Should we teach children parenting skills?
Janet Pozmantier, a licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, play therapist, award-winning author, curriculum developer, trainer, and child advocate specializing in primary prevention programming, believes we should.
In this last episode honoring Women's History Month, we will explore the importance of teaching children about their own development and positive discipline techniques that might prepare them to be mentally healthy future parents. The hope for this teaching is to diminish the risk of children passing on dysfunctional or abusive parenting techniques that may have been used in their homes.
Pozmantier, who has created and successfully implemented child abuse prevention, relationship, parenting, mental health, trauma, and youth suicide prevention education curricula for children, youth, and adults is the co-author of a book on early childhood development (The First Years, DK Publishing, 2001).
She was instrumental in establishing several children’s advocacy organizations in Houston and served as the founding director of the Center for School Behavioral Health at Mental Health America of Greater Houston.
Pozmantier has spoken at local, state, and national conferences and specializes in “hands-on,” interactive presentations.
She is a recipient of the Unsung Hero Award from Children at Risk, the Distinguished Service Award from ChildBuilders, and the Trainer of the Year Award from Texas Association for the Education of Young Children.
Pozmantier is also a certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer (Youth and Adult), a certified Training Specialist for Mind Matters, and an American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow. As a consultant, she provides strategic planning, board and staff development, specialized trainings, and other services for non-profit organizations.
Tune in here on Thursday at 1 p.m. PT; 4 p.m. ET.
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