Parenting\u00a0is not always easy.\u00a0 While\u00a0there is no\u00a0one “right” way to parent, there are some basic, generally agreed-upon\u00a0parental skills and practices known to help cultivate thriving, resilient children and families.\u00a0 Resilient Families, Inside & Out\u00a0(RFIO) <\/em>provides both practical information and skill-building activities to help parents, other adults,\u00a0and their families be their best.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RFIO offers parenting information and\u00a0strategy sessions on Mindful Parenting (skill-full tools to cultivate optimal relationships with your kids);\u00a0 Mindful Living (building self awareness and resilience to stress); Communication (using responsive language); Child\/Human Development (an overview to reflect on your and your children’s optimal development);\u00a0Setting Limits (Discipline through offering developmentally-appropriate choices).\u00a0 Designed to\u00a0build\u00a0a person’s\u00a0effectiveness as a responsive parent by building his or her understanding of oneself and others, RFIO combines parenting education\u00a0with\u00a0yoga and mindfulness practice.\u00a0As a result, participants strengthen their\u00a0understanding and abilities to skillfully respond to ever-changing important family member needs.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Research<\/a><\/p>\n Posters:<\/p>\n RFIO Mindful Parenting Curriculum Components that Support Parental Resilience.pdf<\/a> \u00a0(presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX 2013)<\/p>\n Outcomes-based Evaluation Comparison of Mindful Parenting Education Intervention (presented at University of Washington’s \u00a0Mindful Families, Schools & Communities: Research-to-Practice Promoting Child Well-being, Seattle, WA\u00a0 2013)- available upon request<\/p>\n Testimonials<\/a><\/p>\n Publicity\u00a0 (see recent articles on program in\u00a0North Carolina State University Extension’s\u00a0Forum on Family and Consumer Issues<\/a>, \u00a0WSU Today<\/a>, \u00a0Wenatchee World<\/a>,\u00a0 WSU Spokane <\/a><\/p>\n Learn more about RFIO<\/a><\/p>\n Donate to RFIO<\/a><\/p>\n En Espa\u00f1ol: FFSFIOinfoflyer 2011espanolabril junio 2011.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Campus Bulletin<\/a>, & County page for WSU Spokane’s Health Sciences Program<\/a>\u00a0 (Click on Chelan or Douglas County)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parenting\u00a0is not always easy.\u00a0 While\u00a0there is no\u00a0one “right” way to parent, there are some basic, generally agreed-upon\u00a0parental skills and practices known to help cultivate thriving, … » More …<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5270,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2480\/revisions\/5270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2480"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/chelan-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Resilient\u00a0Families, Inside & Out (RFIO)<\/h3>\n