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Having very different 12-year-old twin daughters, it has been a comfort over the years to know that I can always call upon Melody for support and advice. Melody’s thoughtful and heartfelt insight and knowledge of childhood development have been a tremendous help in raising my girls to be confident, well-balanced individuals. I can’t imagine anyone more qualified and accessible than Melody. Thank you Melody from the bottom of my heart.
~ Erin G Rothner
There have been so many times I have been so grateful to you in our lives. Without you I’m not sure I would have ever learned to communicate with my son. Your skills and advice taught us how to reach him, and how to work with him, without resorting to traditional discipline. I am so relieved that I chose the positive parenting path. To think I could have punished my child for not listening when in fact he truly didn’t understand.
~ Bonnie, (mother of 6 ½ year old)
Melody calmed my worries over challenges I was experiencing in parenting my son. She helped me put things in perspective, and she helped me understand what is developmentally expected at my son's age. In addition, she gave me the tools I needed to communicate with my son's teacher with regard to school concerns. I feel a tremendous amount of support knowing, too, that I could utilize Melody as an advocate for my child.
~ Rubi, (mother of eleven year old)
Thank you so much for holding the "Big Feelings" workshop. Workshops like yours help take away the stigma that feelings have and show us that like our minds and bodies, our emotions have a role to play in our health and the health of all those around us. I really appreciate the strategies that you gave us as they help me to know what to do when these feelings come up and it gives me and my daughter tools we can learn to love and depend on when difficult situations arise.
~ Claudine, (mother of four-year-old)
Melody has been a wonderful parenting mentor for many years to me and my husband. Our children are currently 13 and 11 years old and Melody has supported us through the many challenges that come up especially when trying to parent from the heart. Melody approaches supporting parents in just the way she suggest parents set about parenting: by listening, giving empathy, acceptance and compassion. Melody has a calming effect which reminds me that my goal as a parent is to connect with my children. This connection will provide the foundation to the life long positive relationship I plan on having with my children. Thank you Melody for being there to guide the way!
~ Nicki Backlar, mother of Spencer, age 13, and Marlena, age 11
I am a mother of three wonderful children, all of whom need my love and attention in such different ways. My middle son requires most of my available resources. Melody has helped me to stop and emotionally take care of myself first, ahead of my children, especially when challenged by my 14 year old son. I have struggled for years, having had absorbed all of his strong feelings, compromising my abilities as a mother. My son continues to be challenging and I will continue to work towards helping him towards some life-harmony, however, along the way, I will be stronger and more capable having been guided by the loving hands of Melody.
~ Mary, mother of teenage son
Melody has been a parenting mentor to my family at each stage in the process since my son was 1 year old. While she has primarily supported me in both my decision-making and my personal developmental and emotional parenting processes, over the years she has facilitated meetings between me and my son, between my ex-husband and my son… she supported all of us through some “blended family” challenges and she has also specifically supported my son in challenges with me. I cannot express in words the gratitude that I feel for having Melody’s compassionate, loving perspective light in our lives for the last 17 years.
I have a fabulous relationship with my teenage son and I consider myself a confident and sensitive parent even at this challenging stage of the parenting process. Melody’s loving support has been a meaningful component of solidifying my evolution as a parent.
~ Robin, mother of a 17 year-old