Parenting Takes a Village: North Seattle College and You!

Tania talks to Megan about the Division of Household Labor  Megan Wiebelhaus, LMHCA is a therapist working with teens and adults with ADHD, Autism, high sensitivity, and high intelligence. In her over six years of mental health work, she's: helped teens and adults struggling with addiction, taught classes on assertiveness and self-esteem, supported foster care kids and their caregivers, worke...

Tania talks to Tami about the awareness and understanding that children are not small adults. Tami Brockway Joyce (she/her) is a parent educator, actor, podcast host, community activist, small business owner, and all-around dilettante, though raising her two kids is her favorite vocation.  She has a bachelor of arts in Theatre from the University of Washington, is a graduate of The Brian Utti...

North Seattle College Parent Education Instructors, co-op teachers, Dean of workforce instruction, associate dean, and Parent Education Instructor coordinator come together to send a message of gratitude. We encourage you to a challenge of gratitude for a month.  Have a gratitude journal to write all the reasons you are grateful for, make a gratitude list, gratitude poems, or text/call someon...

Tania talks to Matt about respectful communication with children Matt McKenzie is experienced educator with more than fifteen years’ experience teaching in the preschool setting. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Early Childhood Education and currently work as the director of PRLC Preschool in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. He been a guest lecture at North Seattle College in t...

Tania Hino talks to Kate Barratt about teaching children empathy Kate has a B.A. in Early Childhood and Family Studies from the University of Washington, Master in teaching from the University of Washington, and with a Certificate in e-Learning and Instructional Design. Kate is an innovative educator and instructional leader. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she has found her forever home in the P...

Tania talks to Betty about modeling how to be an antiracist to your children.  Betty S. Williams, MSW, NSC Parent Education Instructor/Program Coordinator Betty is a determined advocate for racial justice and anti-bias work in order to create a more welcoming environment for children and families to thrive. She considers herself to be an accomplice with others also working towards justice, wi...

Tania talks to Teacher Karen about the power of unstructured free play.   Karen Murphy has been a teacher at Meadowbrook Cooperative Preschool for the past six years, but her experience in coop started 4 years prior as a parent. Karen has a BS in kinesiology, the study of human movement with an emphasis on motor development. She likes to bring lots of movement and play into her classroom and...

Tania talks to Charisma about the Importance of having Teachers of Color  Charisma was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She is the wife of Reid, the mother of two girls, and the daughter of Panamanian immigrants. She holds a B.A. in English and a J.D., where she had a special interest in Family Law during her time in grad school. Her family ventured to Seattle, Washington at the end of...

Tania talks to Frances Coppa about Sensory Processing  Frances has been working in the field of education for 20 years.  She has been an elementary teacher, a special education teacher, an administrator, a co-op preschool parent, and currently, is the coordinator for Shoreline Community College co-ops and a parent educator at North Seattle College. Frances discovered parent education whe...

Tania talks to Erin about Mindful Parenting Erin B. Bernau, MSW, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with more than sixteen years of experience working with children and families. She works as a psychotherapist at Northwest Family Therapy, as a parent coach with Sarina Natkin Parenting, and as a parent educator through North Seattle College’s cooperative preschools. In recent years, she wo...

Tania talks to Emily about helping children deal with fear. Emily Bradley is an educator, facilitator, entrepreneur, and mother. For nearly a decade, she has been a Parent Education instructor with North Seattle College. In this role, she is committed to building communities of support and empowering families to find their own path through parenting. She teaches and learns alongside parents and th...

Tania talks to Antoinette about raising your kid bilingual Antoinette Angulo is a mother, wife, public health practitioner, and activist in Seattle, WA. Having worked with Latinx populations in the U.S. and in Latin America for over 25 years in clinical and community health settings, she is experienced in developing, implementing, and evaluating programs and multimedia health promotion strategies...

Tania talks to Lea Evans about raising children bilingually.   Lea has been a Parent Educator for North Seattle College for the past three years. She has a master’s degree in applied linguistics, essentially the study of language and pedagogy in language acquisition. She has previously taught both English and Spanish and has also worked in college advising. She felt drawn to start learning Sp...

Topic: Stress and Anxiety Beth Goss has been working in the field of Early Childhood Education since 1989. She has been a preschool teacher, an administrator, and a teacher trainer, and is currently a full-time, tenured parent education instructor at North Seattle College. Beth is also a Certified Gottman Educator and Training Specialist with the Gottman Institute. She can be reached for workshop...

Topic: Parenting Experiences  Barbara Alfeo has been saving her sanity in preschool co-op classes for six years. She and her three boys (6, 4, and 10 months) have attended NEST (Northeast Seattle Toddlers), Latona, and Woodland Park Cooperative Schools over the years. When she isn't making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or cleaning spit-up out of her hair, she teaches art and environmenta...

Topic: Connecting with Kids During Conflict Presenter: Betty Peralta, MIT, MSc, IMH-E® (III) promotes an anti-bias, trauma-healing, neurodevelopmental approach to children's learning and behaviors called the NeuroRelational Framework. She is a Parenting Coach for a domestic violence shelter; Parent Educator for three cooperative preschools; Infant Mental Health Reflective Consultant for home-visit...