Jennifer Watanabe is a Certified Parent Coach through a graduate-level program at the Parent Coaching Institute in collaboration with Seattle Pacific University. She also has been a parent education instructor at a community college in Washington since 1997, teaching parents of 1- to 3-year-olds a range of topics, including child development, temperament, emotional intelligence, eating habits and sleep issues, discipline and guidance and setting limits on behavior.

 

Leveraging such experience, Jennifer has extended her knowledge and insight to the broader community. She has taught parenting classes at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Wash., and frequently makes presentations to infant and toddler groups, as well as elementary school organizations. Notable among them is the Program for Early Parent Support, or PEPS, a highly regarded organization that sponsors parent-infant support groups throughout the Seattle area. In addition, she and her perspectives on parenting have been featured in newspaper and magazine articles.

 

Jennifer is a parent, too. She and her husband have two boys, 12 and 16 years old. A native of Indiana, she has lived in the Seattle area for more than 20 years.

 

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Parent Coaching Bridge is the service Jennifer Watanabe offers to help parents of pre-adolescent children navigate the difficulties -- and joys -- of parenthood.

 

The service is based on the notion that parent coaching helps parents develop better family relationships. Jennifer coaches parents to establish appropriate, loving limits and more effective discipline strategies.

 

Parent Coaching Bridge supports parents with empathy, education and encouragement by using today's technology -- through individual consultation, telebridge telephone classes and online communnication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's what parents who have worked with Jennifer are saying:

 

"Jennifer was so compassionate and supportive."

 

"Jennifer offered us a nice balance of encouragement, reassurance and advice."

 

"I got more out of the class than I expected."

 

"She seems to have good answers to all questions."

 

"Walked away with good tools."

 

"Liked real-world examples."