Understanding Adolescence: Who is this Teen in my Life?? A Workshop for Parents
The adolescent years are a time of change, confusion, experimentation and rapid growth. Parenting a teen-ager is always a challenge.
Child rearing strategies that worked when they were younger are no longer effective and parents often feel that they have increasingly less influence over the choices teens make in their lives. Parenting teens requires us to review old attitudes and learn new strategies to help 'launch' them into adulthood.
You Will Learn:
- What is happening in your teen's development: physical and psychological changes that occur in the adolescent years
- How family life, peers and culture influence your teen's behaviour
- Strategies for successful parenting
- Stress Buster tips for Parents
Content
- Adolescent Stages of Development
- How your teen's temperament as a baby is a cue to his or her behaviour today
- Hormones and Emotions – a key to understanding some of the drama in a teen's life
- The psychological 'tasks' of adolescence and how they are the stepping stones for adult life
- Family, Peers and Culture: Influences of Teen Development
- What style of parenting is most successful
- Why peers are so important in the teen years
- Adolescence as a form of 'migration' between the cultures of 'old' and 'new'
- Strategies and Tips for Successful Parenting
- Learn how to identify your 'hot buttons' as a parent
- The importance of the four 'Ls' (love, laughter, limits and linkages) in parenting
- How you have to give up control to get control when parenting teens
Who Should Attend:
- Working Parents of Adolescents
- HR Specialists
