Amy McCready

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Topic:  "Ending the Entitlement Epidemic - Raising Responsible, Respectful & Resilient Kids"

Introduction / Moderator: Robert Pangborn / Patty Satalia

Location: Ballroom, Nittany Lion Inn

Bio:  Parenting expert Amy McCready is the Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and the author of If I Have to Tell You One More Time...The Revolutionary Program That Gets Your Kids to Listen Without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling (Tarcher/Penguin, August 2011). She is a champion of positive parenting techniques for happier families and well-behaved kids. Her Toolbox strategies have empowered tens of thousands of parents to correct their kids' misbehaviors without nagging, reminding or yelling.

Amy reaches a worldwide audience with her Positive Parenting Solutions Online parenting course, live webinars, and media appearances. Amy is a frequent guest on The TODAY Show and has also appearedon Rachael Ray, CNN, Fox & Friends, MSNBC, and elsewhere.

Amy is a sought after keynote speaker, writer, parenting coach, corporate spokesperson and trainer. In her most important role, she plays mom to two teenage boys. She has been married to her husband, Dave, for over 20 years and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

 *Immediately following the Forum will be a signing for Amy McCready's book, If I Have to Tell You One More Time. . .: The Revolutionary Program That Gets Your Kids To Listen Without Nagging, Reminding, or Yelling


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Amy McCready
Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions
Lisa Baird
Chief Marketing Officer, United States Olympic Committee
Steve Manuel
Senior Lecturer, The Pennsylvania State University College of Communications
Joel Weintraub
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Kathy Mattea
Grammy Award-winning Singer
Christopher Staley
Professor of Ceramic Arts at the Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts; 2012-13 Penn State Laureate
Charles Figley
Paul Henry Kurzweg Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health and School of Social Work Professor at Tulane University
Chip Kidd
Graphic Designer for Alfred A. Knopf Publishing
Beverly McIver
Suntrust Endowed Chair Professor of Art at North Carolina Central University