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Parent Express for 13-Nov-2009
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The holidays are around the corner with thoughts of gift giving on our minds. My favorite gift to give is a book. Always has been…always will be. In these days of Kindle, Sony Reader, etc., my loved ones appreciate real books more than ever, those page turners to hold onto—not only while reading—but over a lifetime as well. Books are friends and companions at our house as the many book shelves throughout indicate! This year the PCI™ is making it a fun project for you to order books from a beloved Seattle book seller, Elliott Bay Book Company. Rather than going to the "big guys," we urge you to order your books through Elliott Bay. When you do, not only are you supporting a small, legendary bookstore, you also support the PCI™ as well. Elliott Bay Book Company is donating 10% of book orders received from November 13 through December 11 to our work here at the PCI™. If you are interested in joining us in this worthwhile project, please see the side-bar in this issue for more information. There you will find a link to a flyer which you can share with your friends and relatives. The rules for this National Bookfair are simple:
I love to support the "little guy" in this age of mega corporations. This type of action moves us all toward that "personally-generated culture" I talk about in Parenting Well in a Media Age. Elliott Bay does so much for the Seattle community. Let's all show our appreciation by pouring in book orders to them from all over the nation! Wishing you and your families a wonderful, peace-filled, and joyous holiday season. Gloria DeGaetano, Founder and CEO P.S.: Parent Express will take its usual holiday break in December… see you in January!
"…My training as a Parent Coach through the PCI set in motion for me a radically invigorating process of professional renewal and personal transformation. I continue to be inspired by the marvelous synthesis of theories, ideas, resources, and practical strategies that characterize the PCI coaching model and render it so effective in working with parents today. I received everything I needed to create my own coaching practice and to coach well. No detail was missed and the opportunities for continuing support and development from the PCI are unparalleled…"
—Dulcie Gretton, Calgary, Alberta
In addition to the original early application discount discussed below, the PCI™ is offering an extra "Earliest Bird" discount to all basic applications received by December 1st. Applicants who submit their basic application by December 1st (transcripts and letters can follow later) will qualify for an additional $200 off their tuition plus have their $100 application fee waived. Please note: payment in full for $4700 must be received before December 18th in order to receive this "Earliest Bird" discount. "Earliest Birds" get the greatest discount and have the most time to dive into their course readings. Give yourself the gift of transformation this year! For more information, please call the PCI™ office at (425) 401-1519. Apply now to receive a $900.00 tuition discount for March start! (Spaces are limited. The tuition discount applies while spaces are still available.) Thank you to all those who are calling to apply to the PCI™! Our phones are very busy these days. We are now accepting applications for Spring Quarter. Review our program dates here including information on early application discounts. Word is getting out about our innovative, energizing, and highly practical Parent Coach Certification® Training. Because of the overwhelming response, we highly encourage you not to delay in submitting your application for spring start. By planning ahead, you will be assured of a spot if accepted into the program, after the enrollment process is complete. Please send in the basic application as the first step. Download the application here. Once we receive this document, we will contact you for a phone interview. Transcripts and reference letters can follow the basic application by a few weeks. Questions? Please call (425) 401-1519. Please note: Phone classes are in the evening time, usually at 5PM or 6PM (Pacific Time) to accommodate the work schedules of our students. Listen to an audio message from Gloria DeGaetano to learn about the five advantages of Parent Coach Certification®.
"The wealth of information and knowledge I've been exposed to as a PCI student has been phenomenal…it's incredible how much all this information just fits together so well… internalizing and digesting all of this knowledge has been a joy. Beginning to use it in my daily life and within my relationships has been life-changing."
—Mari Ferrell, Round Rock, Texas
Working with a parent coach who has received Parent Coach Certification® through the PCI™ is giving yourself a valuable gift as well as a sound investment in your family's future. PCI™ Certified Parent Coaches® are caring, thoughtful professionals with years of experience working with parents. They have successfully completed the PCI™ Parent Coach Certification® Training Program—a comprehensive academic, one-year, graduate-level program in collaboration with Seattle Pacific University. Through a series of coaching conversations that can be either by telephone or in-person, PCI™ Certified Parent Coaches® help you re-discover your dreams and design your life for more joy and satisfaction. To find a PCI™ Certified Parent Coach® in your area, please click here or call (425) 401-1519 for a referral to a PCI™ Certified Parent Coach® selected especially for you. 
Visit www.parentappreciationradio.com to listen to programs featuring PCI™ Certified Parent Coaches® and other experts from around the country discussing topics of interest to moms and dads. Programs are available as podcasts. Listeners can download individual episodes directly, listen to them from this site using a Web browser, or access them via the iTunes podcast directory. iTunes subscribers will automatically pick up new episodes as they become available! 
Intentional Parenting
by Connie Hammer, MSW
Expecting your first child is a very exciting time in your life that comes with an assortment of ideas to ponder, topics to discuss, and decisions to make. As a first time parent, you may find yourself overwhelmed by all the alternatives presented to you. Choosing the color for the baby's room, deciding between cloth and disposable diapers, finding a doula, or selecting a name are just a few of the items that might be on your to-do list. It is important to remember, however, that much of the preparation and planning that needs to be addressed goes beyond nursery colors or breast feeding versus the bottle. Some of the most important decisions about becoming a parent are often overlooked until they are staring you right in the face. Before that stork arrives, have you seriously considered what type of parent you want to be and what type of child you want to raise? Besides being a patient mom or a caring dad who brings up a healthy and happy child, what more do you want for your emerging family? Most of us fall into parenting by default, relying on our intuition and the role modeling we received from our own parents. Having arrived at parenting with no further training than this, the majority of first time parents function rather well at their job. Asking yourself what kind of job performance you want to achieve as a parent before starting the position, as well as what kind of product you want to produce, will reap many benefits. Reaching beyond adequate to your optimal best requires a mindset that is intentional, a conscious and deliberate approach to raising your child thoughtfully. Taking the time to truly examine how you want to parent carries the added benefit of alleviating some of the anxiety that exists for most soon-to-be parents. Giving your approach to parenting some careful forethought will facilitate a more comfortable and effortless glide into parenthood. Have you ever purchased a tree? Once acquired, you plant it with the knowledge that you will be responsible for its care until it matures. You recognize that as long as you meet its basic need for water, sunshine and fertilizer, it will grow into a tall, strong adult. If, on the other hand, you acquire the same tree with a very special vision for its adult years, you are inclined to be more intentional about purchasing, planting, and nurturing it. You would not only provide for the tree's basic necessities, but your approach would be more attentive and deliberate about the environment it was to inhabit.
"Bravo, on an amazing weekend! Thank you for all of the time that went into our training. I couldn't fall asleep last night because I was so excited. Usually after a conference I'm exhausted for days. Conversely, I'm energized."
—Marnie Klaasen, Kirkland, Washington
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The Self-Aware Parent: 19 Lessons for Growing with Your Children PCI Certified Parent Coach® Cathy Cassani Adams is the author of the new book titled The Self-Aware Parent: 19 Lessons for Growing with Your Children. The book is about discovering who you are and what kind of parent you want to be. It's about seeing your children for who they are and respecting what they have to teach. Through a series of relatable essays, Cathy highlights the rich learning moments in our everyday experiences with children. She also tackles everyday parenting challenges such as tantrums, discipline, education, self care and finding balance. Click here for more information about the book and how to order. Web Site Provides Movie Ratings for Parents PCI Certified Parent Coach® Sheila Wenger recommends www.kids-in-mind.com as a Web site that empowers parents in this technological age. This Web site provides parents an alternative to the given ratings system for today's movies. Each movie rating is broken into categories, citing specific examples from the movie, giving parents accurate information allowing them to exercise their own judgment. Friends for Life Ornament Sale Friends for Life, A Seattle Children's Hospital Guild Supporting Pediatric Oncology Research, is holding their annual ornament fundraiser. This year's ornament is designed by Autumn, the guild's 2009 Ambassador who is undergoing the second year of an estimated three year treatment program for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. This year's glass blown ornaments are a beautiful combination of blues and white. To order or to support Friends for Life, visit here. 
November 13–December 11, 2009
This holiday season, order your books to support the 501c3 non-profit Parent Coaching Institute and Seattle's Legendary, independent Elliott Bay Book Company. Shop at the PCI's™ Nationwide Bookfair! For the PCI™ to benefit from your book order, please order between November 13–December 11, 2009. Both adult and children's titles, plus bilingual and international titles are available. Please visit here for details and easy steps to follow. (No Web site orders please.) January 20, 2010, 7:30 PM Gloria DeGaetano, CEO of the Parent Coaching Institute, presents "The Vital Five: Parenting Well in a Screen Machine World" at the Carol Edwards Center in Woodinville, WA at 7:30 pm. Please register by e-mailing name, address, phone and email to sara@the-attic.org and mailing payment to: The Attic Learning Community, PO Box 1668, Woodinville, WA 98072. Cost is $15 per person or $20 per couple (couple discount applies to parenting couples or teaching partners). February 6, 2010, 8:00 AM Gloria DeGaetano, Founder and CEO of the Parent Coaching Institute, is the keynote presenter of "Parenting Well in a Media Age" at Parent University, a day of workshops designed to share effective positive parenting strategies for the parents of children in preschool through high school. Parent University 2010 will take place on Saturday, February 6, at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois. The cost is $30 per person for the full day (including lunch) or $20 per person for the half day option. Click here for more information.
"I am so grateful to be a graduate of the PCI where the very fiber of this institute is universally and authentically dedicated to the genuine well-being of families. The integrity of the institute, and Gloria's unending knowledge, and devotion to excellence, makes the PCI outstanding in its contribution to this important field of parent coaching and the world of parenting. Thank you PCI—I love being a change agent and a part of the PCI!"
—Lori Jo Kemper, The Parenting Path®, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Parent Coaching Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and welcomes donations from individuals, organizations, and corporations who want to support its mission To transform the world by revitalizing parenting through prevention and possibility.™ For more information, please contact the PCI™ at info@thepci.org or (425) 401-1519. Visa and MasterCard are accepted. 
Back issues of Parent Express are available on the PCI Web site. There you can read articles by Gloria DeGaetano and PCI Certified Parent Coaches®, and easily send past issues to friends and colleagues via e-mail.
Please Put Down the Remote and Pick Up the Children's Books
by Barb Bushey
As parents, we have long known the benefits of reading to our children. In this day and age with media bombarding us at every turn, reading to our children is even more important than when we were growing up. A few of the academic benefits for your children when we read to them are: helping to build their vocabularies, both reading and speaking; improving and developing reading skills such as rhyming words, letter sounds, left to right progression, and sequencing; and assisting in developing a life-long love of reading. We need to read to our children for the sheer enjoyment of sharing stories. I believe all of the benefits stated above are important, but even more important are the life skills our children learn when being read to by parents or caring adults. Reading fosters the development of a positive relationship between parent and child. Socially, emotionally and academically, it is far better for the child to be interacting with a person and a book than sitting in front of an emotionless, nonresponsive screen. Reading to our children provides them the opportunity to develop a better understanding of their emotions and feelings when relating to the characters in the story. Story time gives your children a safe place and time to ask questions. Stories open opportunities for your children to develop their imagination and creativity. Story time is a time when parents can teach family values and assist their children with difficulties the children may be experiencing in developing these values. |
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This issue of Parent Express was originally published November 13, 2009. Some content, contact information, and links may be out of date, and the conversion from the original email edition may introduce formatting inconsistencies.
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