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Transforming Childhood to Transform the World’ Parenting for Social Change with Teresa Brett
March 2, 2012
Teresa Brett will join us on StepWisdom to share her work on cultural attitudes toward parenting children. Outdated attitudes that have shaped how many adults were raised are re-examined in light of new research. She clearly describes old parenting rules about controlling children with fear and guilt tactics. Her book challenges all that is best in parents: the love, commitment, the power we have to nurture, protect, support and guide with more effective parenting skills and strategies. From control to empowerment, from punishment to honor and respect, there are ways to parent that creates successful, kinder, more relational adults. Adults less concerned with “what other people will think,” than with truth, being just, and honoring others with dignity and respect. If our culture is going to be able to adapt to the diverse challenges of the next century and reduce the conflicts based on fear and guilt, we need to reexamine how people experience the world as children. Learn More »

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Deceived: Recovering after Infidelity: Healing the Marriage, or Beginning the Process for a Healthy StepFamily

January 20, 2012

Claudia Black, PhD, will be joining StepWisdom on Friday January 20th to discuss her ground breaking work in her book, Deceived. Divorces often follow infidelity and the foundation for a future stepfamily is then begun when one partner is unfaithful. Recovering from the pain and damage to self-esteem that can occur is tremendously important not only for the partners to move on to other relationships, but for stepfamilies to function at their best. Healthy step-families need parental figures who treat each other with respect or at least old fashioned good manners. However, the emotional upheavals that so often occur after finding out about an affair or infidelity can make it exceedingly difficult to re-establish a respectful communication system. Even years after a divorce, a former spouse’s new relationship can elicit rage and jealousy impeding healthy communication. Claudia’s work is tremendously important whether saving a marriage or developing a successful stepfamily