Parenting is the most challenging and rewarding role in your life, the most underestimated too in terms of effort and investment of time and energy.
There is a lot of struggle for parents wishing to do better than their parents, but not having the tools for that.
Aware Parenting is giving tools and ideas of how to raise happy kids with ease and joy.
Coaching can help, try an exploratory session and decide for yourself.
Send a message with “EXPLORATORY SESSION” in the subject line to mariana_florea@yesyoucan.be and I’ll get back to you to schedule one.
WORKSHOPS
- Discipline WITHOUT punishments and rewards
DESCRIPTION
This workshop intends to create awareness around the pitfalls of the discipline based on punishments and rewards and to introduce the idea of Cooperation and Democratic Parenting, both far more effective in kids rearing in the long run.
CONTENT
What is Aware Parenting?
Obedience vs Cooperation
Parenting Styles
Pitfalls of using punishments and rewards
Exercises for examples from the audience
Aware Parenting in Luxembourg
- HOW TO DEAL WITH KIDS UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR
DESCRIPTION
This workshop give some practical ideas on how to deal with undesirable behavior using Cooperation and Democratic Parenting.
CONTENT
What is Aware Parenting?
Reasons for kids undesirable behavior
Three steps technique to deal with the behavior
Exercises for examples from the audience
Aware Parenting in Luxembourg
- The 10 principles of Aware Parenting
1. Aware parents fill their children’s needs for physical contact (holding, cuddling, etc.). They do not worry about “spoiling” their children.
2. Aware parents accept the entire range of emotions and listen non-judgmentally to children’s expressions of feelings. They realize that they cannot prevent all sadness, anger, or frustration, and they do not attempt to stop children from releasing painful feelings through crying or raging.
3. Aware parents offer age-appropriate stimulation, and trust children to learn at their own rate and in their own way. They do not try to hurry children on to new stages of development.
4. Aware parents offer encouragement for learning new skills, but do not judge children’s performance with either criticism or evaluative praise.
5. Aware parents spend time each day giving full attention to their children. During this special, quality time, they observe, listen, respond, and join in their children’s play (if invited to do so), but they do not direct the children’s activities.
6. Aware parents protect children from danger, but they do not attempt to prevent all of their children’s mistakes, problems, or conflicts.
7. Aware parents encourage children to be autonomous problem-solvers and help only when needed. They do not solve their children’s problems for them.
8. Aware parents set reasonable boundaries and limits, gently guide children towards acceptable behavior, and consider everyone’s needs when solving conflicts. They do not control children with bribes, rewards, threats, or punishments of any kind.
9. Aware parents take care of themselves and are honest about their own needs and feelings. They do not sacrifice themselves to the point of becoming resentful.
10. Aware parents strive to be aware of the ways in which their own childhood pain interferes with their ability to be good parents, and they make conscious efforts to avoid passing on their own hurts to their children.