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My name is Kim Allen. I want to talk to those of you who are parents or 
work with children. I work at a nonprofit training and research 
organization, The Institute of HeartMath. We do innovative biomedical 
and psychosocial research as well as customize training programs for 
Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, educational systems and the 
military. A lot of us have stress in our professional worlds, but often the 
tough times revolve around our kids. Statistics show that most kids spend 
fewer than 10 minutes a week talking to their parents. It's no wonder we 
don't know what's going on in their worlds. By the time they're thirteen, 
parents are often the last people they talk to so they look outside the home 
for support, connectedness  and answers.

Parents and youngsters need to learn to use their own intuition. This is 
developed by learning how to identify internal feedback signals, accessing 
heart intelligence, to communicate and find solutions. HeartMath allows 
the child and the adult to know they have a choice! As a parent, I started 
using the very HeartMath tools I was teaching to professionals, at home. 
Understanding *my* reactions to my son help me make better choices and 
bring more understanding, compassion and tolerance to our relationship. 
I've used the tools to find and maintain mental and emotional balance and 
model that for my son so he, too, is learning self-management. The stress in 
our relationship is greatly reduced and we are crossing the barriers that 
create communication breakdown. He is developing into a balanced, well-
adjusted kid.

What's exciting now is that IHM is about to offer a new book that addresses 
the adult-child relationship and shows how to use the HeartMath system 
within these relationships. Children of today perceive differently than 
adults realize. The book goes gives new insights into how children 
develop their perceptions at different ages. It shows adults how to develop 
intuitive heart understanding so they learn to understand how children 
perceive life. From there, the adult can truly direct children.

Although the book won't be published 'til early 1995, IHM will present the 
new insights and effective tools in "The Empowered Parent" seminar in 
Boulder Creek, CA on December 2. In addition to learning the tools, 
participants receive an advance manuscript of the new book, "A Parenting 
Manual: How to Prevent and Close Communication Gaps at Any Age 
through Common Sense Intuitive Understanding". 

If you'd like more information, call Stephanie Herzog at 408-338-8700. Or, 
you can request more information about this important work by sending a 
message to hrtmath@netcom.com.