Chris & Holly Santillo

Chris and Holly Santillo are martial arts instructors and the authors of Resilience Parenting: Raising Resilient Children in an Era of Detachment and Dependence. Chris is the founder and head instructor at Potomac Kempo in Alexandria, Virginia, with more than twenty-five years of teaching experience and a sixth-degree Black Belt in Kempo. Holly is a senior instructor and the founding conductor of several choirs, including the Mount Vernon Children's Choir and the women's a cappella group Canto. In their book, they draw on their work as teachers and parents to offer positive alternatives to lecturing, bribing, and punishing, built around three pillars: Learning, Integrity, and Service.