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May 2008 - USA TODAY Letter
'Offer parents support'
It is troubling that the gender and education debate mentions parents
only in the context of their financial contributions to children's
education ("Yes, university women, there is a boy problem," Our view;
Girls gain, and so do boys," Opposing view, May 21).
USA TODAY's view cites wealthy parents' ability to find a college
willing to accept their under-achieving sons. The opposing view makes
a similar point, noting that disparities in family income are related
to differences in academic success.
But parents do so much more than write checks. Deeper than our
society's "boy problem" is a parenting problem.
One key piece of the solution to the educational, social and
emotional challenges that families face today has to be parenting
services.
Parenting education needs to become a default setting in human
services: a stigma-free activity, accessible and affordable, that
mothers and fathers take part in routinely.
Parenting education could be preventive or remedial, but either way,
it is a necessity. The sooner parents and policymakers alike get this
message, the better off all our children will be.
Eve Sullivan
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founder, PARENTS FORUM
USA TODAY, May 29, 2008 (page A10)
April 2008 - InTimeTV
Dr. Joe Troiani, host of Behavioral Health Update,
a program for social workers, psychologists and other
mental health professionals, interviews PARENTS FORUM
founder Eve Sullivan in a show to be webcast on Saturday
April 26 and available from their archives after that
date. As a practicing clinical psychologist and
professor of psychology, Dr. Troiani sees that professionals
often neglect the role of peer support programs, or 'consumer-
based organizations,' as he calls them. He believes that
peer support has an important and distinct role to play in
helping individuals, especially parents, successfully
resolve the problems they face.
http://www.intimetv.com/medical/bhu.cfm
November 2007 - Epoch Times
The Boston and Atlanta issues of The Epoch Times (page A3, yes, we are moving up in the world!) carried a story about PARENTS FORUM. Founder Eve Sullivan, on a weekend visit to Atlanta, Georgia, to see her son and his wife, stopped by the public library near her son's work. A casual conversation with the library director led to the interview for this article which stresses the positive aspects of parenting education.
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-11-15/61999.html
September 2007 - World Learning e-newsletter
In the World Learning e-newsletter, under the heading 'Alumni and their Impact' PARENTS FORUM founder Eve Sullivan recalls her summer in Switzerland as part of an Experimenter in International Living exchange group. It was her first experience living in another culture and trying to speak another language.
The Experiment, founded in the 1930s, has grown over the years to include
study abroad and language instruction programs and a school for international training, taking the name World Learning to reflect its broad scope. In August, Boston area alums of several World Learning
programs held a reunion and other similar get-together are planned.
June 2007 - Boston Sunday GLOBE
'The Aspiration Gap' appeared as the Boston Sunday GLOBE City Weekly Section June 4, 2007. A young man in Somerville, Mass., deeply troubled by his friends' self-destructive behaviors, had written an essay titled 'The graduation speech you'll never
hear.'
This reader response by PARENTS FORUM founder Eve Sullivan addresses parents' dual roles in setting goals for and loving their children. It quotes research by Murray Straus (U. New Hampshire) and by Jelani Mandara (Northwestern U.) on parenting errors and omissions that cause suffering, particularly in young men. The article calls for 'greater recognition for the value and effectiveness of parenting education and support, along with wider availability and better funding for parenting services.'
May 2007 - NGO Network Magazine
'Parent Is A Verb' appears as the 'Guest Writer' column in the May-August issue of NGO Network Magazine, a general interest magazine for the non-profit sector in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa.
The magazine is published by NGO Guide 2000, a Nigeria-based NGO-Service Consortium, organizers of the Annual All Nigeria NGO Summit and Exposition http://ngoguide2000.tripod.com.
NGO Network also collaborates with the World Association
of NGOs headquartered in Tarrytown, New York.
June 2006 - Drum Beat
The Drum Beat, an online publication of The Communications
Initiative, published "Listening to Parents" by Eve Sullivan (PARENTS FORUM) and James Wagwau (New Vision Uganda).
From the article . . .
"Parenting is fundamentally an emotional task, carried out by human
beings who were also parented. We believe that viewing emotional
awareness as the basis of parenting gives us a fundamentally new
perspective. With this view, we see that it is essential to place
primary emphasis on listening to parents."
A drumbeatchat discussion forum on listening to parents will
follow. You are invited to express your opinion.
To subscribe to The Drum Beat, sign up here:
http://www.comminit.com/subscribe_drumbeat.html
To join the drumbeatchat discussion, subscribe here:
http://www.comminit.com/email_forum.html#drumbeatchat
 June 2003 - Solidarity
The monthly publication of the United Auto Workers, with which the National Writers Union is affiliated, has its cover story on union members' volunteer service.
'News from the locals' the Region 9A (New England)
section includes a note about the Point of Light
award given to PARENTS FORUM founder Eve Sullivan.
Click on the image
of article to read it
January 2003 - Family Support America Newsletter
What Do Parents Want? ...
YMCA of the USA and the Search Institute recently polled a thousand parents to examine what kinds of assistance and support they say they need to raise their children. A key finding: parents want more reassurance, especially from other parents, that they are making the right decisions for their children. Family support centers across the nation are doing great work to provide parents with on-going opportunities for parent peer group interactions that provide such reassurance.
For information on helping parents start a support group in your community, contact PARENTS FORUM [ info@parentsforum.org ]
or purchase, through Family Support America, a low-cost copy
of Starting and Operating Support Groups: A Guide for Parents
[ http://www.familysupportamerica.org ]. On the Family Support America site
be sure to look at the mapping project which lists centers in
your area that are already providing peer support groups.
(Hint: search under services for centers that provide peer support groups/mentoring..)
To read more on the study, called Building Strong Families, visit YMCA of the USA or the Search Institute.
 January 14, 2003 - Daily Point of Light
We are delighted to share this h a p p y n e w s :
Founder Eve Sullivan has been named January 14, 2003 National
Daily Point of Light for her efforts in supporting parents.
Horray and s p e c i a l t h a n k s to Susan Silva,
Somerville PARENTS FORUM participant and coordinator,
for the nomination!
Look online http://www.pointsoflight.org/awards/AwardWinnerShow.cfm?AwardNum=2334 after January 14th to see the story.
 November 2002
Boston PARENTS PAPER
Cathy Elsik in the column Parenting People featured
PARENTS FORUM under the headline Helping Parents Air Their Feelings
and quoted founder Eve Sullivan, "As parents we teach
children to process emotions... We tell them it's OK
to feel angry, OK to feel sad and OK to feel afraid.
And, in order to parents to do that, they must get
comfortable on their own emotional roller coaster
first."
 September 2002 Newsweek
September 30, 2002 NEWSWEEK had this letter on the topic of parenting education, relating it to a review of a new psychology book Authentic Happiness
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