by kbeck-pf | Apr 22, 2024 | Voices of Parents Forum Newsletter
Earlier this year my daughter, Fumani Sithole, was given an assignment to come up with a speech to deliver at her school. I saw this as opportunity to teach my daughter to take care of our planet. Knowing that her favorite water animal is a dolphin, my daughter and I...
by kbeck-pf | Feb 14, 2024 | Voices of Parents Forum Newsletter
In my current work as participant coordinator for a health research project in Boston, I met Parents Forum founder Eve Sullivan – one of our participants – when she called in to the project. Eve and I spoke enthusiastically about experiences we have each had serving...
by kbeck-pf | Aug 1, 2023 | Voices of Parents Forum Newsletter
Happy Respect for Parents Day! Parents Forum certainly plays an important part in promoting this worthy social value. I took this snapshot on Saturday at an outstanding community garden called Cloudesley which I visited for a meeting of a small charity I support. It...
by kbeck-pf | Jun 1, 2023 | Voices of Parents Forum Newsletter
When I joined Parents Forum three years ago to create this newsletter — in the very early days of the pandemic — I was not expecting to make life-long friends through only an online connection. My initial volunteering became a learning process that...
by kbeck-pf | Mar 20, 2023 | Voices of Parents Forum Newsletter
Parents Forum has been a part of my life for nearly 20 years. I met the founder while I was living in Cambridge, Mass., became involved in the program and at first used the insights it gave me to improve communication with my mother. Over the years these insights...
