Parenting Think-Tank Discussion and reception, featuring leading names in parenting August 29, 2009

15th Anniversary Think Tank event and Reception Saturday, August 29 3pm - 5pm Making an Impact Now: Creating a sustainable legacy for children

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ABOUT THE THINK TANK EVENT

The current economic situation has pushed families and communities into crisis. With social support eroding, how can we help children build the precious resource of emotional resilience that moves them from surviving to thriving? How does this action help sustain our world?

Join us as we talk with experts in the fields of education, medicine, psychology, anthropology and parenting about how we can reach out to parents and communities to encourage healthy, secure attachments with children, build resilience and improve individual and social health and welfare.

PANELISTS

Dr. William and Martha Sears, pediatrician, RN & authors

Dr. Stephen Bavolek, creator of The Nurturing Parent Program

Mary Ann Cahill, La Leche League International founder

Dr. James McKenna,(tentative) anthropologist and Director of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab at the University of Notre Dame

Dr. Isabelle Fox, author and clinical psychologist

Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker, founders of API & authors and other special guests.

If you need childcare, please continue shopping to add that option. Childcare during the Think Tank event will be available at the nearby Belmont Heights Baptist Church nursery 2100 Belmont Blvd.

Parents who wish to remain with their children at the church during the Think Tank event may enjoy the event via closed circuit TV programming.

The first 100 paid registrants will enjoy a reception with the panelists following the event.

QUESTIONS??

Contact Art Yuen, Attachment Parenting International at development@attachmentparenting.org or Dr. Merrie King, Montessori Program Director and event co-sponsor at merrie.king@belmont.edu.

Official Website: http://www.attachmentparenting.org/15thanniversary/