Want to raise well-behaved children? Teach them a virtually fail-safe formula for success in school? Family psychologist, author and popular parenting speaker John K. Rosemond is coming to the Sandhills area Jan. 25 and 26 to present lectures on those topics and more. "Assuming the Power of Parenthood" is scheduled for 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25; "Bringing Out the Best in Your Child" is the topic at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 26. Sandhills MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) is sponsoring his appearances.

Rosemond, a nationally syndicated columnist in more than 175 newspapers, advocates a return to parent-centered families where children are raised to become responsible adults. He teaches logical, proven approaches for the most significant challenges parents face today.
 
Straightforward guidance covers issues such as self-esteem and discipline to television and chores.
Following each presentation, Rosemond will sign books, including his latest, Parenting by The Book, published in fall 2007. The author of over 10 best-selling books on parenting and family issues, he is writing several more, including "one that will liberate parents from the psychobabble surrounding toilet training, babble that has transformed something simple and straightforward into something unnecessarily stressful and complicated." Other books include A Family of Value, Because I Said So! and The NEW Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children.

The lecture series will be held at Pinecrest High School Auditorium, Southern Pines, NC. Rosemond, one of America's most in-demand public speakers, is the busiest by far in the parenting field. In a typical year, he gives more than 200 presentations to parent, teacher and helping-professional groups nationwide. His talks and workshops, which are filled with humor, factual information and practical advice, receive consistently superlative ratings.  Additionally, Moore County teachers will receive Continuing Education Units for attending.

In addition, Rosemond directs the Center for Affirmative Parenting, in Gastonia, NC, which provides "skillshops" and other educational presentations for parents and professions who work with children and families. The center also provides print and audio materials on parenting and child development.
"All that aside," Rosemond says, with a smile, "my real qualifications are that I have been married to the same wonderful woman, Willie, for 37 years-a rich marriage that has produced two children and seven well-behaved grandchildren."

On Friday, Jan. 25, Rosemond will speak on "Assuming the Power of Parenthood," his centerpiece presentation. After illustrating the differences between traditional and modern parenting styles and discussing the failures of the latter, Rosemond outlines an equally clear solution: Parents need but conform their behavior to each of the "Three Seasons of Child Rearing" as they naturally and logically unfold over the term of a child's dependency. Attendees regularly use such terms as "uplifting," "liberating" and "empowering" to describe this powerful yet immensely entertaining presentation.

Saturday, Jan. 26, he will speak about "Bringing Out the Best in Your Child." Rosemond advocates a return to a style of parenting which fosters the "Three R's: Respect for legitimate adult authority, a willingness to accept Responsibility and a Resourceful attitude toward challenge."

In that presentation, Rosemond shares the nuts and bolts of a traditional child-rearing formula with today's parents, empowering them to go home and empower their children for life-long achievement.
Advance tickets are $15 and are available online at the MOPS Web site www.sandhillsmops.com and at the Moore County Chamber of Commerce. Group sales are available. Tickets at the door will be $18.

Sponsors assisting MOPS in bringing Rosemond to the Sandhills include Lil Branch's Children's Shop, Drug-Free Moore County, Bill Smith Ford, First Health, Harris Teeter, SandhillsKids.com and Sandhills Sports Center.

ABOUT MOPS - Sandhills MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), a charter of MOPS International, exists to meet the needs of every mom in the North Carolina Sandhills area - moms from all different lifestyles who all share a similar desire to be the very best moms they can be!  MOPS' primary tools for encouragement are regular local meetings where moms of all ages and from all backgrounds gather to build friendships, share practical parenting strategies, and meet with mentors.
Sandhills MOPS is one of 4,000 MOPS groups that meet every month throughout the U.S. and in 29 other countries. More than 110,000 women are currently registered in MOPS groups.  For more information, please visit www.SandhillsMOPS.com or www.MOPS.org.