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Join us October 1, 2008
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A Special Event for All Allen County Parents:
Dr. David Walsh
A Conversation with Parents
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 6:30pm
Park Hill Training Center
1000 Prospect Avenue
New Haven, IN
Author of "No: Why Kids-of All Ages- Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It" Dr. David Walsh joins Great KIDS make Great COMMUNITES, East Allen County Schools, and Fort Wayne Community Schools for a special evening for parents to discuss "Say Yes to No."
Screen time is the most significant lifestyle change for our children and teens over the last decade. With an average of 44.5 hours of screen time a week, kids are exposed to over one million Yes messages a year. This constant barrage of Yes undermines crucial character traits children and youth need for success, including self-reliance, perseverance, integrity and the ability to delay gratification. The social and economic ramifications cannot be understated. Research shows that self-discipline is twice as strong a predictor of school success as intelligence. Our kids may be as smart as ever, but a culture of "More, Easy, Fast and Fun" is undermining what really counts in the classroom and what will carry them into thriving adult lives. Learning how and when to say No is critical for our children and teens' success in life.
Psychologist David Walsh, president and founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family and award winning author, provides the antidote to Discipline Deficit Disorder in his new book, No: Why Kids - of All Ages - Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It (Free Press, 2007). The book has been featured on the CBS News' The Early Show and National Public Radio. It is an Amazon.com best seller and KARE 11 enjoyed the best audience ratings of the year with a two part Extra on No. With warmth, experience, and humor, Dr. Walsh's book provides down-to-earth advice that can be put into practice immediately and information and strategies adults need to nurture healthy, self- reliant kids.
The Allen County Say Yes to No campaign is more than reading Dr. Walsh's book. The book is a powerful collective starting point, but setting limits and saying No isn't always easy. It's critical that adults support one another, share stories, and work together to reclaim parenting strategies that work. The Allen County Say Yes to No campaign will ignite and support important conversations in communities across the state which will nurture a culture shift that sustains real change. Through reflection, conversation, trainings and more, parents, teachers, and community members will develop and nurture No strategies that position Allen County children and youth for success.
Self-Discipline = Success. No is not the destination. It is the road to Yes. Saying No to our kids teaches them how to say No to themselves, resulting in successful healthy, self-reliant kids.
Come join us on October 1, 2008! Let's start the conversation together! This event is free for all parents. Childcare will not be available.