Thursday, February 9th Archer School   **************** San Francisco   Monday, March 7th, 7:30- 9:00 pm Baby Boot Camp Marin  Life Studio 3020 Bridgeway, Suite 103 Sausolito, CA 94965 $10.00   **************** Tuesday, March 8th,   7:30 pm Recess ·  recess-sf.com  ·  470 Carolina St., San Francisco, 94107  ·  415.701.7529 Cost: $18 for Recess members, $28 for non-members.  (+ $10 come with partner) Click here to enroll   ******************   Thursday, March 10th, 6:30 pm  Corte Madera Town Center Community Room  770 Tamalpias Drive, suite 201 (across the walkway from West Elm) (Note: this event may be full) (Must join Southern Marin Mother's Club: $55 for one year, or $90 for two years. Join at www.southernmarinmoms.com      ****************     Kansas City   Sunday, April 3rd, 10:00 am Jewish Community Campus 5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, Kansas  66211   Monday, April 4th 7-8:30 pm Eudora Middle School  2635 Church St. Eudora, KS 66025   Tuesday, April 5th, 7 pm Wine Flights 5408 W. 151st Street Overland Park, KS  66224     Washington, DC   Thursday, April 7, 9:00 am St. Luke's Day School 8009 Fort Hunt Road Alexandria, VA 22308     New York   Monday, April 11th, 7 pm W Hotel, Hoboken, NJ (fee)    Wednesday, April 13th, 7 pm Hola Charter School, Hoboken    Wednesday, April 13th, AM United Nations School, (Private school event)   Wednesday, April 27th, San Jose, CA

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR COOL CALM AND CONNECTED (FORMERLY PASSIONATE  PARENTING:)  “One of the most user-friendly, practical and engaging guides to parenting books I’ve ever come across. Susan Stiffelman speaks from the trenches of day-to-day parenting life, and offers an array of tools that are sure to change the lives of parents who apply her teachings. Bravo for Passionate Parenting!” Janet Bray Attwood, co-author of the NY Times bestseller The Passion Test “Passionate Parenting provides wise and creative ways for parents to offer their best inner gifts to their children. Equally vital, Susan teaches you how to skillfully support your children in developing their own unique talents and gifts in such a way that both you and they will experience a rich, satisfying relationship for a lifetime.” Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center “Susan Stiffelman makes parenting easier by bringing much needed support and guidance to help parents stay deeply connected with their kids. Susan is full of heart and soul but firmly grounded in commonsense understanding.” John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus “The parenting bookshelf is full of advice on how to control kids, how to handle problems, how to survive the trauma of parenting. This book is different. Very different. It’s about how to let children develop their natural birthright of joy and passion. Not by letting them run wild, but by connecting with them and by concentrating on the heart of parenting—the emotional life of your child (and yourself).” Lawrence Cohen, author of Playful Parenting “Susan’s work is brilliant. Passionate Parenting covers every aspect of helping right-brained kids grow up feeling great about themselves. If you buy just one parenting book this year, make it this one!” Thom Hartmann, author of Healing ADD and The Einstein Gene “Susan is this generation’s Dr. Spock. Children don’t come with operating instructions, but Passionate Parenting gives solid advice and strategies for raising happy vibrant children. It is a must-read for parents who want to give their children the very best childhood in a very busy world.” Pamela Conley Ulich, mayor of the City of Malibu

Would you like Susan to speak to your school or parenting group? Presentation topics: • How to be calmly and confidently parent ‘in charge’ as you hold fast to the role of “Captain of the ship” in your child’s life:  Specific strategies for maintaining the all important place of being the one your child looks to for guidance, support and direction     • How to help kids deal with frustration and find their way to the all-important life skill of Adapting: Why it’s important that children experience frustration, and essential that we help them avoid aggression by learning to adapt when life doesn’t go their way • How to deal with behavior problems by focusing on the relationship: The importance of understanding that we’re meant to resist those we’re not connect to...and do the bidding of those we’re attached to • Helping children and teens deal with problems with focus, impulsivity and organization:  Myths and realities of the ADD label, and strategies for helping these right-brained kids succeed in a left-brained world • How to find your cool when you’ve temporarily lost it:  Parenting without escalating threats, hysteria or the general feeling that you’ve utterly lost control • The stages of attachment:  How to parent from close connection and ‘right relationship’ to awaken your child’s natural instincts to follow, cooperate and behave • How to connect— or reconnect— with a child or teen who’s resistant, disconnected or shut down:  It’s never too late, and much more doable than many parents believe • Helping children and adults who struggle with depression and anxiety:  Specific techniques that parents can use to help kids who struggle with mood instabilities