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Duct Tape Parenting at 51 Main Tomorrow Night

10.31.2012 By: Eliza, MiniBury Founder

Join Duct Tape Parenting: A Less is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible & Resilient Kids author VICKI HOEFLE Thursday, November 1 at 51 Main at the Bridge in Middlebury at 8:00 p.m.

Veteran Parent Educator Vicki Hoefle will present her new book, talk about her philosophy, and answer parents’ questions about the challenges they face daily. As the event begins at 8PM, consider getting a sitter at 7:00 and unwinding over a delicious meal before the presentation!

There’s a new set of 3Rs for our kids – respect, responsibility, and resilience – to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages a different, counter-intuitive – yet much more effective – approach: for parents to sit on their hands, stay on the sidelines, even if duct tape is required, so that the kids step up. Duct Tape Parenting gives parents a new perspective on what it means to be effective, engaged parents and to enable kids to develop confidence through solving their own problems. This is not a book about the parenting strategy of the day, but rather a relationship-based guide to span all ages and stages of development. Witty, straight-shooting Hoefle addresses frustrated parents everywhere who are ready to raise confident, capable children to go out in the world.

Event is sponsored by the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

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Eliza, MiniBury Founder

Hello, I’m Eliza. I founded MiniBury in 2012 because I had a hunch that I wasn't the only parent in Addison County missing fun family friendly events. I love the challenge of finding and sharing information about our community to other parents.

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