✨ Parenting Today: Finding Clarity in the Noise ✨
Parenting today can feel like a full-time identity crisis.
One day you’re trying to be gentle and endlessly patient 💛
The next, you worry you’re being too soft.
Then you’re told to be “authoritative but not authoritarian,” calm but firm, involved but not a helicopter…
—all while raising a resilient, successful, emotionally intelligent child.
😮💨 No wonder so many of us feel confused and exhausted.
🌱 You’re Invited to a Special Fundraising Workshop
Join us as we cut through the noise and focus on what kids actually need from us—grounded in brain science and real-life parenting.
📘 Event: Calm, Bold, Consistent: A Brain-Based Approach to Parenting
🎤 Speaker: Mila Teshler
Pediatric Occupational Therapist & Founder of KidLink Therapy
📅 Date: January 10, 2025
⏰ Time: 3pm
📍 Location: Lumen Academy
175 Main Street, Waltham, MA
🧠 In This Workshop, You’ll Learn:
✔️ The differences between gentle, permissive, authoritative, authoritarian, and helicopter parenting—and why many parents feel stuck swinging between extremes
✔️ A simple, clear overview of your child’s brain development and executive functions like impulse control, planning, and problem-solving
✔️ The Calm–Bold–Consistent (CBC) Parenting Model, including:
Calm: How to regulate yourself first so you can co-regulate your child
Bold: How to set clear, non-negotiable frameworks while still offering real choices—leading to fewer power struggles and more cooperation
Consistent: How to use predictable, brain-friendly boundaries and consequences instead of chaos or harshness
✔️ Real-life examples and scripts for everyday challenges like morning routines, homework, screen time, and transitions
💡 This isn’t about becoming a perfect parent.
It’s about becoming a steadier, more confident one, with tools that align with how your child’s brain actually works.
❤️ Why Attend?
All proceeds from this workshop will directly support Lumen Academy, helping our staff and students access the tools they need to thrive.
📌 Please RSVP to Register:
📣 Feel free to forward this event to any parent, caregiver, teacher, or community member who may benefit. The more adults who understand children’s brains and behavior, the better it is for all kids.
👩⚕️ Speaker Bio: Mila Teshler, MS, OTR/L
Mila Teshler is a pediatric occupational therapist, parent coach, and founder of KidLink Therapy in Lexington, MA. For over 20 years, she has supported families of children with ADHD, autism, anxiety, and sensory processing challenges—using approaches grounded in neuroscience, compassion, and real-life practicality.
Mila developed the Calm–Bold–Consistent (CBC) Parenting Model after working with hundreds of families overwhelmed by conflicting parenting advice and discipline methods that didn’t fit the modern world. Her work empowers parents to understand the child’s brain, reduce family conflict, and build healthier long-term relationships—without shame, punishment, or power struggles.
In addition to leading her clinical practice, Mila is a speaker and educator who presents at professional conferences including the Massachusetts OT Association, Rhode Island OT Association, and the Annual Gifted Education Conference. She is also the creator of the Strength-Based ADHD Parent Coaching Program and the NeuroTune Intervention Model—connecting movement, sensory regulation, and executive function development.
💙 At the heart of her work, Mila is a passionate advocate for children and families.
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