On Tuesday evening, Montgrove and Wollemi parents were delighted to have Dr Karen Bohlin from Boston, MA present at our Term 3 Key Parent Function, hosted at Montgrove College. The KPF was titled, “Parenting Without Losing Your Mind: A Compass to Navigate with Joy and Purpose”.
Dr Bohlin presented the Practical Wisdom Framework, a tool she built for parents to have fruitful conversations with their children. She reinforced how to be loving, hopeful and a parent that instils confidence rather than fear in children, especially as they navigate distraction, technology and the pressures of growing up.
Dr Karen Bohlin is a Research Affiliate at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. She was the Head of Montrose School for 18 years, a school like Montgrove and Wollemi in Boston. Thank you, Dr Bohlin, for sharing your expertise with us, and thank you to the Pared Academy for organising her visit!
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Communication is vital to the culture, life and community of schools like Wollemi and Redfield. As such, for our staff day last week, alongside the leaders of our brother school, Redfield College, we were addressed by Dr Karen Bohlin and her workshop on ‘Courageous Dialogue’.
Dr Bohlin facilitated activities and conversations in the session to equip our leaders with the necessary skills to face the challenges of courageous dialogue. We believe this to be crucial in our current society in which avoidance often prevails over engaging and respectful dialogue.
During the workshop, we explored the application of Dr. Bohlin’s Practical Wisdom Framework to conversations in the school context, the types of discussions that are essential for our school community to develop and grow, as we strive to nurture intellectual curiosity, fair-mindedness, trust, and respect for all.
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