December 17, 2025 - 1:03pm -- hoover.685@osu.edu

2025-2026 Blast Off! A free-to-attend online parent education, in which I use Active Parenting curricula--videos and discussions--to introduce information that may help participants to improve their parenting.

Blast Off! is three 4-session series, each series is about parenting a different age group of children, i.e., birth to five, five to twelve, or teenagers.

Active Parenting;

First Five Years

This workshop is for parents of

birth to five-year-old children.  We’ll discuss how to use freedom

and non-violent discipline

to nurture your young child

6-8pm Jan (2026) 26, 27, 28, 29

12:30-2:30 Mar (2026) 2, 3, 4, 5

 

Active Parenting;

Ages 5 - 12

This workshop focuses on helping parents to raise

responsible young school-aged children.

9-11am Feb (2026) 2, 3, 4, 5

12:30-2:30 Mar (2026) 9, 10, 11, 12

Active Parenting;

The Teenage Years

Help for parents to raise responsible confident tweens and teens, who 

May be facing issues such as self-esteem, technology, drug and

alcohol use, bullying.

12:30-2:30 pm Feb (2026) 9, 10, 11, 12

6-8pm Mar (2026) 16, 17 18, 19

Pre-Registration is required. There is no cost to register or attend. I will mail Active Parenting books to participants who have attended three sessions.

  https://go.osu.edu/blastoffparenting