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Empowering and Partnering with your Child Through Adolescence

October 8, 2019

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Whether you have a five-year-old or a fifteen-year-old, you can find easy ways to create partnerships at home. During this webinar, you will learn steps to implement structures around family meetings, active listening, and allowances – all designed to support you and your child or adolescent in your partnership at home.

Resources for Empowering and Partnering with your Child

Active Listening Worksheet

Empowering and Partnering with your Child Through the Adolescent Years Powerpoint

Family Meeting Album from positivediscipline.com

Recommended Reading

Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World

Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World by Kristen Welch

The Opposite of Spoiled

The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money by Ron Lieber

Duct Tape Parenting

Duct Tape Parenting by Vick Hoefle

Have Questions? Suggestions? Let us know!

If you have any questions about this webinar or suggestions for future topics, please let us know! You can email us at learn@greenspringmontessori.org or comment below.

About the Author

Tamara Sheesley Balis

Tamara Sheesley Balis, MEd, joined the Greenspring community as Head of School in 2012. With an extensive background in Montessori education, school administration, and childhood development, Tamara believes it is her mission to bring Montessori education to as many families and educators as possible. She holds her MEd from The Institute for Educational Studies (TIES) through Endicott College. Tamara is the parent of two Montessori learners, one is a young adult in her first year at college and one is an 8th grader in our Adolescent Community at Greenspring Montessori School.

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