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How to Best Parent Tweens- While They Are Still Listening
with Parenting the Adlerian Way
Why Investing in Your Tween is Crucial for Successful Teen Years.
with crosswalk.com
The Tween Years Do Not Have to Be Hard.
with Fathering Together
Tween Tips Part I: How to Make Emotional Connections
with The Local Moms Network
What’s Your Middle School Kid Really Thinking?
7 part series with Everydayhealth.com
Patch.com Article: Hachette Books Publishes Darien Author’s Guide to Parenting Tweens
Patch.com Article: Connecting With Your Tween While They are Still Listening 10/12/22 Workshop hosted by the YWCA and MPA
Melissa in the Morning Segment: Talking to Tweens
Resources to Recover Article: The Parenting Backpack- Middle School and Mental Health
Darien Times Article: Time to Slow Down, For Our Children’s Mental Health
YWCA Honors 2022 Women of Distinction
Congratulations to Dr. Craig for being nominated as one of the 2022 YWCA Darien/Norwalk Women of Distinction!
Kids Helping Kids 1st Annual Hope Day
June 25, 2023 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Mill River Park, 1040 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT
Free street parking and free parking in the Summer Street garage (next to Target)
Discussing God's Creation: The Psychology of Family Relationships
Dr. Craig will lead a discussion. The topic is God's Creation: the Psychology of Family Relationships. (A light lunch and childcare will be provided.)
All are welcome!
Are you raising a young family? Do you strive to make Christ the foundation of your family? If so, this is the discussion for you. We will explore how the practice of our faith intersects with psychology through the practical application of building human relationships and connection. Dr. Craig will draw from her book Who Are You And What Have You Done With My Kid.
Family Workshop with Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT hosted by the Fairfield Public Library
Join local family therapist, Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT for a three-part group series on family connection, based on her new book, Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Kid? These sessions, aimed at "tweens" aged 8 - 12 years of age, will offer a space where families can come together to discuss common pressures and how that affects mental health and well being. It will be an interactive group where families will leave with tips and tools for strengthening family connections.
ORDER BOOK HERE
Week 3, May 11th - Expanding the context: Learning from our past to understand our present RSVP for Event →
Family Workshop with Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT hosted by the Fairfield Public Library
Join local family therapist, Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT for a three-part group series on family connection, based on her new book, Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Kid? These sessions, aimed at "tweens" aged 8 - 12 years of age, will offer a space where families can come together to discuss common pressures and how that affects mental health and well being. It will be an interactive group where families will leave with tips and tools for strengthening family connections.
ORDER BOOK HERE
Week 2, May 4th - Building family connections: What gets in the way and how do we repair RSVP for Event →
Family Workshop with Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT hosted by the Fairfield Public Library
Join local family therapist, Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT for a three-part group series on family connection, based on her new book, Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Kid? These sessions, aimed at "tweens" aged 8 - 12 years of age, will offer a space where families can come together to discuss common pressures and how that affects mental health and well being. It will be an interactive group where families will leave with tips and tools for strengthening family connections.
ORDER BOOK HERE
Week 1, April 27th - Expanding the context: Learning from our past to understand our present RSVP for Event →
Dr. Craig’s Book Talk With Fairfield Public Library
Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT, will discuss her book, Who Are You & What Have You Done with My Kid?, which outlines how to keep our kids close while cultivating the confidence they will need for their teen years and beyond. Topics covered include why the tween years are among the most critical developmentally and how to emotionally connect with our kids while their brains are changing, while they are feeling and experiencing emotions they do not recognize, and while they are learning how to express themselves.
Recommended for parents and caregivers of tweens (9-12 years of age). Registration is required. Space is limited. Registration opens on Thursday, March 30.
REGISTER HERE
Boundary Setting to Promote Recovery with Amanda Craig, PhD
Join me at the New Canaan Parent Support Group. One of the most challenging aspects of loving someone who has an addiction is reconciling the person you love with their negative behavior. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT, will discuss the importance of boundaries in promoting recovery. This includes not just setting the boundaries but also upholding them with consequences.
RSVP
Cares continues the conversation with Dr. Craig
Register for one or all three!
March 5th-Building Family Connections: Becoming the secure base kids need
March 12th-Building Family Connections, Part 2: What gets in the way and how do we repair relationships
March 19th-Expanding the Context: Learn from the past to understand the present
To Register visit: https://newcanaancares.org/event/conversation_amandacraig/
Dr. Craig’s Book Talk with New Canaan Cares
Dr. Craig speaks to parents about the tools and tips in her book, Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Kid? about how to connect with your tween while they are still listening.
Learn why the tween years are among the most critical years developmentally
Books will be available for purchase at Elm Street Books
Held at Saxe Middle School
Register at: https://newcanaancares.org/event/amandacraig/
Tween Real-Life Food Talk with Dr. Amanda Craig and Dr. Katie Takayasu
Calling all Tweens! Join Dr. Amanda Craig and Dr. Katie Takayasu for a discussion about embracing the fun of food and learning the interplay between food and emotions. SPACE IS LIMITED!
The Tween Pop-Up Groups offer a place in the community for kids ages 9-12 to discuss difficult issues, learn about themselves and grow in their understanding of the world around them.
Family Workshop with Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT hosted by the Darien Library
Join local family therapist, Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT for a three-part group series on family connection, based on her new book, Who Are You and What Have You Done With My Kid? These sessions, aimed at "tweens" aged 8 - 12 years of age, will offer a space where families can come together to discuss common pressures and how that affects mental health and well being. It will be an interactive group where families will leave with tips and tools for strengthening family connections.
Week 1, October 16th - Building family connections: Becoming the secure base kids need
Week 2, October 23rd - Building family connections: What gets in the way and how do we repair
Week 3, October 30th - Expanding the context: Learning from our past to understand our present
Connecting With Your Tween While They Are Still Listening
So you have a Tween! What now? Dr. Amanda Craig knows what it’s like to watch your child go from sweet elementary student to moody tween in the span of just a few years and she’s here to help navigate you through it!
Register at www.ywcadn.org
Hosted by the MPA and YWCA, get answers to questions like:
-How do we keep our kids close while still cultivating the confidence they’ll to group up?
-How do we navigate the inevitable dips, divides and potholes?
-Where do we find the strength, self-awareness, and wisdom that amount to a path forward?
BOOK LAUNCH Who Are You and What Have You Done with My Kid?…Connect with Your Tween While They are Still Listening
Dr. Craig’s new book from Hachette Book Group launches September 20th, 2022
Join Dr. Craig for light refreshments and snacks. Bring the entire family or come for a date night… sure to be fun!
When: September 20th 6:30pm
Where: Barrett Bookstore, 6 Corbin Drive, Darien, CT 06820
What: Q and A with the author, light refreshments and lots of fun!
Tween Pop up for Girls
Darien Nature Center hosts a three part series for girls 9-12. This week we focus on body positivity. This group will have a ton of movement as we notice the way we move, dance, and view our bodies. Discussion will center around seeing and treating our body as the temple it is while also embracing our differences. This group is facilitated by Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT; Nina Nelson, Photographer and Jean Neubohn, makeup artist.
Tween Pop up for Girls
Darien Nature Center hosts a three part series for girls 9-12. This week we focus on bringing the inside out. We will talk about how we feel and think inside and finding ways through art, writing, creating to express ourselves in the world and with people around us. When we name our thoughts and feelings, express them and regulate them we feel alive. This group is facilitated by Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT and Jen Faye Colombo, Artist
Tween Pop up for Girls
Darien Nature Center hosts a three part series for girls 9-12. This week we focus on girls in leadership. We will talk about the super powers of being a leader and how girls exhibit strength, support one another, and build each other up. Come to one pop up or all. This one is facilitated by Dr. Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT and Ruby Elgar, Family therapist.
Wilton High School
The ReShaping Reality Club is dedicated to promoting body positivity and raise awareness of eating disorders, body dysmorphia, diet culture and more. In this group we will explore how to empower positive body image and self talk to combat peer and media pressure.