Millennium Parent Ed: Mindful Parenting w/ Dr. Chris White

Build Character, not Self Esteem

Most of us want our children to become fully themselves: to grow into their full potential in life, find their unique gifts and share them with the world. And most of us have been taught that healthy self-esteem is a key ingredient. But what if focusing on self-esteem and happiness are actually detrimental to your child'sauthenticity and growth as a person? After studying child development and parenting for 30 plus years, I now believe that we have been focusing on the wrong things. Instead of focusing on individuality, we should be focused on embeddedness. Instead of focusing on making our children happy, we should focus on the development of character. And instead of focusing on our child's specialness, we should focus on humility.

Join us for this lively discussion where there will be plenty of time for questions and comments.

Date: Thursday, November 21st, 2024

Time: 6-7:30pm

Where: Millennium School, 888 Turk St. San Francisco, CA 94102

About Chris White, MD:

Chris is a pediatrician, parent coach, and co-author of the book Mindful Discipline: A loving approach to setting limits and raising an emotionally intelligent child. He is the creator and director of and lives with his two beautiful boys in Graton, CA.

Host or Publisher Millennium School