ONLINE: Parenting and Education Conversations

Click here to join Education Conversations, a live virtual discussion group happening 3rd Thursdays at 6pm.

Westbank Libraries’ Parenting and Education Conversations touches upon topics in parenting and education, with a focus on the psychology that informs our approach to raising and teaching children in grades K-12. Participants engage in lively discussions on the topic, and we encourage educators and parents to attend to offer multiple perspectives and voices.

2023 Reading Selections through September.

• Jan 19^th The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
• Feb 16^th – Trust Kids!: Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy by Carla Bergman
• Mar 16^th – Bringing Up Bebe: one American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting by Pamela Druckerman
• Apr 20^th – The Art of Talking with Children: the simple keys to nurturing kindness, creativity, and confidence in kids by Rebecca Rolland
• May 18^th – The Danish Way of Parenting: What the happiest people in the world know about raising confident, capable kids by Jessica Joelle Alexander and Iben Dissing Sandahl
• Jun 15^th – The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon
• Jul 20^th – Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Becky Kennedy
• Aug 17^th – ADHD 2.0: new science and essential strategies for thriving with distraction – from childhood through adulthood by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
• Sep 21^st – Visual Thinking: the hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns and abstractions by Temple Grandin

Antonio Buehler founded Abrome to fundamentally change the way the world views education. He wants society to reject the notion that education should be a standardized product in which children are expected to be passive recipients of instruction that is chosen and delivered by adults. Antonio wants learners to be able to direct their own education so they can live rich, fulfilling lives. He believes that by providing learners with the opportunity to take full ownership of their education, Abrome will help save millions of lives, and in the process change the world.

Antonio earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy, an M.B.A. from Stanford University, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.