Lecture Series at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh with Jack Petrash Walking the Fine Line Friday, May 13, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Lecture cost: $10.00 Parents today have chosen a tough assignment. We live in a complex, rapidly changing world with an assortment of demands and responsibilities. Among these are the complexities of parenting. Raising children can often leave us feeling bewildered and beleaguered, especially when the very parenting approaches that worked at one time with our children prove ineffective, even detrimental, as they grow older. As parents we should find some solace in the fact that this is as it should be. Parenting is demanding work filled with paradox and contradiction. This talk, Walking the Fine Line, will explore some of the essential parenting polarities to help us to maintain a balanced approach to parenting amidst the challenges of contemporary society, and make our parenting experience rewarding and deeply meaningful. Navigating the Terrain of Childhood Saturday, May 14, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Workshop cost: $25.00 A parent's journey through childhood will inevitably be filled with both precious moments and difficult situations. These unavoidable challenges will test us in ways that will either consume us or refine us, if we can see these events in advance. This workshop is designed to help parents understand and anticipate the developmental terrain of childhood and see that we all make a similar journey, one that can be precarious, challenging, and yet, strikingly beautiful. * * * Jack Petrash has been a teacher for over thirty years, much of that time at the Washington Waldorf School where he has taken three classes from Grade 1 to Grade 8. He is the founder and director of Nova Institute, working with parents and teachers to promote a deeper understanding of children. He has been a consultant for Waldorf Schools in the United States and Canada, has written and lectured on Waldorf education. He is the author of Navigating the Terrain of Childhood, Covering Home: Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball, and Understanding Waldorf Education. Childcare available for $5.00 per child, reservations required. The Waldorf School of Pittsburgh is located in Bloomfield one block off of Penn Avenue. Parking is in the rear of the building off of Coral St. Waldorf School of Pittsburgh * 201 S. Winebiddle St. * Pittsburgh PA 15224 * 412-441-5792 info@waldorfpittsburgh.org * www.waldorfpittsburgh.org