I've heard so many positive comments about the student assembly and the Parent Coffee. yesterday after Church, a mom told me how much she appreciated hearing what you had to say and how she and her senior daughter had talked about what they had learned from you. Just what I was hoping would happen! I look forward to future endeavors with you.
Ann Bussard, Director of Guidance, Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena, California

It was a wonderful event and every person there felt that it was incredibly helpful and interesting.
Allison S., Executive Director, Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, Connecticut

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for sharing your insightful knowledge of the ever evolving mother/daughter relationship. Our ultimate goal is to teach our daughters to do their part and help meet the vital needs of our surrounding community. Your talk of "Mothering Our Daughters in the 21st Century" really hit home on how challenging that task can be. It is refreshing to know that wel all make mistakes or sometimes "lose it" withour teenage daughters. In the end, however, our ultimate goal is to raise them to be good, kind, and caring individuals, and with those attributes in hand success will follow. A very poignant point made in this fast-paced "Ivy League or Bust" mentality in which we lie. Again, many thanks for speaking to us last Tuesday evening. Your research on parenting and the mother/daughter relationship will prove to be a fundamental tool for the way we raise our daughters in the 21st Century.
Christine B., President, National Charity League, New Canaan Chapter, Connecticut

Thank you so much for the gift of your knowledge, your experience and your heart. Never have I met someone so generous and passionate about their desire to help young people. What an understatement to say you energized our Students for Students members and enlightened their parents all at the same time. It was a pleasure to learn from you and I so hope our paths will cross again.
Gilda Ross, Glenbard West High School, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Thank you again for all that you did to support our new organization and make our event so successful! You definitely created a new awareness of stress and girls. As you can see from the news coverage, your visit helped elevate HGNA [their new nonprofit organization] to a new level, too! On a personal note, I feel fortunate to have been able to spend so much time with you and get to know you. You are an inspiration! I feel a renewed sense of commitment to our work. I hope we can stay in touch.
Mary Ellen, President - Helping Girls Navigate Adolescence, Downer's Grove, Illinois

Thank you for your phenomenal program in Darien last Thursday. The feedback has been tremendous. I believe you have really kicked off a dialogue among parents who want to change. I look forward to meeting with you again in the near future-more people need to hear your message.
Michelle D, Darien YWCA, Darien, Connecticut

I just wanted to write you a short note to thank-you and Laura for a wonderful experience and opportunity.  My weekend in Arizona has left me full of good thoughts and lots of energy...I feel reenergized as a mother.  Annie and I not only bonded but learned more about each other...you gave us communication skills to enrich our relationship as well as others in our lives.  There were many moving moments I will cherish.  How powerful it is to stand up and declare, in front of strangers, what we admire about one another...and that was just the beginning. I wasn't sure what to expect and came away with much more then I could have imagined.  Thank goodness I have your books to continue my education! Mothering is definitely a work in progress, a legacy to cherish.  Thank-you so much for your time and patience. 
R. and A. D., Virginia

Thank you again for an excellent talk.  I am still getting positive feedback from those that attended as well as those that couldn't make it, but heard how good it was.
A.B., Beth Jacobs Synagogue, Norwich, Connecticut

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and graciously giving us your time. Everyone loved your presentation. I think we all have a better understanding of what it means to be a parent and the value of ‘active’ parenting.
N.L., Hurlbutt School, Weston, Connecticut

It has been less than 24 hours and you cannot imagine the amount of positive feedback!!  It is all the same.....FABULOUS.... so real, down to earth, info you can actually use, etc.  They don't just want you to come back to the elementary school and the middle school....they want you to come live with them!! Roni, as always, you were terrific.”
Suzanne Kramer, Mark Twain Library, Redding, Connecticut

Bravo! What an amazing speech you made to Hadassah’s Mothers and Daughters! We think you really touched them, changing their attitudes toward each other. We all laughed together as we realized that we share the same feelings, but with a little help, we can and will thrive. We thank you for so generously donating your time, energy and speaking talent to helping Hadassah raise money for embryonic stem cell research. It was incredible how, with only a few words, you can change someone’s life. All your efforts were very much appreciated.”
K.K., S.K., E.M., S.R., F.L., R.L., Hadassah

I can’t tell you how many compliments you got on your presentation…from both mothers and girls. One mother told me that she had such high regard for your advice that she wanted to ask about her 13-year-old son, as well.
A.T., Baldwin School, Pennsylvania

Brava! And huzzahs tuned to forty thousand decibels for your generous gift of time and considerable expertise shared with the faculty and staff during your workshop. Your presentation rated top marks by all those who heard you.
Phyllis Ellis, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Thank you for speaking at our General parent Council meeting…you were poised, informative, practical, humorous, and encouraging. Thanks to your expertise and real experience, I think that everyone learned new skills a we parent our adolescents.
N.H.C., Hopkins School, New Haven, Connecticut

I’d like to tell you how much we enjoyed your presentation at Amity High School. Your enthusiastic audience of parents, educators and other caregivers was totally engaged throughout and found the program very valuable. Your book was certainly an added bonus. Our supply ran out before the program was over and we had to order additional copies.
C.J.F., B.O.W. Parenting Initiative, Connecticut

Thank you so much for a wonderful evening. We truly benefited from your ‘words of wisdom’ and were inspired to go home and try them out.
L.B., Hadassah, Westport, Connecticut

Thank you for your wonderful presentation. I have heard so many positive comments from the parents who attended. I also liked your common-sense, choose your battles type of approach to raising adolescents.
Y.S., Coleytown Middle School, Westport, Connecticut

I cannot tell you how many times during this past year I have reflected on your comments and observations. I am impressed with the impact your advice and wisdom had on our parent group as well as the middle and upper school girls.
L.S., Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas

We cannot thank you enough for the wonderful job you did as keynote speaker of our Mother Daughter Tea for Two. You received high marks as well as being identified as ‘the favorite’ part of the event by many (even the girls)…your knowledge and expertise on the mother daughter relationship was valuable to all participants. The stories you told added a personal touch and enabled both the mothers and daughters to identify with you.
M.W. and S.G, Esteemed Woman Foundation, Connecticut

Thank you for the wonderful presentation you gave at our school. The seminal message dealing with the issues of adolescence was down to earth and at the same time dynamic. Using wisdom, humor and personal life experience you managed to engage and teach an audience eager to guide and protect their children in what often seems to them an alien world. The positive feedback from those who attended and the exceptional sale of books was an indicator of the huge success of the evening…they will be a dependable guide and source of inspiration for the many parents who bought them.
M.M., The Ursuline School, New Rochelle, New York

I have planned programs with many speakers for Northside Hospital’s Major Speakers Program. Roni is one of the most down-to-earth, personable speakers with whom I’ve had the pleasure to work. And her presentation was right on the mark. She mixed just the right amount of humor and anecdotes with statistics, research, and guidelines to hold the audience’s attention for the hour. Everyone seemed to relate well to her, there were a lot of raised hands, head nodding, and smiles of understanding.
Judy Stanton, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgoe

What a pleasure it was to attend your talk in November. I have been sharing your thoughts and outline with all the Moms and Dads I know. You did such a great job connecting with the audience and delivering a talk that was grounded on research, provocative and filled with helpful guidelines. Again, thank you.
A.M., Darien, CT, mother and nutritionist