How To Talk So Kids Will Listen - 6 Week Workshop

Olivia won’t come out of her room… Benjamin insulted your mother… David broke the lamp… Sofia refuses to do her homework… Maya told a lie… and the baby’s crying!
Every other occupation, from driving a truck to performing surgery, requires months or years of training. Only for the job of raising children do we expect that love will be enough. But sometimes it isn’t. Parents also need skills. Here is the program that gives parents the know-how they need to be helpful to their children and helpful to themselves.
Join us for this 6 week workshop series to learn more about engaging with your children and building skills to effectively parent.

Info: An exploration of what happens to children when their feelings are denied. Specific skills that help children to recognize and cope with their negative feelings: disappointment, envy, frustration, resentment, anger, etc. Ways to accept children’s feelings, limit unacceptable behavior, and still maintain goodwill.

Info: How children react to commonly used methods to get them to cooperate: threats, warnings, orders, name-calling, sarcasm, lecturing, etc. Five ways to invite cooperation that will leave parents and children feeling good about themselves and each other.

Info: How do children normally react to punishment? Is it necessary to rely on punishment as a means of discipline? Some alternatives to punishment that enable parents to express their strong disapproval as well as encourage children to assume responsibility for their behavior.

Info: Ways to help children become separate, responsible people who can one day function on their own. Specific skills that help children to become more self-reliant.

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An exploration of the kinds of praise that build a positive and realistic self-image, and the kinds that are counter-productive. A variety of ways to help our children become aware of their strengths so that they can become confident and resilient.

Info: A look at how children are sometimes cast into roles (bully, whiner, dawdler, mischief-maker, etc.) and how we can free them from playing out these roles. Six skills that help children see themselves in a different and more positive light.