Lots of articles on the internet, lots of advice from grandparents, lots of competition amongst friends. What’s best for your child? You?
When is the best time to potty train? 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 2 ½ years, 3 years, 3 ½ years old?
Preschool starting soon?
What if there are multiple caregivers and everybody has a different strategy?
Why is learning about POSITIVE potty training so important?
What about the relationship dynamics between you and your child during this time?
What did previous generations of parents do and why?
When is your child’s body ready?
When is a good time for the family?
What words are helpful?
Whose accomplishment will it be?
What if things are not going as planned?
This will be a LIVE event on Zoom. Participants can remain anonymous on Zoom if they choose.
This talk will be presented in an encouraging, non-judgmental, non-critical manner. It will be a guided tour of online resources, mixed with discussion.
This talk will be given by Jennifer Watanabe, a long-time Parent Educator and Parent Coach. She is the mom of two grown sons. Some of her previous students have included parents of toddlers and preschoolers at Bellevue College in Washington state. She recently retired from the college after more than 20 years of teaching.
Jennifer is an encourager. She continues to work as a parent coach and to teach in private practice. She works with parents who have questions about parenting. They may be overwhelmed by parenting or life’s challenges. Some parents who are having a hard time may need more understanding of what they are going through, more support and more grace. Parents who are struggling may need more resources, someone to talk to, and a fresh perspective. They need less criticism, less guilt and less self-blaming.
This is Jennifer’s guiding principle: Parenting and growing up are together experiences. Parenting is an experience that parents have with their children. Growing up is an experience that children have their parents. How parenting and growing up happen is at the heart of the parent-child relationship that develops over the years. There are two sides to this relationship: the parent’s side and the child’s side. The quality of this relationship determines the quality of life in the family.
The registration fee is $25. To register: Tuesday, May 30 at 7 p.m.
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