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Preempting the Parenting Predicament
Trio of South Florida Moms Share the Secrets of Modern Parenting
| Source: Advantage Behavioral Group
STUART, FL--(Marketwire - November 18, 2009) - With popular shows like "Hannah Montana" and
"Gossip Girl" glamorizing children and teens engaging in less than
acceptable behavior, it's no wonder many children think it's okay to lie,
backstab, backtalk and engage in risky behaviors. But three South Florida
mothers are using negative role models like these and their actions to open
the door to a discussion of what is and isn't suitable behavior in the real
world. A year ago, Karin Torsiello, Angelique Walsh and Paula Leonardo,
who are all Board Certified Behavior Analysts, started Advantage Behavioral
Group, a business based on teaching ways to take a proactive approach to
parenting.
"When you choose to have a child, you choose to have your life completely
and forever changed," says Torsiello, who is also a mother of three. "We
teach parents to use skills that blend the science of how humans interact
with their environment and vice versa, and the common sense of everyday
parenting."
Recently, Torsiello, Walsh and Leonardo took their proactive parenting
expertise outside the office and onto the small screen with a DVD series
they co-authored called, "The Secrets of Modern Parenting." The
self-coaching DVD series features role playing scenarios, where parents can
learn the necessary skills to end arguing, eliminate lying, extinguish
tantrums and end backtalk and disrespect.
"There is no parent alive that is perfect and in life tough decisions are
going to come at our children faster than they can imagine," stresses
Walsh. "So it is important to remind yourself that parenting is a lifelong
journey with many trials and errors."
The cornerstone of the modern parenting technique is building a
relationship based on trust, safety and consistency with your child.
Cultivating that relationship means looking at the past as a learning
experience. This will make it easier to deal with a situation, should it
arise in the future, and encourage your children to be responsible for his
or her actions.
"Children today are constantly exposed to new and potentially dangerous
situations and as the environment around us changes, we have to adapt,"
says Leonardo. "The same is true for the rules of parenting; they must be
updated and modernized to reflect today's societal norms."
The DVD series, "The Secrets of Modern Parenting," can be purchased at
http://www.amazon.com, or http://www.smp4kids.com.