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Parent Express for 28-Mar-2006
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Welcome to Parent Express, the PCI e-zine! Here you will find updates on the Parent Coaching Institute, along with ideas and practical tips for the parenting journey. The other day I was talking to someone and said, "Hope springs eternal." And then I said, "Spring hopes eternal, too!" It seems that spring and hope go together well. At this time of year, many of us find renewed energy and positive approaches—just because it’s spring! Are you a hopeful parent? My article below on “High-Hopes Parenting” shares some of the fascinating research CR Synder provides in his book, The Psychology of Hope (The Free Press, 1994). Most parents and professionals I talk to aren't aware of this amazing (and very hopeful!) body of research. I thought the beginning of spring would be good time to share it, in case, you too, aren't aware of it. My article gives a few important ideas. But they just scratch the surface. If intrigued, I recommend that you pick up the book sometime and read further. It’s bound to inspire hope when you need it! Happy Spring! Gloria DeGaetano, Founder and CEO 
Applications are being accepted now for Summer Quarter. (Application deadline, May 1.) If you are a forward-thinking professional with an undergraduate degree and a deep calling to work with parents, welcome home. We seek the "best of the best" for our acclaimed distance-learning Parent Coach Certification Training Program™ . Please click here for more information. As a PCI Certified Parent Coach™ you’ll have the opportunity to create a parent coaching practice, working with moms and dads who want to take their parenting to the next level. Call today for an application packet: 425-401-1519 or email: info@thepci.com. 
You are going to be amazed at what a PCI Parent Coach can do for you and your family! PCI Certified Parent Coaches™ are caring, thoughtful professionals with years of experience working with parents. PCI Certified Parent Coaches™ have successfully completed the PCI Parent Coach Certification Training Program™ — a comprehensive academic one-year, graduate-level program in collaboration with Seattle Pacific University. Through a series of coaching conversations that can be either by telephone or in person, PCI Parent Coaches help you re-discover your dreams and design your life for more joy and satisfaction. To find a PCI Parent Coach in your area, please click here, or call 425-401-1519 for a referral to a PCI Parent Coach selected especially for you. 
Moms and Dads, tune in every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. on 1150 AM for true understanding, authentic affirmation, and real-world solutions to parenting challenges while sharing laughter and conversation. We want to hear your stories too! So call us on Saturday! In the Seattle area, call 425-373-5527. Out of town, call 888-298-5569. Listen to us on the web: www.1150kknw.com Upcoming topics and guests:
 Are You a “High
Hopes” Parent? If you know that piece of trivia, congratulations! It was the song, High Hopes in the movie, Hole in the Head (not the most famous movie, I admit). The song became more poplar after Frank Sinatra recorded it in 1961. In the wake of today’s turbulence, the lyrics seem banal:
An ant probably can’t move a rubber tree plant by itself, but if it kept hopeful enough, it’s probability of success increases, because with a hopeful attitude, inspiration has a place to strike. And with hope, resiliency reigns. Without it, despair can paralyze and slow down effective solutions to a standstill. High hopes may seem like a myth when we look around today at all the suffering, de-fragmentation, unhappiness, and outright fear, terror, and paranoia. Yet, brain research continues to amass data that hopeful people are more effective problem solvers.
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The PCI was recently featured in an article about Parent Coaching on an iParenting site! To read it, please click here. Jen Wolf, PCI Parent Coach in training, was also featured. Jen resides in Michigan and will graduate from the PCI this summer. What an honor to have iPareting approach her for an interview! She then referred the author to the PCI. Thanks so much Jen! To learn more about Jen Wolfe, Parent Coach, you can visit her wonderful website: www.pathwaysparentcoach.com. This month’s topic of Gloria’s syndicated column, Your Parenting Coach is: How to Prepare Your Child for Preschool 
Gloria De Gaetano will present a seminar for parents of young children on March 28 at 7PM at Wedgewood Co-Operative Preschool in Seattle. There is no charge for the event. Please call, 206-633-0151 for more information. Gloria will discuss the power of the media to influence young brains and how parents can immunize their children against potential negative effects by amplifying The Vital Five—the five developmental needs that easily get shortchanged in our media culture. For more about The Vital Five, see Gloria’s latest book, Parenting Well in a Media Age. April 12, 7-9 pm Gloria DeGaetano will present Raising Children in a Media Saturated World, Skagit Valley College, Whidbey Island, Hayes Hall, Room 137. For more information, please contact Robyn Wynn, 360-679-5391 or robyn.wynn@skagit.edu To engage Gloria DeGaetano for a keynote or workshop, contact her at 425-401-1519 or 1-888-599-4447.
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This issue of Parent Express was originally published March 28, 2006. Some content, contact information, and links may be out of date, and the conversion from the original email edition may introduce formatting inconsistencies.
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