One can read all the books, magazines and articles on-line about parenting. But nothing is better than sitting face to face with an expert and have your individual questions answered, sharing their knowledge, meeting other parents and improving your parenting skills. You can change your and your child’s life with parent education.

Time: 7:30pm - 9:45pm
Venue: van Hogenhoucklaan 89 (Behind Bronovo Hospital)

Cost: €35 per person or €52.50 for couples (pre-paid)

DISCOUNTS: If you register and pre-pay for 4 or more seminars, you will receive a 14% discount. Instead of €35 per seminar, you'd pay €30 or €120 for 4. More below.

Every Day Life Topics

May 26th   Do you really know & understand your child?

June 14th  Parenting Pressures

 October 11 (new date) Communicating for Cooperation & Compliance

October 4th Strategies for Gifted Children

November 15th Marshmallows and Delayed Gratification

March 14 - Money Matters for Moms

Expat Life Topics

 2011 Feb 3  Your will be Done – Death and family testaments in the NL 
 2011 Feb 2   Raising Bilingual Children 
 Language Planning Workshop - on demand 

Expat Life Topics

"Your will be done” planning for your children if you die here in NL.

February 3 (2011), 7:30pm, €35

Every expat parent should have a Dutch will to avoid legal or tax-related problems, should the unthinkable happen. Especially, a testament, for your childrens’ sakes. In Holland, the existence of a foreign will can sometimes prove very disadvantageous when it comes to taxation. If you die while resident in the Netherlands, your entire estate will be subject to Dutch inheritance tax, no matter where your assets are. The courts will take custody of your children. Yolanda Bokhorst, (international family law specialist) will give parents need-to-know information to get it done quickly and painlessly.  If you would like to register, please use our online booking form.

Raising Bilingual Children

February 2 (2011), 7:30pm, €35 (Wednesday)

A lecture by Eowyn Crisfield (BA TESL, MA Applied Linguistics). Are you also teaching your child Dutch, French, German, Spanish or Arabic? Multicultural, multinational, multilingual? Eowyn offers an excellent lecture on how to raise multilingual children, with all the guidelines, practicalities and important details.  This talk will answer many worrisome (language) questions for multi-national parents considering a creche, peuterschool or primary school for their international children. If you would like to register, please use our online booking form.

Intensive Language Planning Workshop with Eowyn

Depending on demand, €80 per couple.  Many parents leave the child bilingualism seminar with a new commitment to their children’s bilingual journey, but still have questions about how to best facilitate it. Parents raising children with more than one language have many decisions to make regarding language input, maintenance, and literacy, and need to think out the long-term consequences of the choices available to them.

Therefore, Eowyn is offering small-group (maximum 4 couples) workshops, parents will work towards creating a workable language plan for their family, giving them concrete guidance in all the steps of the process. At the end of the session each family will have 1-3 detailed language plans which would work for their family in different circumstances. The language plans will be inclusive – from birth, through formal education and literacy and on long-term language maintenance. Parents are required to complete an information questionnaire at least one week prior to the workshop. Date determined by demand. If you would like to register, please use our online booking form. This workshop does not qualify for the discount.

Every Day Life Topics

Do you really Know and Understand your Child?

May 26th, 7:30pm, €35

Hosted by the American Women's Club, The Hague:  As parents, we should be more aware of how our own personality affects the interactions we have with our children. Angel Buster from The "Kingdom of Colors" will present an easy-to-understand method for identifying your and your child’s personality type.  During this inspiring and experiential program she will help you understand yourself and your children better, to recognize potential strengths and development areas, and learn how to adapt your style for better communication and interaction leading to a more harmonious relationship. This original workshop will be appropriate for parents with children from 6 years old. If you would like to register, please use our online booking form. 

Parenting Pressures

June 14th, 19:30.

A seminar for all busy parents: working or full-time – who need some helpful tips to organise and invigorate them.  Expectations around parenting; sharing the huge responsibility and workload (or not) can cause tension even in the strongest of relationships. Sinead Hewson will give advice on basic communication, setting expectations, prioritisation & time management to make parenting feel a lot easier. If you would like to register, please use our online booking form.

Communicating for Cooperation and Compliance

Strategies for Gifted Children

Marshmallows & Delayed Gratification: Patience & Perseverence

Money Matters for Mothers

March 14th 19:30 

Like me, many women depend on their husbands or partners for financial support while we raise the kids (and possibly work full or part-time). We leave the insurance, retirement, planning and budgeting matters in their hands. Do you really know what you spend a month? Is your life insured? What are you (could you) save per month? Learn more about financial planning with Jose' de Boer, mother of three.

We are always looking for new topics and good speakers. Please contact us if you have any suggestions or ideas by using our contact form.