PSN#1-ON BECOMING AND BEING A GOOD PARENT   Date: 12/20/2001
ON BECOMING AND BEING A GOOD PARENT is the premier parentStrategy Newsletter. The focus of this newsletter is on parenting in the 21st century.

PSN#2: DEAR KIDS   Date: 2/1/2002
DEAR KIDS is an example of a personalized parent inventory. A self inventory allows you to identify core values that symbolizes your parenting style.

PSN#3-THE PARENTING TRAVELOGUE   Date: 4/09/2002
THE PARENTING TRAVELOGUE is the third parentStrategy Newsletter. It highlights parenting styles at different points in your child's development.

PSN#4- KISSED AND OFF TO COLLEGE   Date: 6/4/2002
KISSED AND OFF TO COLLEGE is the fourth parentStrategy Newsletter. It guides parents through an Inventory called KISSED to help determine whether or not your high school graduate is ready for college.

PSN#5-THE DIVORCE QUAGMIRE   Date: 8/2/2002
THE DIVORCE QUAGMIRE is the fifth parentStrategy Newsletter. It provides parenting tips on minimizing the negative effects of divorce.

PSN#6- GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS   Date: 10/9/2002
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS: A DAD'S VIEW is the sixth parentStrategy Newsletter. It surveys the current issues confronting girls and how dads can help.

PSN #7-WAR AND PEACE: RELATIONSHIPS DURING THE HOLIDAY   Date: 12/7/2002
WAR AND PEACE: RELATIONSHIPS DURING THE HOLIDAYS is the seventh parentStrategy Newsletter and it is the premier holiday edition. In a world marked by war and terrorism the newsletter challenges parents to role model openness and kindness during the holiday season.

PSN#8-ASK YOURSELF...   Date: 2/2/2003

ASK YOURSELF... WHAT KIND OF PARENT AM I? is the eighth parentStrategy Newsletter. The article proposes questions parents can ask themseleves that will help them evaluate their parenting style and parenting skills.



PSN#9-ABCD... LIVING WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY   Date: 4/09/2003
ABCD...LIVING WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY is the ninth parentStrategy Newsletter. It addresses key factors that help explain and understand learning disabilities and how the parent - child relationship is affected.

PSN#10-a middle aged daddy rap   Date: 6/7/2003
a middle aged daddy rap is the 10th parentStrategy Newsletter. This celebratory 10th edition is a "rap" on parenting.

PSN#11- A PARENT CHECKLIST FOR ENTERING FIRST GRADE   Date: 8/6/2003
The 11th parentStrategy newsletter is titled "A PARENT CHECKLIST FOR ENTERING THE FIRST GRADE." The article provides tips and suggestions for parents to help their children make the first grade transition a positive one.

PSN#12- FREEDOM and RESPONSIBILITY-BEING A ROLE MODEL TO YOUR CHILD   Date: 10/10/2003
FREEDOM and RESPONSIBILITY-BEING A ROLE MODEL YOUR CHILD is the 12TH parentStrategy Newsletter. This newsletter explores how parents become role models and how to nurture the parent-child relationship.

PSN#13-WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY KID?   Date: 12/7/2003
FREEDOM and RESPONSIBILITY-BEING A ROLE MODEL YOUR CHILD is the 12TH parentStrategy Newsletter. This newsletter explores how parents become role models and how to nurture the parent-child relationship.

PSN#14-THE PARENT PRINCIPLE   Date: 2/3/2004
THE PARENT PRINCIPLE is the 14th parentStrategy Newsletter. This Newsletter identifies two key aspects of parenthood.

PSN#15- THE GIFT OF HOPE   Date: 4/5/2004
The Gift of Hope addresses the need for parents to instill hope into their children's lives. This newsletter describes the mixture of parent feelings and thoughts as their older children go off to college.

PSN#16-AN OPEN LETTER TO DADS   Date: 6/07/2004
AN OPEN LETTER TO DADS is the 16th parentStrategy newsletter offering a dad's view of father's day.

PSN#17-LEAVING HOME and LETTING GO   Date: 8/10/2004
LEAVING HOME and LETTING GO is the 17TH parentStrategy newsletting. It describes how going off to college affects everybody in the family.

PSN#18-FATHER OF OUR NATION-A PARENT VIEW OF THE PRESIDENCY   Date: 10/28/2004
***FATHER OF OUR NATION***A PARENT VIEW OF THE PRESIDENCY is the 18th parentStrategy newsletter. It addresses the importance of getting involved and voting.

PSN#19-PARENTING BY A HEARTSTRING   Date: 2/14/2005
PARENTING BY A HEARTSTRING is the 19th parentStrategy Newsletter. It is a personal account of parenting during difficult medical times in the family.

PSN#20-twenty newsletters later   Date: 4/29/2005
twenty newsletters later is a look at how media affects the boundaries in parents raising their children.

PSN#21-PARINTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT   Date: 9/11/2005
PARENTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT is the 21st parentStrategy newsletter. It share ideas of how to nurture your children in a troubled world.

PSN#22-rPARENTING   Date: 11/09/2005
rPARENTING is the 22nd parentStrategy newsletter. It describes the 3 r's of parenting - reality, respect, and responsibility.

PSN#23- WHY GROUP FOR KIDS-   Date: 1/17/2006
-WHY GROUP FOR KIDS- is the 23rd parentStrategy newsletter. This newsletter describes the value of group psychotherapy and why parents should consider group as a valuable treatment option for their children.

PSN#24-THE FORT AND THE SMILE: THE TALE OF BEING A PARENT   Date: 4/09/2006
THE FORT AND THE SMILE: THE TALE OF BEING A PARENT is the 24th parentStrategy newsletter. This short tale is stort about being a parent raising children in a world mired with scary statistics.

PSN#25-THE ESSENCE OF IMUS   Date: 4/09/2007
The 25th parentStrategy newsletter THE ESSENCE OF IMUS addresses the parent's role in how the media intersects with racism and sexism in our society.

PSN#26- 5 SENSE WORTH OF PARENTING   Date: 8/18/2007
5 SENSE WORTH OF PARENTING is the 26th parentStrategy newsletter which underscores the importance of home, soul, time, contact, and choice in becoming and being a good parent.

PSN#27-THE EMPTY NEST SONG   Date: 10/28/2007
The 27th newsletter THE EMPTY NEST SONG is a poetic song addressing issues around the empty nest syndrome.

PSN#28-THOUGHTS ON DEATH AND DYING, PARENTS AND CHILDREN   Date: 3/3/2008
The 28TH parentStrategy newsletter isTHOUGHTS ON DEATH AND DYING, PARENTS AND CHILDREN. The newsletter closes with a poignant letter on the death of parent from a child's perspective.

TEN
BUILDING BLOCKS
TO HELP CREATE
SELF-CONFIDENCE
IN CHILDREN

  1. BE AVAILABLE
  2. GIVE GENUINE PRAISE
  3. BE A ROLE MODEL
  4. TEACH RESPONSIBILITY
  5. TREAT IDEAS AND EMOTIONS SERIOUSLY
  6. HAVE CLEAR LIMITS AND EXPECTATIONS
  7. OPENLY DISCUSS VALUES AND ALLOW FOR DIFFERENCES
  8. TEACH TOLERANCE
  9. CREATE TIMES TO BE WITH ONE ANOTHER
  10. CHALLENGE THEIR STRENGTHS AND TEACH ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR FAILURES(WORK AT IT!!!)

LISTEN TO THEIR WORDS AND LISTEN TO THEIR HEARTS.

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