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...
by kbeck-pf | Jan 25, 2023 | Voices of Parents Forum Newsletter
A few months ago, my life changed drastically. I decided to join my husband in one of the most promising job adventures he could have. After a lot of talking and crying, we decided to leave home and stay in the U.S. for at least a year. We had never dreamed of leaving...
