| A parent, whether single or with a
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| | good at home, proactive parenting is even
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| partner, is often blamed for anything
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| | better.
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| that goes wrong with their children.
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| | * EPT gives parents the opportunity to
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| Blame for the perceived wrongdoings of
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| | stop and look at their home situation
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| our children is probably one of the
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| | from a different perspective. What were
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| hardest burdens that we as parents have
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| | your goals when you started your family?
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| to carry.
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| | EPT is a big step towards achieving those
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| The truth is that parents these days are
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| | goals.
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| time poor and their children are, more
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| | * EPT can help parents identify if they
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| than ever before, influenced by many
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| | are working with or against each other.
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| powerful outside sources. Most parents
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| | How do they reach consensus?
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| are doing the best they can with the
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| | * EPT provides guidelines for putting
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| knowledge they have. For the majority of
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| | things into order at home - creating a
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| people, this knowledge is based on how
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| | 'bottom line', revisiting values and
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| they were parented themselves. But times
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| | establishing rules, boundaries and
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| have changed, what worked for their
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| | consequences. This step alone is
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| parents and for them as children may not
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| | critical. Too many rules become
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| work now for their own families. Many
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| | unworkable but rules and boundaries
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| people find that relying on what they
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| | provide a baseline for the whole family
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| learned from their own experience isn't
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| | and a structure with foundations for
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| sufficient.
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| | feeling safe with everyone knowing what
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| With just about everything that we do in
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| | is expected of them.
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| life, we learn from our 'mistakes'. Some
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| | * Rules, boundaries and structure are
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| of our mistakes are easy to move on from,
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| | meaningless to children and teenagers
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| others can last a lifetime and cause
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| | without loving, sincere and effective
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| untold heartache.
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| | communication. EPT will teach parents how
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| Most people are born with parental
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| | to listen and communicate effectively
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| instincts so parenting does come
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| | rather than inflaming situations.
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| naturally to a certain extent. But who
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| | * EPT will assist parents in
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| among us can say that they have not made
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| | understanding what their children need to
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| mistakes? The evidence of some of our
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| | experience in order to feel loved. Most
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| hasty parenting decisions can be in the
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| | parents do try to show their love but do
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| form of defiant, uncommunicative or
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| | not understand that what is perceived as
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| sullen children and teenagers, and these
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| | love to one person may be quite different
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| mistakes are not easy to live with.
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| | to another.
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| Is there a better way? Yes, there is.
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| | * Parents will understand how their
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| Learning to become an effective parent
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| | children learn. Once again, because we
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| can save a great deal of heartache.
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| | are unique individuals, we all learn
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| Effective parenting is a learned skill
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| | differently. This understanding can
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| and like just about everything else that
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| | provide the parent untold and unique
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| we do, the more we practice effective
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| | opportunities to help their children gain
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| parenting techniques, the better and more
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| | confidence at school.
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| effective we become at parenting.
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| | With these tools and a firmer foundation
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| Effective parenting training gives us a
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| | upon which to move their families forward
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| better understanding of the complexities
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| | in a positive direction, parents and
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| of our family, the pressures that our
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| | their children will feel empowered.
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| children face in the modern school
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| | Children are resilient and forgiving and
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| setting, and the added pressure from part
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| | they do want to feel the love their
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| time work that many young people
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| | parents have for them. It is essential
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| experience. It teaches us how to listen,
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| | for their growth into healthy young
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| understand and communicate with our
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| | adults. Where there has been continuing
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| children so that we do not make things
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| | conflict you can be pretty sure that some
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| worse, whilst still understanding that
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| | of those loving feelings have been lost.
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| every child, family and situation is
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| | They can be reestablished. There has to
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| unique.
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| | be at least one 'adult' in a situation to
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| Can effective parenting training (EPT)
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| | turn things around; someone who is
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| help?
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| | willing to take the responsibility to get
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| In short, effective parenting training
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| | things moving in the right direction.
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| takes some of the guess work out of
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| | Beginning parents will probably have a
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| parenting and provides strategies and
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| | good understanding of some of the
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| tools that can be used to create a more
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| | pitfalls in modern parenting - prevention
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| harmonious home. If things are pretty
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| | is so much better than any cure.
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