MAY 17, 2012

Hope College Campus

Participants should check in at the Haworth Inn & Conference Center located at 225 College Ave, Holland, MI 49423 (map) on 10th Street between College and Columbia. Sessions will be held in various classrooms throughout campus. Parking is available in any Hope College student, visitor or faculty lot due to summer break.

Challenge of Children is a free, one day conference for parents and caregivers held each year in May. The conference is dedicated to informing, educating, motivating, and offering support and networking on child development, child guidance, and other issues related to parenting.

The very first Challenge of Children Conference was held in 1982. The conference continues to draw over a thousand parents and caregivers annually from West Michigan and throughout the state. May 17, 2012 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Challenge of Children Conference. What is more important is that 30 years means approximately 30,000 parents and caregivers have bettered themselves for the children whose lives they touch.

Raising Ourselves, Raising Our Children

By Bob Lancer

The key to raising children to fulfill their higher potential is to continue “raising ourselves”. As you dedicate yourself to ongoing personal development, you automatically exert a more positive influence on children, enjoy better results with them, and lead them toward life-long personal growth by your example. Taking charge in our relationship with children begins with taking charge of ourselves first, because we cannot improve a child’s selfcontrol while we are losing ours. Receive inspiration and powerful instruction on living with more peace and poise, how to lead your life to make your dreams come true, and to teach children how to do the same. There will be some powerful, positive parenting solutions for difficult child behavior included in this dynamic, engaging, motivating presentation.

About Bob Lancer

Bob Lancer Since 1980, author and former school teacher, Bob Lancer, has been empowering audiences around the world to take charge of their personal and professional lives through his dynamic and engaging keynote addresses, seminars, books, recordings, videos and motivational radio show. His enlightening presentations to parents and teachers empower them to raise, reach and teach children with love to fulfill their glorious potential. Bob Lancer shares his expertise in raising levels of effectiveness for higher levels of professional success through his keynotes and seminars at businesses, conventions, and association conferences worldwide. In addition, he lifts up community groups, government agencies and individuals of all walks of life, including retired senior citizens, parents of special needs children, and adults in severely challenging economic and social circumstances. Bob Lancer’s transformative life, work, marriage, and parenting solutions have been featured on network television and in national magazines, as well as in prestigious newspapers and on local TV and radio shows around the nation. His four books have been published in the US and abroad.