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THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK: FOR SELF & FAMILY 2023

THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK: FOR SELF & FAMILY 2023

June 5-June 9, 2023

Virtual Event 

Virtual Event 



"Reconciliation Week Created by Esther Productions Inc.the National Reconciliation Week: For Self & Family has been designed to:

  • Raise awareness about the importance of family in developing whole, healthy children and adults;

 

  • Raise awareness about the importance of family to developing strong communities and a healthy society;

 

  • Provide specific information and techniques for strengthening the family, whether traditional or blended;

 

  • Provide specific information to help young single mothers and fathers understand their roles as parents;

 

  • Provide tips to enable single mothers and fathers to become more expert at parenting while juggling other external responsibilities

 

  • Encourage more parents who do not live in the same household to embrace co-parenting as a process improve emotional, spiritual and healthy outcomes for their children and themselves;

 

  • Encourage the involvement of more fathers in the daily growth and development of their daughters; and ​

 

  • Provide specific guidance and counseling that would enable previously estranged fathers and daughters to reconcile"



Join NRW for a week of live and video taped panel discussions, interviews and mini-workshops with experts, including Linda Nielson, author of Myths and Lies About Dads: How They Hurt Us All, that will help inspire your self or family reconciliation.

It's free. Registration is required. EVERY DAY JUNE 5 THROUGH JUNE 9 BETWEEN 12:30 AND 1:30 PM (EST)
www.estherproductionsinc.com/events-1/the-national-reconciliation-week-for-self-family-june-5-june-9-2023-2023-06-05-12-30  

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