In our last Newsletter, I wrote about the power of appreciation and how the expression of it verbally or just in our thoughts, can be a form of blessing or karakia to our children and teens. In this newsletter, I am going to further explore appreciation from a different perspective to…
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…
2018年新西兰的初春十月，Karen被一名社工介绍来上Whanau Marama Parenting的中文课程《教导青少年》。Karen和四个孩子有段非常煎熬的经历。她与前夫的尖锐矛盾，前夫的暴力倾向，直到痛苦离异。 (more…)
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…
我是Whanau Marama Parenting中文项目的负责人，这是我加入这个大家庭的第五个年头，在初初接触这个实用的课程时，我从这些课程中了解到很多正面的教导技巧，至此我开始谴责我自己的母亲 – 你没花时间陪我、你没多多的鼓励我、你没做这个你没做那个…。这样的对话使我和我已70岁的母亲关系更加的疏远和充满隔阂。 (more…)
Translated by Haiying Dong
每位家长都努力教育孩子有关情商的知识，Facebook上的一位父亲向全世界展示了他是如何进行的：在一个很温馨的视频中，记录了这位父亲Randy Gaines和他女儿之间的谈话，他向小姑娘解释生气是可以的。 (more…)
It’s been a while but our girls are at their nanny’s place for school holidays and you know what’s funny. Remembering that we parents are adults and we can finally watch those scary horror movies without the kids. It blew our minds that even without the kids the TV was…
What would I do If I could turn back the clock? I’ve always thought of this, If I could turn back the clock what would I change I would want to study. I would use all my time to make sure I paid attention in school. I wouldn’t muck around…
About 7 years ago I decided to write a goal list. I had read what other people had written about the value of writing down goals and I decided to try it for myself. A few of them were typical dreams. I want to be a millionaire, I want a…
