Two video-based courses to support parents through the primary and teenage years
Parentalk provides parents with the opportunity to talk about the day-to-day challenges they face, as well as looking at valuable principles and easy-to-apply techniques throughout the parenting journey.
There are two Parentalk courses available to run in your community: Parentalk: The Primary Years and Parentalk: The Teenage Years. Each course includes six flexible and easy-to-run, video-based sessions, with a guide for group leaders and session notes for parents. These booklets are downloadable or you can purchase hard copies in our shop.
Parentalk: The Primary Years
Key themes and topics explored in Parentalk: The Primary Years:
- The busyness of family life
- Understanding children’s ‘Love Languages’
- Communication
- Setting boundaries
- Preparing children for the outside world
- The importance of family time
Parentalk: The Teenage Years
Key themes and topics explored in Parentalk: The Teenage Years:
- Understanding your teenager
- Staying connected
- Identity
- Communication and conflict
- Big pressures… good choices
- Letting go
Sessions include:
- Engaging teaching
- Family interviews
- Special guest discussions
- Street interviews
- ‘My story’ animations
Resource materials:
- Video content (available to stream online, or on DVD with the resource pack from our shop)
- Group Leader’s Guide (available to download, or as a printed booklet from our shop)
- Parent Notes (available to download, or as a printed booklet from our shop)
- Promotional items (available to download)
Our Parentalk courses are presented by Rob Parsons and Katharine Hill alongside a variety of special guests, including: broadcasters Diane Louise Jordan and Carrie Grant, paediatrician Dr Kunle Ayonrinde, and psychologist Dave Lumsdon.
Who can run Parentalk?
This resource can be run by anyone as you don’t need training to deliver it. The Group Leader’s Guide will give you all the information you need to run the session.
Who is it for?
Parentalk is primarily aimed at parents of children of primary or secondary school age. However, parents of younger children are also likely to find this a useful resource.
Sign up
Simply enter your contact details below, including details if you’re intending to run a course in your community, and we’ll send you an email link so you can access the downloadable resources and videos to stream the sessions.
We request that you do not share this page with anyone else – but that you ask anyone who would find access to this free resource useful to also complete the registration form and obtain their own access path.
If you have any technical problems, please email: mail@cff.org.uk
British Sign Language and subtitle versions
We now have a version of both Parentalk courses with British Sign Language and optional subtitles. These can be found on the streaming page when you sign up.
