Do you struggle at times to know the best way to go about parenting your child? It can really be a tough call, especially when it comes to the emotional aspects. Some expert advice can really go a long way to help frazzled parents to navigate this often tricky road. Listen in, as Elisabeth Stitt offers you some really great advice on today's show.
Elisabeth is a Parent Educator and a Parent Coach and she will be joining us today, to talk about her her consulting practice and also about her new book, Parenting As A Second Language. She gives parents the concrete skills they really need, in order to become more effective, and she also supports them in the emotional journey of parenting. Listen in to find out what Elisabeth has to share with you today, about how to make deliberate and clear choices, when parenting your child and also about finding out if your parenting practices really are in line with your goals and your values.
Show highlights:
- Elisabeth explains her Fifty Item Family Assessment, that she uses to give parents a chance to assess what's actually going on in their home.
- Elisabeth explains how she got into this particular line of work.
- The challenges that parents face, with the lack of real community, in today's fast paced world.
- Elisabeth talks about her former life, as a teacher, where she liked to teach about the more alternative things, like character education and mindfulness.
- Elisabeth, as a teacher, often felt that the parents were getting in the way of who their children were, uniquely and also of who they wanted to become.
- The impact of the judgment of others and of society as a whole, on people's ability to parent effectively.
- Elisabeth talks about her book, Parenting As A Second Language, which is really a gentle guide to parenting, with various exercises for self-reflection, to help you find your way in a variety of topics.
- How Elisabeth helps parents to find the balance between authoritative and permissive parenting.
- Elisabeth explains how she works with parents- it's really all about their values.
- Family meetings- one of Elisabeth's favorite tools for families.
- Finding the right balance between having your children independent and standing on their own two feet and staying connected, as a family unit.
- Really knowing what you care about strengthens you and acts as a buffer against the judgment of others.
Links:
Elisabeth's website: www.elisabethstitt.com Elisabeth highly recommends that you sign up for her newsletter.
Parenting As A Second Language- A Guide For Joyful Navigating The Trials Triumphs And Tribulations Of Parenthood by Elisabeth Stitt is available from Amazon.