Submission by Karen McClendon [1]
Nancy Van Pelt, leading family life authority, originator of the seminar, and gifted communicator will have you laughing at your mistakes while learning productive new strategies for parenting.
Seminar Date: Feb 15-17
Nancy has established a reputation as a popular speaker through her practical rather than "theoretical" approach to family life and by interjecting humor into the eternal struggle of "Parent vs Child". What evolves is a verbal how-to- manual delivered with the good-natured satire of Bill Cosby. War-weary discouragement gives way to new hope as the Compleat Parent approach unfolds. With the aid of the Peanuts gang, Nancy transforms non-productive parenting into daily victories where relationships are nurtured.
The Compleat Parent covers six major areas:
| Self-Respect | The key to your child's future |
| Communication | How to talk so your child will listen and listen so your child will talk |
| Discipline | Positive methods of discipline that produce well behaved children |
| Character Building | Miracle methods for transforming irresponsible behavior into responsible behavior |
| The Teen Years | How to motivate, discipline and survive these tumultuous years! |
| Sibling Rivalry and Sex Education For Parents | |
Each segment combines hands on strategies with lively personal anecdotes, and humor. The seminar is beneficial regardless of the age of the child and is particulary helpful for single and stepparents, grandparents, teachers, and child care workers.
| Location: | Merrimack Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church (see Links at right for Maps and Directions) | |
| Schedule: | Feb 15 | 7:00pm |
| Feb 16 | 3:00-5:00pm | |
| (Supper Break) | ||
| 6:00-8:00pm | ||
| Feb 17 | 9:00am-1:00pm | |
| Cost | $ 20/person, $ 30/couple | |
| To Register: | Call 978/454-9226 | |
Nancy Van Pelt has authored 20 books on family relationships including The Compleat Parent, on which the seminar is based, as well as The Compleat Marriage, The Compleat Courtship, The Complete Tween, How To Talk So Your Mate Will Listen, and her latest book Smart Love--A Field Guide for Single Adults. Together Nancy and her husband Harry direct Heart'N Home Seminars based in Fresno, California through which more than 10,000 people a year receive instruction, books, videos, counseling and materials designed to develop and strengthen family potential.