4.+You+Drive+Me+Wild!+Realistic+Parenting

** Dear Parents, ** As part of the Parent & Friends Group (PFG) of AIS, we are working with the school and the community available to us in HCMC to bring to you relevant speakers of interest on a regular basis. Our last information session on **//‘Third Culture Kids’//** by Craig Eldred, was very successful and we hope that you enjoyed the topic.Our second Parents Information Evening will be taking place on Tuesday 21 May at 7.00pm at Al Fresco in Thao Dien. We are very excited about our second topic: ** “YOU DRIVE ME WILD! - Realistic Parenting” **// - Getting the results you want without losing your mind! //  Do you ever find yourself trying your best to be patient, but ending up screaming at your children? Do you want to tear you hair out, because they just won't do their homework? In a world where children are encouraged more and more to be independent and empowered, parents have sometimes become disempowered by pressure to provide options and nurture for their children whilst boundaries and consequences have been left aside. Kasia Lee is a qualified “Play Therapist” who currently works at Smart Kids in Saigon. Play therapy works on the premise that children communicate their thoughts and feelings through play more naturally than they do through verbal communication. Kasia will lead a discussion, from a Play Therapists perspective, on how we can be positive, option-providing and patient parents nurturing emotionally whole children, without throwing out consequences and boundaries and without losing our own sanity in the process! ** Details for the event: ** ** Date: ** Tuesday 21 May, 2013 ** Venue: ** Al Fresco in Xuan Thuy Road – Thao Dien, D2  ** Event: ** Talk on //“YOU DRIVE ME WILD - Realistic Parenting”// ** Time: ** 7.00pm till 8.30pm NB: Talk g Talk goes for 45 minutes, the other 45 minutes - informal discussion and socialising. ** Warm regards, ** ** Hema Kumar ** ** AIS Parents and Friends’ Group (PFG) ** ** RSVP: Hema Kumar - ****hema@bornsage.com**** for catering and set-up logistics. **