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Blogpost More “Good News about Bad Behavior” by Ellen Jo Ljung
The Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families has organized two presentations with investigative journalist Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of “The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever and What to Do About It” on Tuesday, Feb. 12.
Why Won’t Kids Do What You Want will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 12 at Glenbard West, 670 Crescent Blvd in Glen Ellyn
Yelling can be harmful and timeouts/ grounding may not improve behavior. Teens and children seem to have lost the ability to regulate their behavior and emotions. Our time-honored methods of punishments and rewards haven’t taught discipline — they’ve undermined it.
Drawing on the latest research on play, technology, and failure, Katherine Reynolds Lewis will share a new model of discipline for a new generation and outline a fresh theory to address the root causes of misbehavior. Join us and learn how we can help young people teens grow their independence, foster mental health and develop the motivation to behave well, Parents will learn to respond to their kids’ misbehavior instead of reacting to it so that they get the results they want -children who are self-disciplined, confident, and better equipped to handle life’s challenges.
The Good News About Bad Behavior /Early Childhood Event 9:30 a.m. Marquardt District 15 administration center, 1860 Glen Ellyn Road in Glendale Heights
For this presentation Lewis will address her remarks to parents and caregivers of our youngest children, 3-10 years of age
A recent study of first-graders found they could sit still for no more than three minutes, only a quarter of the time that their peers could in 1950. Master the skills to build self-control, strengthen empathy and connection, and peacefully resolve family conflict.
Journalist Katherine Reynolds Lewis spent five years investigating this crisis: observing families at the dinner table, meeting educators who are transforming the school experience for kids with attention and mood disorders, studying psychological research, and looking introspectively at her own parenting habits. Reynolds Lewis is an award-winning independent journalist, author and speaker based in Washington D.C. and a certified parent educator. She contributes to The Atlantic online, Fortune magazine, USA Today’s magazine group, the Washington Post and Working Mother magazine. Her byline has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, MSN Money, Money, the New York Times, Parade, Slate, and the Washington Post Magazine. Her story for Mother Jones magazine about school discipline went viral after it was published in July 2015, becoming the site’s most-viewed piece.In two decades as a journalist, Katherine’s work has won recognition from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club. She’s appeared on CNN, NPR, Bloomberg television and radio, and HuffPo Live, as well as numerous radio programs nationally and internationally.
These events are free and open to the public
Continuing professional development units are available.
Printable flier for these events with Katherine Lewis (pdf) HERE
