Liza's first book, The Truth about Parenting: Navigating the Elementary Years was published in 2006.
Copies are still available for groups who book workshops. To schedule a workshop or for more information, contact liza@lizaweidle.com
Book reviews:
Liza Weidle's book is a roadmap for parents seeking direction in the maze known as elementary school...Liza's style is one of common sense, lessons learned from her parents, and personal experience. She models the lessons espoused and freely admits the mistakes she made and uses each as a teachable moment. The truth is: quality parenting is hard work, but the payoff is worth it when our children become focused and caring individuals who contribute positively to society - truly a "Gift from God. - Bill McNeal, 2005 National Superintendent of the Year
Liza Weidle's extensive knowledge and vast experience will provide parents with a better set of tools to pilot their children through the elementary years. As a dedicated child advocate and an exceptional volunteer, Liza recognizes the need and the value of a parent involvement effort that provides success for all children. - Tannis Nelson, Past President North Carolina PTA
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Book reviews:
Liza Weidle's book is a roadmap for parents seeking direction in the maze known as elementary school...Liza's style is one of common sense, lessons learned from her parents, and personal experience. She models the lessons espoused and freely admits the mistakes she made and uses each as a teachable moment. The truth is: quality parenting is hard work, but the payoff is worth it when our children become focused and caring individuals who contribute positively to society - truly a "Gift from God. - Bill McNeal, 2005 National Superintendent of the Year
Liza Weidle's extensive knowledge and vast experience will provide parents with a better set of tools to pilot their children through the elementary years. As a dedicated child advocate and an exceptional volunteer, Liza recognizes the need and the value of a parent involvement effort that provides success for all children. - Tannis Nelson, Past President North Carolina PTA
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A Taste of Taffy: Samplings from the Triangle Area Freelancers
Liza's column Helicopter Parents Turn Kamikaze is included in this special collection of nonfiction articles, essays, and photographs by the Triangle Area Freelancers (TAF). These eclectic North Carolina writers meet monthly to share ideas and provide mutual support. Their first collaborative effort is an engaging anthology which explores material as far-ranging as hot yoga classes, the next urban pet, preschool observations, Valentine dilemmas and the growing of hops.
Dan Barkin, senior editor/online for the News & Observer of Raleigh, NC , wrote this review on Liza's column feature in A Taste of Taffy: I have ridden in that chopper, and committed some though not all the sins listed by Liza. I personally never attended class for my son to take notes,
but he still has three years to go at N.C. State, so we'll see. The value in
Liza's piece is that she drilled down deeply into the phenomenon so that she
could surface the symptoms. Some of these symptoms are so ubiquitous that we
don't recognize them; therein lies the problem. Liza's story should be sent
home in book bags; the helicopter parents will be the ones to find it at the
bottom, crumpled up, and they may read it.
A Taste of Taffy was published in 2008 and is available for purchase on:
Barnes and Noble NOOK Book
iTunes
Amazon
Lulu
Liza is an active member of the Triangle Area Freelancers and volunteers as a videographers who posts segments to the group's YouTube page. TAF is an organization offering information and support to professional writers and aspiring freelancers in the Triangle region.
Dan Barkin, senior editor/online for the News & Observer of Raleigh, NC , wrote this review on Liza's column feature in A Taste of Taffy: I have ridden in that chopper, and committed some though not all the sins listed by Liza. I personally never attended class for my son to take notes,
but he still has three years to go at N.C. State, so we'll see. The value in
Liza's piece is that she drilled down deeply into the phenomenon so that she
could surface the symptoms. Some of these symptoms are so ubiquitous that we
don't recognize them; therein lies the problem. Liza's story should be sent
home in book bags; the helicopter parents will be the ones to find it at the
bottom, crumpled up, and they may read it.
A Taste of Taffy was published in 2008 and is available for purchase on:
Barnes and Noble NOOK Book
iTunes
Amazon
Lulu
Liza is an active member of the Triangle Area Freelancers and volunteers as a videographers who posts segments to the group's YouTube page. TAF is an organization offering information and support to professional writers and aspiring freelancers in the Triangle region.
Upcoming Book Projects:
Wit and Wisdom for Today's Family: Grandpa Whit's sermons from 1903-1946 is Liza's next book project. Discovered in 1987 in a box in her father's attic, the sermons from Liza's Grandfather are transcribed and ready to wrap into a collection for today's family.
Here's a sneak peek of one of Grandpa Whit's favorite poems:
The promise for you and me is whether we are going to organize our lives around ourselves or around God.
Be still my soul; the dawn will break.
Through darkest night, a light will shine.
There will be song again to wake new beauty of the trodden vine.
Why mourn, my soul! Look forth and see white lilies from the sod.
Before a tomb incredibly,
They seal the promises of God.
Be strong, my soul! Rejoice and sing,
If from your earthly pain and loss,
Christ gives you grace to rise and climb
More closely to his cross.