CHRISTIE CLARKE, President of Out-a-Box Parenting, Inc., author, consultant, educator, facilitator, parenting coach, and (perhaps most importantly) mother of four, shares the joys, challenges, insights, and humor of living with children AND communicating with adults!   Based in part on the phenomenally successful Love and Logic © programs out of Denver, Christie is dedicated to enlightening, entertaining, inspiring, and empowering her audiences.

In addition to facilitating workshops for parents and teachers, her parent coaching activities have earned her the title of “The Nanny of Elgin” and provided her with a broad base of wit and wisdom which she happily shares with those willing to explore an out-of-the-box solution for some of life’s stickiest little [and huge] problems. 

Having worked with staff at health centers, hospitals, churches, schools, and day care centers, she also trains teachers and parents in powerful, yet simple skills that empower adults who care about kids…and each other!

An entertaining and enlightening speaker, her school presentations provide strategies to help teachers enjoy classroom interactions, manage misbehavior with ease, and remember why they became teachers in the first place.

Her parenting [and grand parenting] presentations provide effective, practical, simple skills to make living with children (and spouses) FUN again.

Her communication presentations positively impact relationships at home, in the office place, on committees, and in groups.

Parent, church, school, and community organizations love to “experience” Christie Clarke’s energy and enthusiasm - providing them all with skills, strategies, and smiles!