The Aware
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www.awareparenting.com

Transforming families around the world

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The Aware Parenting Institute

Aware Parenting is a philosophy of child rearing that has the potential to change the world. Based on current research in child development, Aware Parenting questions most traditional assumptions about raising children, and proposes a new approach that can significantly improve relationships within a family. Parents who follow this approach raise children who are cooperative, compassionate, competent, nonviolent, and drug free.

The Aware Parenting Institute is an international organization with certified instructors in 17 countries who are helping to spread this philosophy around the world.

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Aware Parenting is based on the work of Aletha Solter, Ph.D., a Swiss American developmental psychologist, international speaker, consultant, and author of four books (The Aware Baby, Helping Young Children Flourish, Tears and Tantrums, and Raising Drug-Free Kids). Dr. Solter studied with Dr. Jean Piaget in Switzerland before earning her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of California. She is an internationally known expert on attachment, trauma, non-punitive discipline, and developmentally appropriate education. Her books have been translated into Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. The Aware Baby has sold over 130,000 copies worldwide. Dr. Solter has led workshops for parents and professionals in 14 countries. She also offers consultations for parents.

The Aware Parenting Institute has no political or religious affiliation.

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Aware Parenting Books by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.

The Aware Baby Helping Young Children Flourish Tears and Tantrums Raising Drug Free Kids

The Aware Baby
(revised edition)

Helping Young Children Flourish

Tears and Tantrums

Raising Drug-Free Kids:
100 Tips for Parents

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Upcoming workshops:

Aletha Solter's next presentations will be in Santa Barbara (California), Turkey, and Romania.Click here for more information.

Highlights from the past year:

May 2012: We have a new instructor in Australia. Click here to see a complete list of all the instructors.

April 2012: Aletha led workshops for parents and professionals in Switzerland, France, and Germany.

March 2012: We've posted a new article in Dutch: Wat te doen als je baby huilt? new link

February 2012: Aletha has returned from Colorado where she gave a talk for parents and early childhood educators at Ruth Washburn Cooperative Nursery School in Colorado Springs.

January 2012: We have sold the Romanian translation rights to Tears and Tantrums. See our page for Romania

November 2011: We now have over one thousand fans on our Facebook page.

October 2011: We've posted a new article: Raising Drug-Free Kids.

September 2011: We have a new instructor in Romania. Click here to see a complete list of all the instructors.

July 2011: We have a new instructor in the United States (Colorado). Click here to see a complete list of all the instructors.

June 2011: Aletha Solter has returned from a workshop tour in the UK and Ireland.

May 2011: New article posted: The crying-in-arms approach for helping babies sleep through the night.

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This web site was last updated on May 16, 2012. It was first created on September 18, 1996. Copyright © 1996-2012 by the Aware Parenting Institute. All rights reserved. No part of this web site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical (including copying to other web sites, and including translations), without written permission from the Aware Parenting Institute, with the exception of printing pages for personal use. This copyright applies to all the pages and articles from the Aware Parenting Institute web site and Shining Star Press.

Warning/Disclaimer: The information on this web site (including all the web pages owned by the Aware Parenting Institute and Shining Star Press) is not intended to be used as a substitute for medical advice or treatment. When children display emotional, behavioral, or medical problems of any kind, parents are strongly advised to seek competent medical advice and treatment. Some of the suggestions on these web pages may be inappropriate for children suffering from certain emotional, behavioral, or physical problems. Aletha Solter, The Aware Parenting Institute, and Shining Star Press shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any damage caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly by the information contained on these web pages. The links to other web sites are for informational purposes only, and do not entail endorsement by the Aware Parenting Institute or Shining Star press.