents in live parenting classes. It is now the basis for all the principles taught in every Parents Toolshop® class. In addition to teaching you a proven system for parenting younger children, The Parents Toolshop® shows you how to apply these skills (or "toolsets as I like to call them) to older children, teen and even adult relationships!
For more information, and to download Chapter 1 for F-R*E^E,
click here.
To order now,
click here.
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In closing, I'd like to ask you once again to help me reach out to parents of older-teen and young-adult children, particularly those parents who are struggling to help their children succeed in their adult lives.
By forwarding this newsletter to people you know, you'll instantly put resources in their hands (such as my article and a link to download chapter one of The Parents Toolshop® at no cost) and provide them with an opportunity to dig deeper into the proven-effective and potentially life-changing teachings of The Parents Toolshop®.
Yours in service to families,
Jody
P.N. (Privacy Notice)- I will always keep my promise to never share or sell your contact information with anyone, and to only contact you if you have opted into my mailing list.
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