“ My passion is helping parents find their strengths. Parents today have many stresses and not much support. In days past, parents could rely on their extended family, friends and neighbors to help them with their parenting issues. Today, we are busier, farther from our extended families, and more removed from the parenting support that we all need. Parents need to seek out the support from other areas because we all have times that we need some parenting advice.”

Dawn Lantero has been helping parents gain new insights through her parenting handbook; S.P.L.A.S.H. Parenting Principles (available at Amazon.com) and many workshops and classes taught over the past four years. She and her husband are the parents of four children and she has experience as both an elementary school teacher and stay-at-home parent.

“I love working with parents of young children. I see these as the formative years for family structures--and practices put into place at this time will have long lasting benefits. I believe that young children need structure and a rhythm to their day. This helps them to understand their world and gives them an inner confidence in knowing what to expect. Young children also need to understand that their parents are the authority in their lives. Children also respond beautifully to positive reinforcement. They desire the love and attention of their parents and if they are rewarded with positive attention for behaving appropriately, they will strive to repeat these behaviors time and time again. Simple acts such as compliments, hugs and smiles help to remind the child that he/she is doing a good thing and help to build his/her confidence. Too often parents fall into the negative reinforcement pattern of yelling and reprimanding the child when he/she is doing something wrong—giving attention to the child only when negative behavior is being displayed.”

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