Parenting 101 Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children

Description

The goal of the workshop on the Importance of Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children will help parents learn how to get kids to listen and to do what they are supposed to do without nagging, reminding, yelling or commanding. They’ll learn respectful discipline methods that are far more effective than demanding compliance. All this, while building stronger relationships with their children (Age 3+ yrs) and raise them to be more capable, independent, self-sufficient, responsible and resilient adults.

Six skills that you can use to help children see themselves in a different and more positive light. Emotionally intelligent children are Happier, more resilient and will:

• Enjoy increased self-confidence
• Have Better performance in school
• Have healthier social relationships
• Can tolerate frustration better

The topics that will be covered

• Session 1 - Understanding why kids Really misbehave

Parents will learn one of the most helpful, effective ways to manage challenging behavior. This tool will activate a child’s natural desire to please us, follow our lead and be receptive to our guidance. All within the context of building close connections with them. Parents will also learn one of the most helpful, effective ways to cope with negative feelings, disappointments, frustrations, jealousy, and anger.

• Session 2 - Engaging Cooperation

Parents will understand how praise and rewards are ruining their kids. And they will learn a helpful language to foster confidence, self-esteem, and courage in their children.

• Session 3 - Praise and Reward

An exploration of the kinds of praise that build positive and realistic self-image and kinds that do not. A variety of ways to help our children become aware of their strengths so that they can put them into action.

• Session 4 - Positive Discipline Strategy

Parents will learn one of the most helpful and effective strategies to discipline children, hold them accountable for their actions and allow them to learn from their mistakes. Parents will have a closer look at the motives behind misbehavior and will learn to address the root cause with strategies that will actually work long-term and leave parents and kids feeling great about the results.

• Session 5 - Encouraging Autonomy

Ways to help children become separate, responsible people who can one day function on their own. Specific skills that help children to develop their own inner resources.

• Session 6 - Dangers of Labelling

A look at how children are sometimes cast into roles (bully, whiner, responsible, mischief-maker, etc) and how we can free them from playing out these roles.

Additional Info

• This is a KHDA approved training
• Any missed sessions will be repeated at a later time