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Douglas Haddad

Specialties: Parenting, teens and tweens, education, self-help, health and wellness
Home base: Connecticut
Web site: douglashaddad.com

Douglas Haddad is a middle-school teacher who has been recognized as the 2016–2017 Simsbury (CT) School District Teacher of the Year and a 2017 Connecticut Teacher-Ambassador in Public Education. He has also worked as a coach, mentor, nutritionist and inspirational speaker for children and adults. Douglas graduated magna cum laude from Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology/secondary education and a master’s degree in biology. He also received a second master’s degree in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and was inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi as a lifetime member.

Douglas Haddad is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), which provides parents with the “child unlimited” tools necessary for unlocking their child’s full potential. The book also presents the “child limiting” challenges that teens and tweens face and strategies to help parents best prevent and stop them in their tracks.

Douglas has published more than 250 articles in the realms of parenting, education, self-help, and health and wellness. He is the co-author of an award-winning exercise and fitness book Top Ten Tips for Tip Top Shape (iUniverse, 2005), which provides super-health programs for individuals in all professional fields.

With over 20 years of experience as a teacher, coach and mentor, Douglas has spoken with hundreds of parents and has worked with them to better understand and communicate with their children in a loving way. Through his innovative teaching styles and educational games, music and videos he has created originally for children, Douglas has helped different learners become motivated; set goals; self-manage; learn how to make good choices; become happy, healthy, self-reliant and stable-minded; and navigate through peer pressures to overcome the many challenges that they are faced with each day.

Douglas has spoken at schools, libraries, bookstores, conferences, and workshops about topics related to parenting, education, and health and wellness. He has written for and been featured in many national magazines and popular online websites and is a regular guest expert on television.

Suggested Topics

• Scheduling Your Child
  

  A lecture for parents that discusses how to best schedule different extracurricular activities for your child and make it the most rewarding, without being too burdensome on the child. This lecture discusses how children can get involved in the decision-making process. It emphasizes how to make children accountable for their schedule and best manage it.

• How to Motivate an Unmotivated Child
  

  A lecture that provides the tools necessary to spark a child’s passions. Parents, educators and coaches would benefit from learning these methods on how to effectively communicate with and listen to a child. This lecture would highlight the best reinforcers to use with children and ways to help them become happier, better self-starters, goal setters, time managers and problem solvers.

• The Technology Craze
  

  A lecture for parents that addresses the concerns with the overuse of technology and how to appropriately monitor a child’s activities. A discussion on cyberbullying, sexting and social media etiquette will be addressed with specific strategies to appropriately monitor your child’s electronic activities and help them make smart choices and how to effectively discipline misuse of technology.

• Raising a “6 S” Child: Smart, Successful, Self-Motivated, Savvy, Safe and Self-Disciplined Child
  

  This comprehensive lecture addresses the ten “child unlimited” tools necessary for raising the 6 Ss. It discusses how parents can set appropriate limits with natural consequences to help their children become better problem solvers, goal setters, leaders, more resilient to adversit, and make wise choices for their overall well-being. The lecture also discusses how parents can create a good relationship with their child’s teacher(s) and the kinds of questions they should ask regarding their child. Furthermore, this lecture also presents strategies for helping parents start conversations about serious topics with their children such as sex, drinking, drug use, bullying, etc.

• 30 Days to Finding You and Regaining Balance in Your Busy Life
  

  This lecture will provide the ten “Personal Happiness Principles” to help busy parents and educators regain balance in their lives, identify their passions and to start living the life they’ve truly imagined. This is an interactive workshop that provides the attendees with workbooks and takeaway exercises that will transform their awareness and bring them into a more mindful and balanced state of being.

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What People Say About Douglas Haddad

“Douglas Haddad delivers parents a no-fail approach to raising children. If you could read only one book to help children become successful and reach their unlimited potential, The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens has everything you need and is the one to get!”
—Jack Canfield, multiple #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul^®  series, success coach, and human potential thought leader

“Doug’s tools for the 6 S’s are an absolute MUST for all parents out there! There are so many issues that children are dealing with nowadays and Doug truly gets it! His advice will help you gain the confidence you need to make the right choices and effectively handle any problems to truly help your child succeed at all levels!”
—Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul

“Kudos to Douglas Haddad for helpful, meaningful tools for bettering our parenting skills. Nothing is a more important service today to both our children and to us. There are treasures here for every parent seeking a better relationship with their tween or teen.”
—Marianne Williamson, multiple #1 New York Times bestselling author, spiritual teacher and lecturer