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Growing Together
A Free Seminar Series for Parents Presented by Nemours
At Nemours, we’ve made a promise to care for all children as if they were our own. This includes not just the care your child receives here at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and our surrounding clinics, but any guidance we can provide in growing great kids.
At each of these free parent seminars, our pediatric experts will share their knowledge through presentations filled with great information, parenting tips, and proven techniques. Then they will take time to answer your questions based on that evening’s selected topic.
Raising a Confident Kid
Self-esteem, shyness, peer pressure…parents joined us on May 16, 2012 for an evening led by expert panelists on the topic of raising confident kids as they enter and encounter the teenage years.
Specific discussion points included:
- How to assure kids what they are feeling is normal
- Dealing with peer pressure and cliques
- Helping girls and boys develop a positive body image
- How to have open communication about puberty and budding relationships
- How to help build self-esteem and confidence
Expert Panelists:
Vanessa Ann Vigilante, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital
for Children
Debra Moffitt
Author of The Pink Locker Society, a tween girl book series about growing up
Kids’ Editor, KidsHealth.org
Raising a Confident Kid Handouts and Video Files
Handouts:
- Cartwheels & Confidence: Helping Your Child Build on Success (PDF)
- Encouraging a Healthy Body Image (PDF)
- Helping Your Child Overcome Shyness (PDF)
- Self-Esteem: Biological, Cultural, and Social Dimensions (PDF)
- Tips on Raising a Confident Kid (PDF)
Video Files (compliments of Delaware First Media)
- Dr. Vanessa Vigilante's Presentation on Self-Esteem
- Debra Moffit's Presentation: Cartwheels & Confidence
- Q&A Session
Growing Pains: Parents Seek Tools to Raise Confident, Self-Reliant Children
Questions?
Information about our next seminar will be available soon. For general information about Growing Together Parenting Seminars, see FAQs or email seminars@nemours.org.
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Upcoming Seminar Topics
- Social Skills for Young Children