Reconciling COVID19 with God’s divine plan: Biblical insights on crisis, love and resilience in the family
This online training is for parenting children of any age. Who should attend? Parents who seek to strengthen their Christian values at home amidst a cyber-powered popular culture that hypes fear and anxiety. Parents of all creeds who seek to strengthen family bonds...
Coping with pandemic losses: Free support group for high school seniors
Amy Rose Vergie is the Program Director for Recovery Happens, a drug counseling and treatment center for adolescent and young adults with locations in Fair Oaks, Roseville, Davis, Walnut Creek and San Raphael. “We have set up a support group, facilitated by our...
Pandemic thought leadership: Know the difference between a predicament and a problem
Crucial Conversation Concepts Guidance for conversations with youth in a cyber-powered world, wherein it is easy to believe things that are not true and focus on things that do not really matter. As we work through the global response to the Corona pandemic, the most...
Shelter in place: Resilient responses and resources for you and your family
During this COVID19 shelter-in-place response, the most important thing we can teach our youth is how to be aware, well-informed and unafraid. Let me offer a real-life example. The other day while on a long walk with my husband, a young boy riding his bike was...
Learning how to fear well: Teach your child to have a disciplined response to a pandemic
The advent of mobile connectivity and social media places new demands on parents to teach children how to fear. Learning how to fear is an important life skill in a cyber-powered world that hypes anxiety and shame-inspiring experiences and thoughts (i.e., bullying,...
