Quarter 1 newsletter: An exciting start to 2025!

Tried & True Parenting Newsletter # 44  View this email in your browser Families Hit the Skating Rink! We had a blast skating with Tried & True alumni families from across the last decade! We laughed, connected, skated (or fell!), ate pizza, and played games. It was a wonderful time engaging with caregivers and kids and catching up with one another. Because of you, we can prioritize our relationship value with families and stay tethered to them as they raise their children across the age span. What a joy to see such a phenomenal turnout. There were 157 parents and children who joined us at Castle Skateland  for this fun afternoon! Not only did we have the chance to connect with parents (and their children) from our current series, but we also reconnected with alumni from years past, including Diane (pictured here with Jen), a proud alumni from 2015. Diane was part of our 2nd series ever, and her kids have all graduated college now! We also got to say hello to Shawna, an alumni from 2016. It's humbling to see our community continue to grow and thrive! Exciting Staff Changes Ahead Same amazing ladies sharing their gifts and passion in Tried & True, just in new roles! We continue to strive for excellence in our work with families and as God widens and deepens our reach, we realize we need to adjust our roles to allow for that scale and growth. What a beautiful problem to have! Our former Director of Parent Education, Julie Hellyer, will become our new Director of Operations beginning April 1st. Julie brings a wealth of wisdom and knowledge in efficiency, prioritizing excellence in our work, and creating systems and processes to ensure productivity so that our focus can remain on loving and caring for the families in our care. She will also continue her work as a trainer of our parenting classes and will remain a powerful voice in the lives of families. Natasha Howard, former CSP Lead Trainer, will assume the role of CSP Director and Courtney Schreiner, formally our TBRI Lead Trainer, will now serve as our TBRI Director. These ladies will manage all series, trainers, and partner relationships. They will be our first touchpoint with interested caregivers and organizations on their “next right thing” for more in the lives of their own families or the families they serve. These two ladies bring a host of untapped leadership, passion, and wisdom in their respective areas. We can’t wait to see them grow the bedrock of our parenting services to families and be used by God to broaden and deepen our reach to families.   Connecting with Teens In January, we invited all T&T Alumni to join us a for a much needed and often requested info session, Connecting with Teens. Our panel included Erin Zink, Occupational Therapist, Parent Coach, and newest Tried & True board member; Hannah Fay, Licensed Social Worker, Therapist, and Parent Coach; and Jen Powers, our Executive Director, TBRI Practitioner, and Parent Coach. We also heard from our CSP and TBRI trainers, Courtney, Julie, and Natasha. We spent some time learning from these professionals before opening the floor for a Q&A session. We were at full capacity with 50 alumni attending!  A Window Into Our First Two Parenting Series of 2025! Our current Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Series is occurring virtually and allows us to expand our reach as far as Dayton, Kentucky, and Tennessee! Many of these caregivers have found their way to us through referring partners. With most of these families caring for tweens and teens, our trainers are busy ensuring the model meets them where they are. Connecting with teens can be tricky! This group is embracing the challenge in admirable ways by learning how to prioritize connection before correction. We pray and feel confident they will experience deeper relationship with their kids which will allow for ease in correction in the long run. We can’t wait to see what the last half of the series will bring! We are coming to the end of our first Common Sense Parenting series of 2025 with our new partner, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Their community is all about families and it has been a blessing to have a larger group of 6 couples, 12 participants total, engage in this series. The majority of these parents work full-time but continue to show up, actively participate, and offer beautiful support to one another. The parents report that this class has brought them more confidence in their parenting skills and have also expressed that the support they have with one another helps remind them that they are not alone in their parenting.  Register here for Hope for the Journey Connect with us about Sponsorship Opportunities We are thrilled to share that Tried & True has a new look to kick off the next decade!    Check out our website here Thank You for Your End-of-Year Giving We continue to marvel at the kindness of God! Thank you to all of you who gave end of year gifts to Tried & True. We are so overwhelmed by the $11,500 that came in to ensure a strong start to 2025. There has been so much meaningful work with families occurring in the first 7 weeks of this new year already. Thank you for setting us up for success. We are thankful for the provision of God through your incredible generosity!  Give to Tried & True here Share Forward Copyright © 2025, Tried & True Parenting, Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Tried & True Parenting, Inc. 8118 Corporate Way, Suite 103 Mason, OH  45040 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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