I love my work as a trainer (particularly in communication skills, public speaking and network presentations) but right now I’m very excited about my forthcoming e-book:

PARENTING BY STEALTH (because DO AS I SAY BECAUSE I SAY SO doesn’t work any more!)

Click here too, for more info about PARENTING BY STEALTH plus  Launch Details re the forthcoming e-book: Parenting by Stealth – packed with creative tools for the parenting tool box.

However, in the first place, perhaps I should point out the obvious:

I am not a perfect parent.    Sigh!

My children (two creative, spirited lads currently aged 25 and 20) think it’s hilarious that I ‘dare’ to tell other parents how to parent, when they clearly think I’ve made loads of massive errors in that department! And they’re probably right. So I’m not going to tell anyone how to do anything but instead, present to you some creative strategies that may well prove to be most interesting and useful tools for your parenting tool box. And we can never have too many of them!

I’ve called it Parenting by Stealth because, if you have sassy, quick-witted, eloquent, technologically-able children – who may well be cleverer than you (our oldest can certainly out-argue us any day of the week!)…then traditional ‘Do As I Say Because I Say So’ methods, won’t cut it any more. This generation do not respect their elders just because they ‘ought’ to (even the tiny children!)…they know their own mind and aren’t afraid to express it – and that’s how one of our boys ended up with 26 detentions given to him in just one week at school!!

Apparently Stealth Parenting is also a modern term for performing childcare duties whilst pretending to be at a business meeting or other work-related function.  Ah – if you’re looking for info or a book on that…this isn’t it! This is about finding creative ways to provide guidance, support and sometimes boundaries…without it being a win-lose situation and maybe without the kids even noticing that that is what you’re doing.

So, if you’ve tried all the ‘old methods’, the ways that maybe worked (or maybe didn’t) on you as a youngster….then read on for some new tools for your tool box to help guide our amazing youngsters through the minefield of growing up.

For excerpts from the forthcoming e-book: Parenting By Stealth, click here and scroll down.    I’m running a course on Parenting Strategies in November too which might be of interest.   However, in the interim – I do hope you like the radio show!   I haven’t heard it myself yet (except when it came out of my mouth!) so I’ll be interested to listen in too!