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Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids

Based on the latest research on brain development and clinical experience, Dr. Laura Markham will share how fostering an emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change. When you have that vital connection, you can cultivate a parenting style that doesnt resort to threats, bribes, nagging or punishment.

Are you tired of battling with your child? Do you wish you knew how to get your child cooperating without yelling and threats? Are you trying to find the sweet spot between spoiling and strict? Dr. Laura Markham gives you practical everyday strategies to help you raise a child who WANTS to cooperate, by working with your child rather than trying to manipulate or control.

No parent is peaceful all the time, but it's completely possible to create a more peaceful home where affection, connection, and humor help you resolve conflict happily, and where kids WANT to follow your lead.

In this talk, you'll have a chance to ask questions about your own parenting, and you'll learn:

- Why children misbehave -- and how to help them WANT To cooperate without yelling, threats, bribes or consequences
- What research shows about how children develop self-discipline
- The four power tools you can use to connect with children and help them with their emotions
- Why yelling and timeouts actually cause more misbehavior
- How you can create the relationship you want with your child

Dr. Markham's expertise extends across all age groups and will address questions from early childhood through the challenging teenage years.

Dr. Laura Markham trained as a clinical psychologist, earning her Ph.D. from Columbia University. She is the author of the highly successful "Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids" and "Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings". The founding editor of AhaParenting.com, Dr. Markham also serves as a parenting expert for many other websites, such as Psychology Today and Mothering.com. She has made numerous radio and TV appearances and has been featured in articles by The Wall Street Journal, Redbook, Newsday, and Parents Magazine.

Start using Dr. Markham's parenting strategies today. Visit her website, AhaParenting.com