Cindy Pierce's Blog

I am on a mission to provide specific guidance and support to the young men I parent, educate, mentor, or know personally. As a mom, I have always made an effort to encourage our sons and their male friends to tend their hearts and expand their emotional bandwidth. » Read more

TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN (TODDLERS TO TWEENS)

ABOUT HEALTHY BOUNDARIES ONLINE AND OFF

With Cindy Pierce Author, Comic and Storyteller

Monday, April 7, 2025 • 7:00-8:30 PM  

The Hayloft, Artistree

2095 Pomfret Rd, South Pomfret, VT

or WATCH ONLINE

 

Presentation topics will include:

• Deepening parents’ awareness of social and cultural pressures (both online and offline)

• Boosting parents’ courage to step into the role of the primary sexuality educators

• Encouraging parents to model and engage in conversations with their kids about Social Courage

• Supporting kids to establish healthy boundaries and understand consent

• Reconsidering exp ectations and guidelines around screen time before kids have a cell phone and access to social media

 

 

Purchase tickets for the in-person

or online presentation HERE or scan 

the QR Code on the left

 

 

Cindy Pierce is an author, educational speaker, sexuality educator, comic storyteller, innkeeper, and mom of three young adults. » Read more

Review the introduction to this blog series: Manageable Doses of Advice for Parents

Review Part 1: Considering Screen Time (even though we don’t want to)

Review Part 2: Hope for Preventing and Reducing Anxiety in Children

My husband, Bruce, and I would never have made it home from the hospital with our first baby if we had not gathered an informal parenting consultation team, and that team has only grown. » Read more

Review the introduction to this blog series: Manageable Doses of Advice for Parents

Review Part 1: Considering Screen Time (even though we don’t want to)

Concern about the mental health of children and teens is warranted, especially given the tidal wave of cultural influences that can interfere with emotional well-being. » Read more

Hello Readers,

I will perform my new show, Glitchy Business, at the Lebanon Opera House on Sunday, January 26th, at 7 p.m. You can watch the show online. Buy a ticket to live stream the show HERE.

This is a benefit show for the Special Needs Support Center of the UV. » Read more

Review the introduction to this blog series: Manageable Doses of Advice for Parents

Most people are concerned about how time on screens increasingly and negatively impacts human connection and our mental well-being. However, when anyone suggests that kids and parents reduce time on screens, reasonable humans often react with an automatic stiff arm and feisty defensiveness. » Read more

It is hard to receive advice when you are in the thick of parenting young children. Survival mode is a recipe for fierce boundaries. Perhaps a morsel or two of what you read here and in a three-part blog series in 2025 could inspire a wee crack of openness to consider ideas and resources that could make parenting easier and more joyful as you go forth. » Read more

Wipe Dipe and Lawn Stripes written and sung by Richay Joseph

I recently read Ken Cadow’s book, Gather. Ian, the main character, acknowledges the adults who have “gathered for him” throughout his life. I teared up when I read this because almost everyone I know benefited greatly from being surrounded by anchoring adults or having one person who helped them find their way. » Read more

It turns out I was confused by Apple Maps when traveling on foot until my daughter yanked my head out of my backside. One issue is that I often reach for my phone to get directions without putting on my glasses. » Read more

I dream of a day that I can make a purchase, stay at a hotel or engage in commerce without being haunted to give feedback or leave a review. I believe choosing to purchase an item, stay at a hotel or eat at a restaurant is the positive feedback – I chose the establishment or product over a lot of other options. » Read more