Keeping Your Child In Mind

Children are rewarding, stimulating and fun, but looking after them can be stressful and challenging. The Keeping Your Child in Mind programme helps parents/carers to work together in ways which support growing children and a calmer family life.

This 5 week programme helps us think about what we do, why we do it and how it makes us all feel in the family.

The programme itself includes the following sessions. There is an additional getting to know you / admin week at the start for in person groups:

Week 1: Self Awareness

The role of parents/carers for children and young people, managing difficult feelings. Nurturing ourselves.

Week 2: Appropriate Expectations

Appropriate expectations, Networks of support, Communicating clearly.

Week 3: Boundaries and positive discipline

Parenting styles Time to calm down; Problem solving and negotiating.

Week 4: Empathy

Choosing how to respond, Empathy in practice, Empathy for adults and children.