I won't be able to attend but l love this woman's approach to practical parenting. Take advantage if you can.
Begin forwarded message:
While tonight's lecture looks like it is focus on teachers, I'm still
anticipating that I will learn something new as a parent tonight.
This is free, so I hope that lots of people take advantage. - Liz
BISSNET SPEAKER SERIES TOPIC: Managing Parental Anxiety & Entitlement,
While Maintaining your Sense of Humor
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Flickinger Performing Arts Center at Nichols School
1250 Amherst St., Buffalo, NY 14216
Dr. Wendy Mogel is a nationally known clinical psychologist, author
and public speaker. Publisher's Weekly gave her New York Times best-
selling parenting book The Blessing of a Skinned Knee a starred
review, saying, "Impassioned, lyrical and eminently practical, this
volume is a real treasure."
A graduate of Middlebury College, Mogel completed an internship and
post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Mogel serves on the scientific
advisory board of Challenge Success, a program of the Stanford
University School of Education and the boards of the Center for Early
Education and the Counsel for Spiritual and Ethical Education – a
century old inter-faith organization serving private schools. She
contributes articles to many types of publications including
Independent School Magazine, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Camping
Magazine. In 2006, The New York Times Sunday Magazine published a
profile of Mogel and her work.
An experienced and popular public speaker, Mogel's presentation is
inspiring, humorous and effective in helping parents meet the day-to-
day challenge of raising self-reliant children. She lectures to
parents, educators and clergy across the country and has been a
keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the National Association of
Independent Schools, the National Association of Principals of Schools
for Girls, the Educational Records Bureau, the National Association of
Episcopal Schools, the American Montessori Society, and the American
Camp Association.
Free of charge and open to the public. For more details call
716.829.2103 or visit bissnet.org
