The World We Want – Tell the United Nations

This has possibilities! A message from the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service mentions U.N. efforts to set development priorities for the year 2015 and beyond. You can make your voice heard on the issues here: http://www.myworld2015.org My choices were:...

Response from Sophie in Soweto

This message from half way around the world came in response to our recent call for universal parenting education and makes me so happy!   "I read your article and I find it important…. I am a single parent of three… and find it difficult to...

Call for Universal Parenting Education goes live!

The most important responsibility any of us will ever have, raising children, and we receive next to no training? What’s wrong with this picture? Part of the problem is the unfortunate stigma that keeps people who need help, even people who genuinely want help,...

Sandy Hook students go back to school

A touching interview with a parent at Sandy Hook, the father of triplets, 8 years old, reported by John Christoffersen and Pat Eaton-Robb for the Associated Press, ran today in the Boston Globe,. Asked about the re-opening of classes, the father admitted...

Newtown CT shootings

As I wrote to National Parenting Education Network (npen.org) colleagues and friends, these events are so painful and fresh that there is little to do but shudder and cry. You can hear Dec.14 The Daily Wrap bit.ly/RurM6T with host Michael Castner: it includes a...

Head Start Parent Conference in Texas, coming up!

I am excited to be preparing to present at the 29th Annual Parent Conference and Family Engagement Institutes in Dallas, Texas, December 1-5, 2012. (I hope my passport is valid… I heard talk of secession, smile.) The Parents Forum session ‘Coin of...