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How To Talk So Kids Will Listen with Julie King

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen with Julie King In-Person

Are you getting worn down by morning mayhem, bedtime battles, sibling scuffles, dawdling and defiance? Do you try to avoid using threats, bribes and punishments, but find yourself using them anyway, just to survive the day? Would you like to learn practical and effective methods that will make life with children easier and more satisfying?

Presented in partnership with the Pioneer Montessori School, come hear best-selling author Julie King introduce parents of children ages two to twelve to the language that reduces conflict, strengthens connection, and promotes cooperation between adults and children. 

Julie will join us virtually over Zoom, and attendees will gather in the Library's Lecture Hall to hear from Julie and engage in short breakouts to practice techniques. A Q&A with Julie will follow. Space is limited to 40 attendees, and registration is required. The program will also be livestreamed. Click here to watch online.

For anyone who finds themselves locked in a power struggle with children or wondering how to manage a tricky situation (in other words, everybody at one time or another), this presentation demonstrates truly practical methods to use humor, creativity and respect, instead of bribes, threats and punishments, to engage the cooperation of children. How To Talk is at the same time a whole new perspective on the parent-child relationship, and a down-to-earth how-to guide that will make life with children less stressful and more satisfying. 

Pioneer Montessori School will make copies of Julie's books available for purchase at the program. For parents of children ages two to seven, she recommends How To Talk So LITTLE Kids Will Listen. If you've already read that book, or your children are older than seven, she recommends How To Talk When Kids Won't Listen, which covers children from preschool to early teens.

Date:
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time:
5:30pm - 6:45pm
Time Zone:
Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall
Campus:
The Community Library
Audience:
  Adults  
Categories:
  Lectures & Conversations  
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Julie King is the author, with Joanna Faber, of two international best selling books: How To Talk So LITTLE Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7, and their most recent book, How To Talk When Kids Won't Listen: Whining, Fighting, Meltdowns, Defiance, and Other Challenges of Childhood. Julie and Joanna also collaborated on the companion app HOW TO TALK: Parenting Tips in Your Pocket, and the app Parenting Hero. Julie leads workshops online, consults with parents of children ages two to teens by phone and video, and speaks publicly to schools, businesses and parent groups across the United States and internationally. She received her AB from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. Julie and her husband live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where they are visited now and then by their three grown children. Visit her website at www.julieking.org, on Facebook: @faberandking, and on Instagram: @howtotalk.forparents.

Pioneer Montessori School is an independent, non-profit school serving the diverse needs of children 18 months to 12 years of age. We strive to cultivate compassion, instill confidence and awaken consciousness for oneself, others, and the world that surrounds us. Pioneer Montessori School deeply respects the child as an individual and builds supportive classroom communities that promote independence and a lifelong love of learning. Students work in beautifully prepared environments with self-correcting materials that grow in scope and scale to gain confidence and ability. Trained teachers use scientific observations to guide students on their unique paths of self-construction.

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