Family Goals for the New Year

Joining Family Focus this week is Maggie Macaulay, President of Whole Hearted Parenting. We'll talk about setting family goals for the new year, Family Mission Statements, family rituals and how to stay connected with your loved ones. Whole Hearted Parenting was created in 2000 by Maggie Macaulay, MS Ed, who has taught parents the skills to create cooperative, peaceful homes for over a decade. As a director with the International Network for Children and Families, Maggie trains instructors to teach the Redirecting Children's Behavior™ course and she leads RCB South Florida, a team of certified parent educators serving the tri-county area. Maggie is the recipient of the 2008 American Business Women's Association Spirit of Excellence Parent Educator of the Year Award. Through coaching, courses, workshops and teleseminars, Whole Hearted Parenting offers parents, teachers, businesses and professionals the skills to create cooperative groups - including our foundational group, our family - communicate effectively and assist children in becoming assertive, empathetic and self-reliant. Whole Hearted Parenting offers the Redirecting Children's Behavior™ course, over 30 workshops on hot-button issues for parents and teachers, classroom management training for teachers, workshops for organizations and the nationally available Parents in Pajamas™ teleseminars. As a Certified Coach, Maggie offers individual parent coaching. Visit her website at www.wholeheartedparenting.com