Welcome to The Virtual Community for Parents presented by Kelsey-Seybold Clinic. Here you will find valuable information, tips and parenting advice on helping to raise resilient, happy and productive children, provided by parenting specialist Lexi Hoffman. Lexi will address your questions and help you share your concerns. You will learn to trust your own instincts and develop a parenting style that allows both you and your child to flourish. At Kelsey-Seybold, we care about parents and want to help you be the best parent you can be.

Some of the topics Lexi will focus on include:

• Parent development

• Child development

• Fostering self esteem

• Instilling courage and identifying strength

• Communicating and disciplining respectfully

Our private, virtual community enables you to ask questions, share information and join other parents in an online exploration of parenting. It’s anonymous and will be addressed in a way that will benefit all parents because after all, we’re all in this together.

What can we do? “Because we love our children, more and more of us are gathering together to ask, ‘What can we do?’ It is this love and concern that is the catalyst for seeking support and education.” Lexi Hoffman, M.A. Child and Parent Development Specialist

Did you know? -Sixty-six percent of the work force is comprised of working parents with children under the age of 18. -More than a quarter of all families with children are headed by single parents. -Nearly 40,000 grandmothers are raising their grandchildren.