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Mililani Mom Writes Book To Help With Pandemic Parenting
BY DON ROBBINS
tips into a book. Published by Balboa Press, the volume is available to purchase at Amazon and Barnes & No- ble. It’s a compilation offer- ing advice to help parents trust in their child’s journey, release control and love un- conditionally in difficult times. Practical tips include coping with distance learn- ing and teaching children to become independent prob- lem-solvers prepared for their journey as an adult.
how to teach your children the importance of volun- teering, how to leave a leg- acy, why parents should be vulnerable and why parents should focus on building a relationship, not a dictator- ship,” Gibson says.
and Kalei‘opu‘u Elementary School in the past.
port Group by a Hawai‘i Mom” and she offers coach- ing services to stressed-out parents.
Mililani mom Karen Gib- son has written a book titled One Hundred Parenting Tips Inspired by the Pandemic.
“Raising happy, healthy and resilient children is a challenge, even under the most normal circumstanc- es. During the global pan- demic, the obstacles parents face can grow tenfold, caus- ing stress, frustration and worry,” Gibson says.
“I’ve interviewed more than 45 guests ranging from mental health profession- als, a principal, a mom of 10 kids, a mom who home- schooled her daughter, as well as a grieving mom who lost her daughter a month before giving birth to her second daughter. I also re- cently started posting Mom Meditations that I record for stressed moms who need a few minutes to release neg- ative emotions,” Gibson de- clares. “95.5 FM The Fish airs Monday Mom Moments (45-second tips).”
She explains that she chose to author it after re- ceiving questions from parents about conquering distance-learning challeng- es, and found many parents were struggling with signif- icant stress, sleepless nights and often frustrating argu- ments with their obstinate children.
In this book, Gibson ex- plains how to express emo- tions effectively without suffering from mental melt- downs and a myriad of other subjects.
“As a private tutor of Brain Builders since 1999, I’ve helped students learn different strategies that aren’t taught in the class- room,” Gibson explains. “Study skills, time man- agement, speed reading and test-taking techniques aren’t usually part of a school’s common core curriculum,” she adds.
The new composition is Gibson’s second book, as she previously published Mama’s Gotta Let Go: How to Let Go without Losing Your Sanity.
So, Gibson decided to re- cord daily parenting tips to support guardians and post- ed them on her YouTube channel “Letting Go with Aloha.” After she recorded 100 days, her daughter sug- gested that she turn these
Besides her books and YouTube channel “Letting Go with Aloha,” Gibson also put the 100 tips on Instagram (@lettinggowithaloha).
Karen Gibson of Mililani is the author of One Hundred Parenting Tips Inspired by the Pandemic.
PHOTO COURTESY KAREN GIBSON
attention. She’s also taught special education for Kahi Mohala Behavioral Hospi- tal, Campbell High School
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“My book includes topics ranging from how to talk about uncomfortable topics like sex, drugs and alcohol,
Gibson says virtual one- on-one tutoring with her students as young as 5 years old has been successful, be- cause they receive personal
In addition, Gibson also has a Facebook community called “Stressed Mom Sup-
For information, call Gib- son 808-306-5374 or visit lettinggowithaloha.com.
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