2019 Foundations Talk | 49:16 | All Grade Levels, Virtue, Character, Discipline
Summary
This session will provide valuable insight into current cultural and psychological dynamics that impact our students, their families, and our ability to engage them. Where are we now and how did we get here? From helicopters to snowplow parents, what has the influence of psychological thinking led to with our current view of parenting? How do we recover and then implement principles that will lead to a healthy development of maturity?
Speaker
Keith McCurdy has worked with families, children, parents, and individuals for over 30 years in the field of mental health, working with more than 12,000 individuals and families . He received his master of arts and education specialist degrees from James Madison University . He is currently the president and CEO of Total Life Counseling, Inc ., and is licensed in the state of Virginia as a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist . Keith provides counseling and consulting services as well as a variety of workshops on improving parenting skills, building strong marriages, and maintaining healthy relationships. He has developed and regularly offers parenting retreats entitled “Raising Sturdy Kids” to help parents operate from the correct paradigm with their children and has extended and customized this powerful program for schools and students. For many years Keith has been a consultant and speaker nationally to schools both within and outside of the world of classical education . He also serves as the chairman of the board at Faith Christian School, a Christian classical school in Roanoke, VA . Keith is a regular contributor to the Roanoke Star with articles on children, parenting, and marriage. He has also been featured twice on the Circe Institute’s podcast “The Commons” discussing raising sturdy kids. His primary focus is helping others better understand how a Christian worldview, not psychology, should be the primary influence in parenting and relationships today. A significant part of his work has been helping parents understand the needed benefit of allowing their children to struggle to learn to do hard things. Keith is an avid outdoorsman and is actively involved with Boy Scouts of America and coaching high-school basketball. He and his wife, Lynnie, have been married for 24 years with two children, one a junior in high school and one a junior in college .
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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