For Parents: Love me, Love you  

This program aimed at helping couples rediscover their commitment and bond for each other, thereby helping them becoming the best parents to their children. When children enter the marriage relationship, the focus of attention shifts to the well-being of the child; in so doing, couples find they have less time for each other. Being able to refocus attention on the bond they share in the first place, taking care of themselves before attending to their children will help them become better parents. Through the use of emotion coaching, tools of empathy, positive emotions and strengths dates (amongst others), couples will learn to be better partners and better parents. They will learn the language needed to communicate with their child and gain perspective on what it means to be living their children’s lives. They will emerge from this workshop with a greater understanding of the various roles they balance and feel empowered about how to reach out to their children and build strong foundation for a thriving relationship with them.

 Objectives:

• Better/stronger relationships with their children
• More empathy and listening (understanding of children’s world)
• Self care before other care (oxygen analogy)
• Rekindling the love between each other
• Managing various roles
  
  

How?

• Emotion coaching for parents
• Use of positive emotions
• Building closer relationship through strengths date (cf Gottman relationship house)
• Fun & laughter
  
  

Outcome: 

• Renewed commitment to couple relationship
• Closer relationship between each other
• Equipped to better understand children/prepared to be better parents
• Greater understanding of parent role