Help and advice on parenting in those teenage years to build strong relationships to enjoy family life.
Bringing you hope as you chart your way through the challenges of the teenage years and the changes in the parent-child relationship. The six sessions are designed to help you stay connected with your teenager through understanding their world and developing good communication skills.
"By week three of the course our relationship had really improved, and my daughter commented on how much better things were in the home because I didn't shout so much!"
How does it work?
Sharing ideas with other parents and carers is an important part of the course, there is engaging video content, and discussions are started from real life situations. Each session includes space to plan any changes you want to make in your parenting and, from week two, you will have opportunity to discuss how you’re getting on with trying these at home.
What’s in the course?
The first three sessions look at laying good foundations in relationships with your teenagers: understanding the pressures they face, connecting with them, meeting their emotional needs and improving how you communicate with them.
Then we come to some of the harder topics: how parenting style effects your teenager, negotiation, setting boundaries and dealing with some of the big issues like drugs, sex and the internet.
Finally we look at building good family memories.
Session titles:
- Session 1 – Understanding teenagers
- Session 2 – Emotional resilience
- Session 3 – Communication
- Session 4 – Parenting styles and boundaries
- Session 5 – Big issues
- Session 6 – Big issues, strong families
Have a look at sample pages from the Time Out for Parents: The Teenage Years Parent Handbook and Facilitator Manual by clicking on the images above.
If you have a passion to support families, why not train with us to become a licenced facilitator to deliver our popular range of courses to parents in your community? Find out more by visiting our training pages here.
If you are wanting to attend a Time Out for Parents course, please click on the button below to find courses being run near you.
