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06 Nov, 2012

Ottawa Giveaway alert: Drop the Worry Ball

Posted by andrea tomkins in: Fishbowl patrons| Giveaways and product reviews

Edited to add: Thanks for your entries! We have winners!  For those who did not win tickets, note that the JCC is selling them at the front desk for only $10 each!

I have a really neat little giveaway for you from Fishbowl patron, the SJCC.

What happens when you combine children who expect the best of everything with parents who believe failure is not an option? You get parenting in the age of entitlement, an era of meddlesome managers rather than sympathetic advocates for confident kids.

Dr. Alex Russell offers a fresh perspective on raising self-motivated children ready to take on the world. In this special author-talk, Dr. Russell will discuss how to:

  • Understand parent-child dynamics
  • Resist the pressure to over-parent
  • Help kids worry for themselves
  • Build effective relationships with outside authorities
  • Manage ADHD, anxiety and other special needs
  • Embrace failing as learning, not parental incompetence

This event is hosted by the Soloway JCC Family Life Center program in partnership with the Ottawa Jewish Community School. It will be taking place on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at the Soloway JCC.

The Family Life Centre supports families with young children through parenting education and discussion groups as well as interactive classes for parents/caregivers and their children. The Family Life Centre provides a friendly place where families can play and learn together.

This giveaway is for a free pair of tickets to the event described above. AND two runners up will each receive a copy of Dr. Russell’s book, “Drop the Worry Ball: How to Parent in the Age of Entitlement”

Interested?

  • Leave a comment below. If you’re keen, I’d love to hear what parenting topic YOU are interested in hearing more about. One entry per family please.
  • This giveaway is void in Quebec, sorry.
  • If you can’t post your comment for whatever reason you can email it to me for posting at andrea at quietfish dot com. Please note, I cannot be responsible if your entry is misdirected or gets stuck in my Spam folder!

That’s it! Entries must be in by noon on November 13 2012, at which point I’ll do a random draw from all qualifying entries. The winners will be contacted by email, so make sure you leave a valid address.

Thank you SJCC, for being such great members of the community…  and helping us become better parents too!


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14 Responses to "Ottawa Giveaway alert: Drop the Worry Ball"

1 | Brenda A

November 6th, 2012 at 3:56 pm

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I would be very interested in learning how to create a home environment that evokes gratitude/graciousness. My kids are not rude, but I would love for them to learn to see every day common things as gifts, not only material items.

2 | Sarah

November 6th, 2012 at 4:11 pm

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Very interested! Always eager for more info on how to not over parent but give kids tools to be independent, especially as they get older.

3 | Lorrie Douthwright

November 6th, 2012 at 6:26 pm

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Yippee! It’s actually on a night I’m not working or volunteering! We need some ADHD management around here. A way to foster some self motivation couldn’t hurt either. :)

4 | Sonya

November 6th, 2012 at 7:33 pm

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All of it sounds fascinating!

5 | valerie

November 7th, 2012 at 9:27 am

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I’m intestested, especially in learning how to help/let my kids be more independent. I’m actually more interested in the book, though, I think, as then we could absorb the info more slowly. So, I’ll hope that I’m a runner-up. :)

6 | Michelle

November 7th, 2012 at 1:17 pm

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My kids have just started to school and I would like to try to give give them some tools to deal with the various situations they will face without over-parenting…

7 | Deb McCartney

November 7th, 2012 at 9:55 pm

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I have two kids and can use all the help I can get! :-)

8 | Cath

November 7th, 2012 at 10:07 pm

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Boy could I ever use this, especially this week!!!!

9 | Carolyn

November 8th, 2012 at 1:26 pm

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With 4 kids and one about to enter tweendom, we can always use a refresher course on parenting. We seem to deal alot with anxiety these days too - seems right up our alley.

10 | KL

November 8th, 2012 at 8:56 pm

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Some tips to help a tween deal with some anxiety that comes with changing relationships at school.

11 | Meliha

November 8th, 2012 at 9:06 pm

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Very interested!! Would love to hear some thoughts on how to help my kids become more confident people.

12 | Sean

November 8th, 2012 at 9:25 pm

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Cant narrow it down, all seems interesting. Would be very helpful!

13 | andrea

November 13th, 2012 at 12:47 pm

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Entries are officially closed! I’ll be posting the winners next!

14 | andrea

November 13th, 2012 at 12:54 pm

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The winner of the two tickets is commenter #6 - Michelle

The books are won by commenter #3- Lorrie Douthwright; and commenter #5 - Valerie!

Congratulations all!
I will be contacting you by email today.

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