'How To Talk So Kids Will Listen' Parenting Workshop

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Dates:	Sat from 2/21/15 - 3/28/15
Hours:	12:30 - 2:30 pm
Ages:	Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
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A 6-session group workshop for anyone who lives or works with children that teaches practical methods of communication that will make your relationships with children less stressful and more rewarding.

Michelle is throwing food...

Johnny's teacher called you at work today...

Jasmine hates her haircut and won't come out of her room...

Bobby was rude to your mother...

Marco broke a window...

Ruth's late for school again...

Krista won't walk up the stairs...

Sam didn't do his homework...

Jenny told a lie...

and the baby's crying!

The How To Talk So Kids Will Listen Group Workshop, based on Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s award winning book, gives parents the know-how they need to be more effective with their children and more helpful to themselves.

In each session of the workshop you'll be introduced to an additional set of proven skills that will help you to cope with your child's negative feelings...engage your child's willing cooperation...discipline without hurting or alienating...help your child develop a positive and realistic self-image...foster a family atmosphere of love and respect.

What Will Be Covered in Each Session?

1.

Helping Children Deal With Their Feelings - Specific skills adults can use that help children to recognize and cope with their negative feelings: disappointment, envy, frustration, resentment, anger, etc. Ways to accept children's feelings, limit unacceptable behavior, and still maintain goodwill.

2.

Engaging Cooperation - How children react to commonly used methods to get them to cooperate: threats, warnings, orders, name-calling, sarcasm, lecturing, etc. Five ways to invite cooperation that will leave parents and children feeling good about themselves and each other.

3.

Alternatives to Punishment - How do children normally react to punishment?

Is it necessary to rely on punishment as a means of discipline?

What is the difference between “punishment” and “natural consequences?” Some alternatives to punishment that enable adults to express their strong disapproval as well as encourage children to assume responsibility for their behavior.

4.

Encouraging Autonomy - Ways to help children become separate, responsible people who can one day function on their own.

Specific skills that help children to become more self-reliant.

5.

Praise - What kinds of praise build a positive and realistic self-image, and what kinds are counter-productive?

Ways to help children become aware of their strengths so that they can put them into action.

6.

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

Join Positive Parenting Boston this February/March for the How To Talk So Kids Will Listen group workshop series!

COST

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$130 per person for early registration (fully paid by Jan. 31) or if you bring a friend$190 after Jan. 31

WEBSITE

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positiveparentingboston.weebly.com

LOCATION

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41 Garrison Road, Brookline, MA, 02445 map
Phone: 917-846-2573