Becoming a calm parent: Tips and tricks
target audience: toddler thru high SCHOOL parents
target audience: toddler thru high SCHOOL parents
In this lecture, we work through ideas
to break the cycles of anger in our homes
that are so easily set of by the kids we love so much.
to break the cycles of anger in our homes
that are so easily set of by the kids we love so much.
- What happens in our brains when we get angry at our kids and what things triger our anger on a regular basis.
- How to create support systems in your house to defuse anger using a three-step approach.
- How to use Family Meetings to encourage healthy communication to alleviate the triggers for our anger.
Screen time battles: How to avoid them
target Audience: 3rd-8th grade parents
target Audience: 3rd-8th grade parents
- Learn the plusses and minuses of electronics - smartphones, gaming, texting, apps, YouTube
- Ideas on setting up responsible electronics in your home
- Should you track your kid's use? See EyeDactic in use
- Setting up limits and contracts for electronics
- What happens when things get out of control?
- Sexting and porn - what you should know as a parent
how to get your kids to listen
target audience: elementary parents
target audience: elementary parents
- Learn how we currently talk to our kids ~ ~ ~
are we a "Helicopter", "Drill Sergeant", or a "Consultant"?
How do our behaviors affect our ability to communicate with them? - What do we actually communicate when
we are interacting with our kids - competence or incompetence? Are we being helpful or interfering? - When are the best times to communicate
with our kids? When can we up the odds that our efforts will really be heard and understood? When can we arrange for their brains to be ready to listen to us?
Mary will incorporate age-appropriate examples
depending on the audience.
depending on the audience.
how to handle child temper tantrums
target audience: toddler & elementary parents
target audience: toddler & elementary parents
Tantrums can be so draining and disruptive to a happy family life!
In this seminar learn to tame the tantrums by understanding:
In this seminar learn to tame the tantrums by understanding:
- Learn the why and what behind the emotions of tantrums
- Understand what you can do as a parent during the tantrum to help calm the situation
- Figure out how to set up a "calm down" location using input from your child to make a safe, secure and loving environment for them when their emotions take over
- Learn how to brainstorm with your kids after a meltdown using one-on-one time with them or having family meetings to help identify key triggers for tantrums
Communicating with teens
target audience: middle & high school parents
target audience: middle & high school parents
- Learn how we currently talk to our tweens & teens ~ ~ ~
are we a "Helicopter," "Drill Sargeant," or a "Consultant"? How do our behaviors affect our ability to communicate with them? - What do we actually communicate when we are interacting with our kids - competence or incompetence? Are we being helpful or interfering?
- When are the best times to communicate with our kids? When can we up the odds that our efforts will really be heard and understood? When can we arrange for their brains to be ready to listen to us?
Mary will incorporate age-appropriate examples
depending on the audience.
parenting through storms:
conflict & consequences
target audience: all ages
conflict & consequences
target audience: all ages
Learn when and how to deal with family conflict and
have consequences for sibling conflicts and
other poor behaviors that work! We’ll discuss:
have consequences for sibling conflicts and
other poor behaviors that work! We’ll discuss:
- What do we do vs. what SHOULD we do when siblings fight
- Learn tips for keeping calm while “natural consequences” do the hard work for you
- What types of consequences work? What doesn’t work?
- How do we get our kids to solve their own conflicts?
- When to get involved and when to let kids fight it out
- What to do when there are no effective consequences available
- When separating siblings works and when it doesn’t work
raising responsible and resilient kids
target audience: all ages
target audience: all ages
- Responsibility – how we can get them to “own” their stuff!
- When should we stop managing grades and homework for our kids?
- What happens when we do too much for our kids?
- How can we stop ourselves from interfering with their growth?
- What are affordable mistakes we can let our kids learn from?
- How can mistakes build resilience?
target audience:
toddler thru high SCHOOL parents
toddler thru high SCHOOL parents
In this lecture, we work through ideas
to break the cycles of anger in our homes
that are so easily set of by the kids we love so much.
to break the cycles of anger in our homes
that are so easily set of by the kids we love so much.
- What happens in our brains when we get angry at our kids and what things triger our anger on a regular basis.
- How to create support systems in your house to defuse anger using a three-step approach.
- How to use Family Meetings to encourage healthy communication to alleviate the triggers for our anger.
target Audience:
3rd thru 8th grade parents
3rd thru 8th grade parents
- Learn the plusses and minuses of electronics - smartphones, gaming, texting, apps, YouTube
- Ideas on setting up responsible electronics in your home
- Should you track your kid's use? See EyeDactic in use
- Setting up limits and contracts for electronics
- What happens when things get out of control?
- Sexting and porn - what you should know as a parent
target Audience:
Elementary parents
Elementary parents
- Learn how we currently talk to our kids - are we a "Helicopter," "Drill Sergeant," or a "Consultant"? How do our behaviors affect our ability to communicate with them?
- What do we actually communicate when we are interacting with our kids - competence or incompetence? Are we being helpful or interfering?
- When are the best times to communicate with our kids? When can we up the odds that our efforts will really be heard and understood? When can we arrange for their brains to be ready to listen to us?
Mary will incorporate age-appropriate examples
depending on the audience.
target audience:
toddler & elementary parents
toddler & elementary parents
Tantrums can be so draining and disruptive to a happy family life! In this seminar learn to tame the tantrums by understanding:
- Learn the why and what behind the emotions of tantrums
- Understand what you can do as a parent during the tantrum to help calm the situation
- Figure out how to set up a "calm down" location using input from your child to make a safe, secure and loving environment for them when their emotions take over
- Learn how to brainstorm with your kids after a meltdown using one-on-one time with them or having family meetings to help identify key triggers for tantrums
target audience:
middle and High school parents
middle and High school parents
- Learn how we currently talk to our tweens and teens - - - are we a "Helicopter," "Drill Sargeant," or a "Consultant"? How do our behaviors affect our ability to communicate with them?
- What do we actually communicate when we are interacting with our kids - competence or incompetence? Are we being helpful or interfering?
- When are the best times to communicate with our kids? When can we up the odds that our efforts will really be heard and understood? When can we arrange for their brains to be ready to listen to us?
Mary will incorporate age-appropriate examples
depending on the audience.
TARGET AUDIENCE: aLL AGES
Learn when and how to deal with family conflict and have consequences for sibling conflicts and other poor behaviors that work! We’ll discuss:
- What do we do vs. what SHOULD we do when siblings fight
- Learn tips for keeping calm while “natural consequences” do the hard work for you
- What types of consequences work? What doesn’t work?
- How do we get our kids to solve their own conflicts?
- When to get involved and when to let kids fight it out
- What to do when there are no effective consequences available
- When separating siblings works and when it doesn’t work
TARGET AUDIENCE: ALL AGES
- Responsibility – how we can get them to “own” their stuff!
- When should we stop managing grades and homework for our kids?
- What happens when we do too much for our kids?
- How can we stop ourselves from interfering with their growth?
- What are affordable mistakes we can let our kids learn from?
- How can mistakes build resilience?
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Becoming a calm parent: Tips and tricks
target audience: toddler thru high SCHOOL parents 
In this lecture, we work through ideas
to break the cycles of anger in our homes that are so easily set of by the kids we love so much.
Screen time battles: How to avoid them
target Audience: 3rd-8th grade parents 
how to get your kids to listen
target audience: elementary parents 
how to handle child temper tantrums
target audience: toddler & elementary parents 
Communicating with teens
target audience: middle & high school parents 
parenting through storms:
conflict & consequences target audience: all ages 
raising responsible and resilient kids
target audience: all ages 
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