WHAT DO PARENTS WANT?
Parents and Carers want their kids
to feel good
about
themselves and
at
peace with their place in the world and comfortable with how they function
in
it,
free of
anxieties and worries.
Specifically, they want:
- For them to feel more confident in themselves in the various areas of their life.
- For them to feel more in control of their emotions.
- For them to know how to calm themselves if they feel upset, angry, tense, stressed, frustrated, nervous, jealous.
- For them to feel less anxious and stressed.
- For them to not lose control of their emotions and react negatively with defiance or aggressive behaviour or absconding.
- For them to know that if they feel low that there are strategies available to help lift their mood, energise and motivate them.
- For them to know that they have a strong sense of self, and know their self-worth and their place in this world.
- To know that they feel secure and safe within the family, school environment, and as they journey through this world.
- For themselves as parents and carers, they want to know how to handle their own emotions more effectively when dealing with their upset, angry child.
- For themselves as parents and carers, they want to know that they have strategies for managing their child’s emotions before they escalate into highly reactive, challenging behaviours.
- They want to know how to manage their child when a crisis intervention is required.
