The Province Article: Hyper-parented kids ‘are starting to crack’

September 15, 2010 - Fearing their kids will fail in a competitive world, many parents are over-training, over-supervising and ultimately damaging their offspring.

Read the full article by Sam Cooper here

The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education

Maria LeRose is Program Manager for a program of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. http://dalailamacenter.org/programs/in-development that supports the development of a compassionate society in British Columbia, especially through the education of its children.

New CBC Documentary

Production has begun on a new Doc Zone documentary (working title) Hi Mom, I'm Home (Again!) This documentary picks up where Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids left off. After a lifetime of overprotection, overindulgence, over everything – today's young adults are finding the real world a little too real! And they're heading back home (if they left in the first place).

Directed by Sharon Bartlett and Maria LeRose and produced by Sharon Bartlett, Maria LeRose and Sue Ridout for CBC's Doc Zone.

FRIENDS for Life Video

FRIENDS for Life – the world's leading school-based anxiety prevention program - helps children and teenagers cope with feelings of fear, worry, and depression by building resilience and self-esteem and teaching cognitive and emotional skills in a simple, well-structured format. Used in schools and clinics throughout the world, FRIENDS is the only childhood anxiety prevention program acknowledged by the World Health Organization. The video demonstrates a FRIENDS presentation to parents.