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Chick Moorman Gives Parenting Tips at FAMS

Want to know how to keep your middle schooler off drugs and raise a teenager into a respectable adult? You might find the answers tonight.

Chick Moorman, author of several highly acclaimed books for teachers and parents is speaking at FAMS tonight at 7 p.m.

The title of his talk is: Words That Empower, Words That Wound. Join other interested parents for an evening of eye opening and delighted stories by Chick Moorman as he takes typical daily situations and problems that parents face and present usable communication strategies that work.

• Learn how to build self-esteem and to encourage responsibility.
• Discover the 10 best and worst things to say to children.
• Improve communication skills. 
• Hear suggestions for speaking in ways that reduce family conflict while building trust and caring among family members.
• Explore how parents talk to their children and the underlying "silent messages" that accompany their actual words.

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Parent Talk, sponsored by the Franklin Lakes Parents, will be in the Multipurpose Room at FAMS. 

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