For every parent who wants to feel proud instead of guilty by knowing HOW to raise CONFIDENT, RESILIENT and INDEPENDENT children in a happy home.

Aim of the 3 workshops: We will explore easy to implement parenting skills and activities that will lead to a happy and confident family based on love and respect supported by clear expectations and predictability. This will make your home a safe place for your kids to grow up, but also for you to live in.

Outcome from attending the 3 workshops:

● You will feel more in control of yourself, your actions and words by having a ‘parenting tool box’ that works for you, your family situation and your individual children.

● You will have a stronger sense of connection with your family that will lead to better cooperation, teamwork and a calmer home.

● Your home will be a safe place to grow up in as you will all be clear about each other’s expectations and what happens if a family member doesn’t stick to the agreements you set together.

● All the tools lead to raising children who are confident, resilient and independent in all aspects of life and not afraid to meet the world as it is.

The overall objective is that in the future you will be able to not only look back and think, ‘I did a good job and I feel proud’, but also to enjoy seeing your children develop into healthy, happy, adults with high levels of well-being and social functioning.

Overview and outcomes for each of the workshops:

1st workshop: Connect before Correct: Friday the 19th Feb at 10-12GMT

‘Not all parenting needs to be loud, hard and negative’

● Explore how, with some simple actions, we can glue the family together in order to create more cooperation and team-work, less nagging and stress.

● I am sure we have all been there, where we have said and done things that we regret later on. We will explore how we can become more connected to ourselves and learn to respond instead of react to situations at home (i.e. home study, chores, bedtime etc.) and to our kid’s behaviours (sibling fighting, nagging, boredom, meltdown, resistance etc.) in a measured and assertive way, rather than being impulsive and aggressive.

● Together, we will talk about how we can create a stronger connection with each of our kids so they feel valued, love and needed.

● Once you have implemented the tools you will be able to create more harmony and peace at home and experience less battles and stress.

● You will start getting the balance right between positive moments and family fun and still doing our job as a parent to teach and discipline our kids.

Once we have achieved this everything becomes so much easier: establishing rules, routine and responsibilities but also setting limits that sit well with us and still respect the child.

No one goes through family life stress or battle free - but if our starting point is healthy connection and communication we are more likely to bounce back and restore the balance and peace afterwards, and come out the other end without negative scars or feelings of guilt.

2nd Workshop: Set limits and set boundaries. Friday the 26th Feb at 10-12GMT

‘I love you too much to behave like that’

● I will share with you my top tips and strategies for effectively communicating your boundaries in a way that sits well with you and still respects the child without shame, blame and further battles

● We will explore how we can say NO and set limits successfully to your children. No matter what you or your child is going through (emotional / academic / social challenges, moving house, separation or divorce, anger or behavioural issues etc.) it is still our job to teach limit setting - even though it might be hard.

● Once we master the art of saying NO it is possible for us and our child to accept and respect each other’s boundaries and limits without guilt and finger pointing.

● We will talk about how we can use the powerful tool of ‘ignoring’ if our kids test our boundaries. This will eventually teach our kids that if they CHOOSE to engage in a particular behaviour it will have a direct effect on them, both positive and negative.

● We will learn to use the above strategies as teaching tools to encourage positive behaviours and attitude, not as a punishment. This way, our kids are more likely to want to cooperate with us and our family environment becomes a calmer place to be.

3rd workshops: Raising an independent & confident child. Friday the 5th of March 10-12GMT

‘Independence is not something your children can gain by themselves, it is a gift you give your children that will benefit them forever’

● One of the main roles of parents is to foster, teach and facilitate independence in our children. During this last workshop we will gain an understanding of how better communication and connection enables us to support children to have family and personal responsibilities, and how best to implement them in a positive way, without battles and stress.

● Independence is not just about DOING more around the house or for themselves but about being able to THINK for themselves when it really matters. Our overall aim at this workshop is to teach and support our children to become effective problem solvers so that they are not always relying on other people to 'sort things out' for them.

● For this to happen we need to move away from thinking, ‘how can I fix this or get this done?’ to ‘how can I get them to problem solve and do and think more for themselves?'

We will cover:

● How to implement and encourage chores and responsibilities in a cooperative way.

● What to do if they resist and refuse to do them.

● How we can teach and motivate our kids to become effective and confident problem solvers so they are resilient to the challenges of life.

● And we will talk about pocket money, consequences and positive encouragement.

Attending these 3 workshops is an investment in your family and child’s future

An place to connect and learn from likeminded parent