Parenting workshop

We would like to thank all the parents who came to the parenting workshop on Tuesday. The evening was a great success and was aimed at giving parents some tools to support them with their parenting.

Some key points that came out from the workshop were:

* Emotions are a fundamental part of humans and as a parent we need to recognise, acknowledge and coach our children how to regulate their emotions in an appropriate way.

* Be your child's "coach" as they learn to navigate through different learning experiences and see their emotions as an opportunity for closeness.

* The importance of us (adults) staying in "control" of ourselves and keeping a check on not getting frustrated, angry and heightened when they are getting heightened. 

* It is not always the best idea to do the "coaching" when a child is heightened but when the child has regulated themselves. 

Thank you to Mana Ake for facilitating the workshop.