
Romanian parents Increasingly Open to Learning New Approaches to Parenting. Romania Has a National Strategy for Supporting Parents
Renowned Dr. Gordon Neufeld and Dr. Shefali are coming to Bucharest in October 2025.

Dr. Shefali, for the first time in Romania: A slap for a child means they are worthless. Parenting is actually about parents.
The first lie we tell ourselves as parents is that parenting is about the child. It’s not, it’s about the parents!

ParentED Analysis: Number of Romanian Children with Parents Working Abroad Drops by 17%
Over 60,000 children in Romania have one or both parents working abroad, according to public data analyzed by ParentED.

The Cost of Educating a Child in Romania Exceeds 30,000 Lei Experts Recommend: Emotional Support is Just as Important
In Romania, a family’s costs for supporting a child’s education throughout a complete school cycle exceed 30,000 lei.

More than 1,260 children suffered physical and emotional abuse in the first 3 months of 2024
1,268 children were victims of physical and emotional abuse between January and March 2024, according to the statistics of the ANPDC analyzed by ParentED.

Children Should Not Be Forced to Attend Summer Camps What Dr. Shefali Says About the Pressures Parents Place on Children
The tendency of parents to pressure their children to perform can cause them stress and anxiety, highlights Dr. Shefali, a global parenting expert.

Dr. Shefali: Parents need to negotiate with their children, not be authoritarian. In Romania, parents still punish their children.
Parents should not project their own experiences or personal unfulfillments onto their children’s future.

ParentED Fest, the parenting event of the year, will feature Dr. Shefali in Romania for the first time on October 3
World-renowned clinical psychologist and author, Dr. Shefali, will speak, for the first time in Romania, about the art and practice of conscious parenting