AUSTRALIA
International parenting expert will deliver a rare parenting workshop in Brisbane on March 14. The workshop introduces the parenting skills that make time with the kids easy and fun.
Almost every adult needs parenting skills, but they are not part of normal education. Students learn Math, English, Science and later on a profession or trade, but there is very little out there about how to be a good parent. What is available focuses mostly on getting kids to perform academically or to be disciplined and behave well.
Parenting expert Ronit Baras believes there are several secrets to good parenting every parent should learn. These skills are simple to learn and very powerful, and they turn everyday parents into life coaches for their own children. “Happy parents raise happy kids”, Mrs Baras says, “Every parent who focuses on positives lives a happier life and their children benefit from that. Every parent who knows about communication styles builds great relationships with people, including their own kids, and the kids grow up with a strong role model for good communication”.
The workshop also teaches parents about love languages, helps them uncover and change their beliefs and shows them how to create rules and boundaries that will keep their children safe, while encouraging their development.
While most parenting classes focus on kids’ discipline and behaviour
problems, “Happy Parents Raise Happy Kids” suggests that parents can
have an enjoyable, fun and positive family and can raise happy, healthy
and successful kids by focusing on their own health and wellbeing first.
“This is a new and refreshing approach to education”, says Karen
Tomlinson from Mackay Youth Services after Mrs Baras ran the workshop
for her clients, “Parents finished the day motivated, focused and
inspired. They did not expect a course that tells them to take care of
themselves and they loved the idea”.
Ronit Baras’ unique approach to parenting comes from 24 years of experience in education, during which she has worked with many parents. She says, “As soon as I got their parents positively engaged, my students have always done much better”.
Upper Mt Gravatt State School Principal Derek Brady shares this view. Supported by his school’s Parents and Citizens and the local Lions Club, Mr Brady brought the Be Happy in LIFE parenting program to his school last year. “It was a positive, thought provoking and inspiring course. It touched many values a lot of courses neglect and has helped build a strong community at our school”, he says.
The full day workshop will be on Sunday, March 14, at Southern Cross Sports Club on Klumpp Road, Upper Mt Gravatt and promises to make another group of parents happy for the sake of their kids.
Gal the Life Coach
11 February 200
