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Solutions to the "Problem with Parenting" Forum @ 8:00pm: Part 2 of the Rethinking Parenting Series




How can we make sure that we're doing what's best for our kids? Are we making ourselves and our children crazy and anxious from all our worry? 



Our parents had different pressures than we do today. Parenting has changed from family-focused and instinctual to expert-driven and child-centric, with stresses from society constantly telling us we must do more.

Sign up for this event and we’ll send you an excerpt from Nancy McDermott’s book, “The Problem with Parenting.” Read it over the next few weeks and then, on June 9th, we'll get together over and discuss with Nancy and Lenore Skenazy (author of "Free Range Kids"). The discussion will revolve around how “P”arenting is impacting your day to day choices, how to destress the parenting process, and how giving your kids more independence is good for everyone. 

The ultimate goal?  More sane parenting, less pressure from society, and happier, less stressed kids. Spend an hour with us in hopes that we’ll all leave more calm about our parenting choices, more trusting of ourselves as parents, and more unified as a parenting community.

If you haven't seen Part 1 of our Rethinking Parenting webinar in the series, check it out on our YouTube Channel HERE. 


Click the RSVP HERE button to sign up. 

What:    Problems (and Solutions) In Parenting Forum 
When:   Wednesday, June 9th
Time:     8:00pm - 9:15pm 
Cost:      Free

This forum will be recorded. Please register for the event to receive the recording. 
Our guides for discussing this important revolutions include two moms who are wonderfully talented and well-respected authors: Nancy McDermott and Lenore Skenazy.
Nancy McDermott: There have always been parents, but the idea of “Parenting” is a relatively new phenomenon. Modern families are more likely to pay attention to how they "parent" than previous generations. And yet, the pandemic has exposed the limitations of our intensely child-focused style of raising children. Mental health related visits for children and teens have increased approximately 24%. and 31%, respectively, and one in three parents have reported a deterioration of their own mental health. In her book, The Problem with Parenting: How Raising Children is Changing Across America  (Praeger 2020), Nancy makes the case for rethinking parenting, and that a more family-friendly way of raising our kids is not just possible, but necessary.  Nancy is a former chair of the Park Slope Parents advisory board and an associate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. She lives with her family in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
Lenore Skenazy: Ever since her column “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone” created a firestorm, Lenore has been declaring that our kids are smarter and safer than our culture gives them credit for. For this, she was labeled “America’s Worst Mom.” Nice. She turned around and started the Free-Range Kids movement, lecturing around the world and hosting the reality show, “World’s Worst Mom.” Now Lenore is President of LetGrow, the nonprofit making it easy, normal, and legal to give kids back some independence. The second edition of her classic volume Free-Range Kids comes out this June! She recently spoke to Dax Shepard about parenting on his "Armchair Expert" podcast, here.



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Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 8:00 PM until 9:15 PM
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