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Course for parents of tweens/teens

The teenage years can be a minefield. As parents, we need to learn to be a boundary, not a bulldozer. Our course begins by strengthening your connection with your tween/teen, and their connection to the values you want to foster. It addresses the critically important area of emotional regulation (for you and them) and provides skills for you to reframe the rules as your child moves toward independence.

Modern neuroscience offers brand new insights into why tweens and teens behave as they do. Our course uses this research coupled with cutting edge advice on behavioural change and human motivation to help you guide your adolescent through these highly formative years.

The course, run via Zoom, is very interactive. We use videos, exercises and a substantial worksheet for each class to enhance your learning. Students then bring their questions about applying the skills to kick off each session. You are also given homework filled with exercises to bring the skills alive where you need them, at home with your budding adults!

Tween/Teen course information for Fall 2024

Tuesday mornings 10.30am - noon UK time via Zoom
24/9 · 1/10 · 8/10 · 15/10 · Break · 5/11

Prices: £350 (First time Student) or £200 (Returning Student).
Couples count as one. Bursaries available

What is included in the course

The course consists of five 90-minute sessions, covering the following topics:

  • Purposeful Parenting – understanding the Teenage brain, and using Descriptive “Appreciation” to foster great values and better behaviour

  • Fostering Emotional Intelligence – understanding and managing emotions

  • Parenting with Purpose not Power – keeping calm to become an authoritative parent

  • The Road Map for a Happy House – rules, rewards and real conversations

  • Positive Discipline – what to do when things go ‘wrong’

  • The Parenting with Purpose course has shifted my focus entirely. The real aha moment was when this practical (backed by evidence-led rationale) advice elicited such a different behaviour in my children. It is enormously powerful, life affirming and transformational.

    Susan, London
    Mother of 13 year old boy, and two younger boys.

  • You have no idea how helpful these past few weeks have been for me. I am no longer ‘sweating the small things’ and seeing life more clearly from their perspective, which is so helpful. You are miracle workers!

    Dalit H., London
    Mother to an 11 year old boy, and 5 year old girl

  • The positive, real and non-judgemental attitude is palpable, and refreshing. This lean in approach encourages us to improve as a parent, unafraid of making mistakes.

    Kim, New York City
    Mother of 14, 13, 10 and 6 year olds

  • The course gave me habits of response, a tool kit to react better to all situations that can come up while bringing up teenagers. It gave me peace of mind and my challenges felt much easier to face.

    Mother of 15 year old boy and 13 year old girl, London

  • There is not a day I do not think about all you taught me!!! It is literally LIFE CHANGING. My connection with one of my children has been revolutionized.

    Amandine, Paris
    Mother of 11, 9 and 7 year olds

  • I think it is brilliant, you can truly engage us for an hour and a half, which is remarkable. It was perfect.

    Parents of 16, 14, 13 and 11 year olds, London