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

• 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
• Oct 19^th – Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World by Jenn Granneman and Andre Solo
• Nov 16^th – Growing Up in Public: coming of age in a digital world by Devorah Heitner
• Dec 14^th – Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

Antonio Buehler, founder of self-directed education center Abrome, leads this discussion group which votes to select books to read and discuss each year. 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.