Making Community Service a Family Affair: An Interview with Marissa Vogel

If we are civic minded parents and invest in our community through volunteerism, we hope that we instill that message of "giving back" to our children.  Yet, there is an even better way to develop that belief and practice in our children....INVOLVE THEM.

Anyone in education knows that we all learn differently.  Some of us can hear something once and retain it.  Others need to visualize it.  Still others need to have a hands on experience for the lessons to sink in.  The lesson of community service and volunteerism is one that doesn't have to wait until it's a high school graduation requirement.  It can start in early childhood. 

I had a wonderful talk with Marissa Vogel --  the founder and executive director of Little Helping Hands in Austin, Texas -- who shares this belief and put forth the effort to make family community service easier in her community.

For more information about Little Helping Hands, visit their website.

The Power of CARE and Co-Parenting

I had the pleasure of being a guest on Co-Parenting Matters -- a blog talk radio program about co-parenting.  Thank you to Deesha and Mike, the co-founders of coparenting101.org and to Talibah who started the WeParent.com website.

This was a chance to use the Power of CARE framework on the subject of co-parenting.

Listen to internet radio with Co-Parenting Matters on Blog Talk Radio

Interview with Maggie Macaulay of Whole Hearted Parenting

Being a parent is one of the most rewarding but most challenging roles you will ever have.  This talk with parenting expert Maggie Macaulay of Whole Hearted Parenting will give you some tips on how to make better choices when it comes to building that relationship with your child(ren) and creating a more cooperative and cohesive family.











For more information about Seminars from Whole Hearted Parenting, please visit their website at http://www.wholeheartedparenting.com/

Interview with Deesha Philyaw of Co-Parenting 101 Website

In this society filled with divorced parents and never married parents, the issue of Co-Parenting is very important.  The compromises and balancing acts that must exists when you are trying to raise healthy, happy and well adjusted children in multiple households can be even greater than those in a two-parent "traditional" household.  Whatever that is.  What is traditional anymore?

I had a great talk with Deesha Philyaw, one of the co-creators of a website dedicated to achieving success in co-parenting....www.coparenting101.org

I hope you enjoy our talk as much as we did.

For more information about Co-Parenting, visit the website http://www.coparenting101.org/