Yvonne Kelly, MSW, RSW wears many hats. Among them: she’s a stepmom; founder and co-director of The Step and Blended Family Institute; founder of the Stepdating* Teleconference series; a Certified Stepfamily Coach and Counselor with The Stepfamily Foundation; a Featured Coach with Blended-Families.com; and a Licensed Relationship Coach with the Relationship Coaching Institute. She’s also a Friend of “Co-Parenting Matters”, and to celebrate the show’s 1st anniversary, she’s generously donated a package ideal for a step-dating couple or for those who have already begun the work of blending a family. Here’s what Yvonne is offering to a lucky winner:
Free One-Hour Step Dating or Blended Family Phone Coaching Session
Free Recordings of the Step Dating Teleconference Series (3 in total) Stepdating I – Major Myths and Critical Questions
Stepdating II – How to Nurture Your Couple Relationship
Stepdating III – Couples with Adult Children
Free Resources to Accompany the Step Dating Series, including Full Reports
Enter to win this wonderful gift from Yvonne for yourself or for a co-parent, single parent, or blended family member in your life by leaving a comment below telling us your biggest challenge and biggest joy related to step-dating or blending families.
We’ll announce the winner, selected randomly from all the entries, on our Co-Parenting Matters anniversary show this Sunday, October 24th. The show airs at 9pm EST, and you can listen via phone at (646)378-0580 or from your computer atwww.blogtalkradio.com/coparentingmatters.
On Sunday’s show, you’ll hear from many Friends of Co-Parenting Matters, and from special guests whom we’ve deemed Co-Parenting Heroes, including Magda & Doug, co-parents and co-founders of When the Flames Go Up; and Molly, founder of Postcards from a Peaceful Divorce. We look forward to talking with them about the joys and challenges of co-parenting, and we hope you’ll join the conversation as well!
And, if you want to find out more about the other great gifts we’re giving away, be sure to keep checking the ever-expanding list here!
*What’s step-dating? It’s dating with kids in the mix.
Kimberley “Kim” Crouch, attorney/publisher/author/radio show host/money motivation manager and mother, has been a supporter of Co-Parenting Matters from the beginning. You may remember Kim from just a few of weeks ago on our ”Financial Tips for Single Parents” show when she joined us with her “The Millionaire Journey” blog co-founder, Lisa Maria Carroll.
Enter to win a copy of Mother to Son by leaving a comment below telling us one important thing every mother should teach her son.
We’ll announce the winner on our Co-Parenting Matters anniversary show this Sunday, October 24th. The show airs at 9pm EST, and you can listen via phone at (646)378-0580 or from your computer at www.blogtalkradio.com/coparentingmatters.
We’re celebrating the first anniversary of Co-Parenting Matters this Sunday, October 24, 2010 with an extended 2-hour show starting at 9pm EST!
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since Deesha, Mike and I first aired our debut episode of Co-Parenting Matters discussing co-parenting myths. Since then, we have covered so many topics—from co-parenting basics to sex and the single parent, step-dating and what can happen when moms who actually like each other lead the blending of their families. It’s been a great ride so far, and we are excited to be celebrating the beginning of another year filled with even more learning and support for parents who know that effective co-parenting really does make a difference for our children.
We’re going to be featuring three families—co-parenting heroes who have experienced the challenges of partnering in parenting across two households and who are making it work for the sake of their kids. We’ll get to hear their stories, learn their secrets for successful co-parenting and celebrate the commitment they’ve made to collaborative parenting.
We’ll also hear from some of our former guests and other friends who wanted to celebrate with us with generous offerings of both well wishes and gifts for our listeners. That’s right, we’ve got great gifts to give away! And, we’ll be posting them all here this week giving you all kinds of chances to win. Just click the links to find out more and to enter to win. So, be sure to enter and then tune in to find out if you’ve won something on this growing list of giveaways (Check back regularly to see what’s new!):
Our good friend, RJ Jaramillo, founder of SingleDad.com and master of so many things related to being a happy and successful single parent, is giving away an awesome anniversary gift for one of our single dad listeners. Check out the wonderful video card he sent us to find out more about this Co-Parenting Matters anniversary gift.
So, one lucky listener is going to win THREE (3) 1-hour SingleDad live video coaching sessions with RJ Jaramillo. You’ll get to choose from the “Cook Like a Dad Series” or the “Single Parent Coaching Classes.” Whether it’s whipping up some kid-friendly meals or starting over as a single dad, RJ has a wealth of wisdom, experience and coaching expertise to help you be successful.
So enter to win this generous gift from RJ for yourself or for a great dad in your life by leaving a comment below telling us a piece of great advice you’ve gotten from a special Dad in your life.
We’ll announce the winner, selected randomly from all the entries, on our Co-Parenting Matters anniversary show this Sunday, October 24th. The show airs at 9pm EST, and you can listen via phone at (646)378-0580 or from your computer at www.blogtalkradio.com/coparentingmatters.
We are thrilled to welcome Sheree Fletcher as our guest on the April 18th episode of “Co-Parenting Matters”, “Adventures in Co-Parenting and Whooping Ash”. In 1992, Sheree married actor Will Smith. After the dissolution of their marriage 3 years later, Sheree shifted her focus from her career to managing life as a single parent to their son. While many celebrity divorces make the news for their contentiousness, Sheree’s co-parenting relationship is publicly admired for its warmth and congeniality, even after both parties have remarried. Sheree joins us to talk about co-parenting in a high-profile situation; her transition from single parenting to remarriage; and balancing family life with her entrepreneurial pursuits.
Sheree is the Founder and CEO of Whoop Ash, a natural organic beauty care product that annihilates ash (for the uninitiated, “ash” is a colloquialism expression for dry skin). Deesha’s family has fallen in love with Whoop Ash. Her daughters keep hiding the jar from each other. She also bought some for her new hubby who had a seemingly undefeatable ash situation, but—you guessed it—it was no match for Whoop Ash.
Sheree has been kind enough to give away two jars of Whoop Ash to two lucky WeParent.com and CoParenting101.org readers. Visit both sites for two chances to win! We wanted to make the giveaway fun, and we were inspired by actress Holly Robinson Peete’s tweets about chasing her husband’s car down the street because he’d forgotten to de-ashify the kids before leaving the house! A lot of folks on Twitter could relate! (Peete is a Whoop Ash fan as well; her tweets are how our friend, Deesha, discovered the product.) So, here’s all you need to do to enter the Whoop Ash and Win Giveaway…
Leave a comment telling us an “ash” story from your childhood or one involving your own child(ren). Deadline: April 18th 5 PM EST
And that’s it! We’ll draw 2 winners at random from among the entrants and announce them on the April 18th show.
From now until this Sunday, March 21st at 12:01AM ET, you can enter to win a copy of Sugar Milk. To enter, leave a comment below telling us what your favorite “escape drink” is. What do you sip on when Calgon isn’t enough to take you away? (And, feel free to leave a recipe, if you’ve had good results!)
We’ll announce the winners this Sunday night on “Co-Parenting Matters”…and maybe we’ll even taste test a few live on the air! So, tune in this Sunday at 9:30pm ET, to hear Ron’s insights on the aftermath of divorce, readjusting to married life, the awkwardness of being a step-dad, the loss of male identity after being laid off, and ultimately, an understanding of what fatherhood really means. Oh…and to see if you won!
Love is in the air, and we are thrilled to be celebrating it by giving away Sade’s new Soldier of Love CD to three lucky WeParent readers.It’s hard to believe that the last time the group released an album, Lovers Rock, was a decade ago, It’s really hard to believe when you see frontwoman, Sade, who looks untouched by time.
The album hits stores on February 9th.And, while we’re excited about the entire release, because we care so much about co-parenting and parenting, we can’t wait to check out the track, “Babyfather,” “about how great it is to be a parent, what a great honor and privilege that is, and what a terrible thing that is to waste,” frontwoman Sade Adu recently told PEOPLE. “As long as you feel good about yourself, you can be a good parent, and then it becomes an endless fruitful cycle,” she says.We second that emotion! We couldn’t get our hands on that one, but check out the video for “Soldier of Love” below:
So, like we said, we’re giving 3 copies of this long-anticipated release away. The deadline for entries is 11:59pm EST on Saturday, February 20th. Winners must have a U.S. address. We’ll announce winners here and on “Co-Parenting Matters” on Sunday, February 21st. Here’s how to enter to win one of 3 Soldier of Love CDs:
Mandatory (You have to do this one to qualify for additional chances):
Leave us a comment saying why you want to win.Include your favorite Sade song, if you have one.
And, here are a few ways to increase your chances.(Be sure to leave a comment here letting us know that you’ve done these.):
Let your motto be resistance! Resistance! RESISTANCE!
No oppressed people have ever secured their liberty without resistance. –Abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, 1843
Resistance has been a critical theme throughout the history of Black families in this country. It has taken many forms. For some, survival by itself was an act of resistance. For others, it looked like fighting back…or not fighting back. And, for many, it was the commitment to celebrating our history and culture even when the cost was torture or death.
At WeParent, we believe that building strong, healthy, effective co-parenting relationships is an act of resistance against the forces that pull our children away from us–as much as it is an act of love. Through our commitment to partnering in parenting, we give our children the foundation they need to stand strong in this world. And, to us, raising strong, happy, powerful Black children is a revolultionary act all by itself. So, we’re all about resistance through a co-parenting revolution.
On January 30, 2010, the Atlanta History Center will celebrate the opening of a new exhibition, Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African-American Portraitswhich runs through April 25th.Let Your Motto Be Resistance is the first of four exhibitions being present as part of the Center’s Civil War to Civil Rights series. The exhibit, inspired by the call to action of nineteenth century political activist and Underground Railroad conductor, Henry Highland Garnet, uses portraits of well-known African-Americans from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to trace 150 years of U.S. history. These powerful images celebrate the diverse ways that African-Americans creatively and courageously redefined the history of this country through struggle, accomodation and resistance.
As part of our celebration of Black History Month, we’re partnering with the Atlanta History Center to give away family passes to Let Your Motto Be Resistance to four lucky WeParent readers. Passes are good for free admission for 2 adults and up to 4 children (a $74 value.) We’ll choose a new winner each week during the month of February. So, if you don’t win this week, your entry is still in the hat for the next one. Winners will be announced every Sunday during Black History Month and notified via email. Here’s how to enter:
MANDATORY:
Leave a comment here either suggesting a way for parents to celebrate Black History Month with their children, telling us how you’re planning to celebrate with yours or just sharing a few words about an historic figure who inspires you.
Become a fan of WeParent on Facebook and leave a comment telling us you did.
That’s 4 chances to win! Don’t miss this opportunity to share this glimpse into African-American and U.S. history with your family. We’ll see you there!
In the Kwanzaa tradition of giving away homemade and educational gifts, we’re excited to give one lucky WeParent reader a hardcover copy of the new Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs by our dear friend Askhari Johnson Hodari and her co-author, Yvonne McCalla Sobers.
Lifelines is a treasure of short witty wisdom from all over the globe. The book includes clever, pointed and even poetic guidance for all areas of life like:
Birth and Parenting: “When a yam does not grow well, do not blame the yam; it is because of the soil.” (Ghana)
Marriage: “Getting married is nothing: it is assuming the responsibility of marriage that counts.”(Haiti)
Money Problems: “The poor person does not experience poverty all the time.” (Ghana)
Peace and War: “To engage in conflict, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews. (Kiswahili)
And, yes, we believe, even co-parenting. Beginning next week, in fact, we’ll be highlighting Lifelines that we believe offer guidance for co-parenting. So, look for and heed those words of wisdom in some of our upcoming posts. You can also receive Daily Lifelines from the authors right in your inbox.
To enter to win your very own copy of Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs, just leave a comment here with your own words of wisdom no later than 11:59pm EST on Friday, December 18, 2009. Winners will be announced here on WeParent.com.
And, here are a few other ways to increase your odds of winning:
We’re excited to announce the winners of our Minding Your Money book giveaway. Two WeParent readers will receive copies of Patricia Stallworth’s Minding Your Money:Personal Money Management & Investment Strategies.”
Patricia is a sought after advisor, coach, and educator who, for over 16 years, has been assisting people before, during and after the divorce process with managing, dividing, and growing their finances. In Minding Your Money, she provides a step-by-step program designed to help you create the financial future you desire and deserve.
So, congratulations to these two lucky member of our WeParent family:
Catherine K. Bush-Longsworth
Alisa Kuumba
Be sure to check out some of Patricia’s tips for surviving the financial stress of the holidays here. And, it’s not too late to register for her Build Your Wealth Blueprint teleseminar.
Thanks to everyone who entered! Be on the lookout for more great giveaways from WeParent and Co-Parenting Matters!
It’s Kwanzaa time! It’s Kwanzaa time! Well, really, it’s not. But, we’re getting started early.
We’re excited to announce the winners of our Minding Your Money book giveaway. Two WeParent readers will receive copies of 
