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Parenting Course

Parenting Potential offers courses in parenting skills. Each course is run over five, two hour sessions by a trainer working with discussion group leaders.  The courses stand alone and are focused on parents of children within different age groups. There are four courses available:

 

  • Getting Started

Focusing on the first four years:

            The role of parents

Establishing boundaries for young children

Developing your child

Preparing for the world beyond the family

 

  • Childhood Years

Focusing on children from 4 to 8:

Establishing your family values

Developing your child’s gifts

Helping your children develop healthy relationships

Strengthening your family’s influence

 

  • Preparing for Adolescence

Focusing on children from 9 to 13:

Reviewing family values and influence

Building relationships within the family

Understanding the culture in which adolescents live

Adolescent behaviour and setting new boundaries

 

 

  • Letting them go

Focusing on 15 to 18 year olds:

Preparing your teens for independence

Helping your young people to make good choices

Building healthy relationships with your maturing teenagers

The pain of parting