Ying Interview
Ying talks about the positive changes at home once she has attended the parenting course. Effective Discipline Term 1 2018
Rose Interview
Rose talks about the positive changes at home once she has attended the parenting course. Effective Discipline Term 1 2019
Cloris Interview
Cloris talks about the positive changes at home once she has attended the parenting course Effective Discipline Term 1 2018
Survey results – School vs Parents
We've asked parents from our courses and their friends this question: When teaching our children how to behave, what percentage do you think is the school's responsibility and what is the parents' responsibility? Interestingly, their answers tended to show that for them, parents have more responsibility than school when it…
When you are feeling bad…
When you are feeling bad, you may want to say something to yourself: I am worthy of happiness; I may have wrong thoughts about it; When my mind is talking negatively, I am not going to listen and I'd like to do something else, such as deep breathing or having…
Losing connection with our children and teens
One of the fastest ways of achieving this is to constantly be checking our mobile phone, answering txts and emails and scrolling for other information which we feel is important for us. Now I’m not against this wonderful technology. What would we do without it? We use it constantly and…
A Boy Making Amends
When I received a phone call from my son’s school telling me that my son accidently broke the football goal post in the school field my heart sank. I went to school to have a short meeting about the incident with my son and the Deputy Principle. I found out…
Hope and Transformation
From feelings of anger and distress to restored relationships and calmer and more positive behaviour This is a brief account of how seven angry parents journeyed together over 10 consecutive weeks to recreate and restore their heart connection with their angry, very disruptive and defiant teens and also to attempt…
Trust and the Adolescent
We all want to trust our adolescent to make wise decisions about their life, their choice of subjects at school, their friends and their future. We want to trust them to have a good attitude and always try to do the right thing. To find ways to get on well…
What comes out of our mouth
It is very important that we positively connect with our children by acknowledging them in a loving and supportive way. In fact, we are encouraged by New Zealand research to even work consistently towards increasing our positive comments or positive acknowledgements. (1) Notice the word ‘connecting’ in the examples of…