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Parenting success is not when your child is the fastest, the smartest, the strongest, or the best looking. True success is when your child feels cherished and connected to you. When that happens a parent's dream is fulfilled: your child is proud of you, loves you and follows your lead. The tools and resources on our site are to help your parenting dreams come true.
Parent Consulting on the phone
If you’re concerned about some aspect of your parent-child relationship, we can provide phone or skype consultations. This saves you having to leave home, find a babysitter, or drive across town. To find out how, contact us.
Also our Winter newsletter is out. View it by clicking here.
Time Out doesn’t work!
Each month we give an online video answer to one parent’s question of the month. In this month’s question an Auckland Mum asks: “Why is time out not working for me? It only worked the first few times, now all I get is screaming and tantrums and it’s so exhausting”. To hear our answer click here. To submit your question of the month, click here.
Parent Power Rule #4
A child can’t act right until they feel right. The parent-child relationship is like a dance – defined movements and music. I can change the dance (my child’s behaviour) when I change their music (my child’s emotions). Change how my child feels and I also change how they behave.
The impulse to be good arises less from a child's character than from the nature of a child's RELATIONSHIPS. If a child is "bad", it's the relationship we need to correct, not the child!"(Neufeld & Mate)