This Foundational Parenting series is for parents who are ready to replace yelling, feeling guilty, or just giving in by learning practical tools to have calm conversations with their kids to build real connections.
This 4-week series will share the 3 Foundational Parenting Pillars for Confident, Effective Parenting. Starting Oct. 7th at 9 am PST/12EST.
🧩 2 Way Communication Connection – Build trust and emotional security, so your kids want to listen to you.
🧠 Supportive Environment – Foster respect, understanding, resilience, and consistent routines for calm emotional regulation for both the child and the parent.
🪜 Behavior Discipline/not punishment – Set boundaries without guilt, say no with confidence, allowing natural consequences to teach responsible behaviors.
Requirements
Show up, practice the skills we share each week. Leave the guilt or shame outside the group and bring in support for everyone who may be struggling with the hardest and most rewarding job in the world.
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Schedule
Parenting Solutions Series
Week 3-- Behaviors: Shifting from Punishment to Purpose: Consequences, cause & effect, predictability, Fluid boundaries • Understanding the needs behind the behavior • Consequences that teach, not shame • Scripts for calmly holding limits • How to say “no” without guilt Tools: “What to Say with giving choices to get results that keeps you in control and the responsibility on the child • Using either Or _ blank_ will happen” “Hold boundaries with compassion and consistency”
Week 1 –Connect first: Connection develops safety and a secure base; it attunes to deeper needs. "When kids feel secure, they cooperate naturally." • Why connection stops power struggles before they start • The Pause & Connect method in heated moments • Phrases that disarm defensiveness Tools: Connection Rituals, reframe problem as developmental Reframe the Problem – Instead of seeing it as a battle to win, what if you see it as developmental misunderstanding of communication skills
Week 2-: Supportive ENVIRONMENT - Calm Nervous Systems Create Calm Homes Builds Emotional regulation + structure. "Calm starts with the space we create." "Boundaries are kindness in action." • How tone, timing & environment shape behavior • The role of nervous system states (fight/flight/freeze) • Routines as gateways to peace Tools: “3 Rs” of regulations "Calm starts with the space we create."