Keeping Your Cool When the Kids Are Losing Theirs
 

Audience: Parents and Professionals

It’s easy to be an effective parent or professional when you’re cool, calm, and collected. Slowing down and working with a child isn’t too difficult when you’ve actually had eight hours of sleep and aren’t rushed. Unfortunately, those moments are rare. The challenge is to keep your cool even when the kids are screaming, “You’re not my boss!” or when you’ve given them five choices and NONE of them are acceptable or when, despite a ten-minute warning, they’re about to be late again. 

Learning to calm one’s self is an essential life skill. In order to teach it to children, we have to be able to do it for ourselves. 

Join Mary Sheedy Kurcinka to discover: 

• What your brain tells your body when you are upset;
• How a positive perspective can help you keep your cool;
• Techniques that help you to re-charge throughout the day so it’s easier to stay calm;
• Strategies to keep the kids working with you — even when the going gets tough;
• The joy of living and working with kids.