If you have questions about parenting your growing kiddos, this is your course.
Parenting teens is relaxing.
Actually, parenting is more like an extreme sport. This is a categorical fact backed up by a million years of evidence.
Parenting pre-teens and teens is its own special form of decathlon — it’s only natural we’re going to run out of steam and stumble sometimes.
But don’t worry, help is here! You are going to love this course on parenting.
4 jam-packed video sessions
Each about 15 minutes.
checklists & Worksheets
Supporting your parenting journey.
Templates
For conversation starters and family meetings.
Parenting resources
Support for sex talks, bonus videos on shame proof parenting, and more.
Meet The Expert
We’re going to drill down into how to remove shame from parenting with Shame-Proof Parenting expert extraordinaire Mercedes Samudio, LCSW. Mercedes is a parent coach, speaker, and bestselling author. She is the founder of the Diversity in Parenting Conference who helps parents and children communicate with each other, manage emotional trauma, and develop healthy parent-child relationships.
Course modules
Session 1
Shame Proof Parenting
Shame-proof parenting is a revolutionary mindset shift in how we see, hear and
connect with parents.
It asks us to embrace the human experience as the basis for parenting decisions so
that we are healthy models for the whole human children we are raising.
SESSION RESOURCE:
- Family Meeting Template
- Shame-proof Parenting Inventory Checklist
- Shame Iceberg Worksheet
Session 2
Creating Honest, Healthy Communication
What does it look like to be honest, healthy communicators with our kids?
Our teens and tweens can benefit from seeing the HUMAN side of us. It's on us, parents, to build a family where honesty and human-ness is cherished, protected, and celebrated.
SESSION RESOURCES:
- One-Line Conversation Starters
- Support for Self Talks
Session 3
Navigating Codependency & Breaking the Cycle
Codependency applies to any relationship — even a parent-kid relationship.
A codependent person
is someone who has let someone else’s behavior affect them and who is obsessed
with controlling them.
Learn how to break the cycle of this codependent behavior in your family.
SESSION RESOURCE:
- Me Course Session notes
- Additional Reading Resources
Session 4
Cultivating Meaningful Connection
It can be challenging to build meaningful connection with our tweens and teens during this rocky period. Our kids might seem so disinterested and disengaged — and even rebellious.
We can choose solidarity with our kids during the most confusing seasons of
development. And the role of connection here is so key.
SESSION RESOURCES:
- Yes Day Interview
- Yes-No Brainstorm Worksheet
This Is For You If:
You get stuck in a cycle of shame when your teen gets in trouble.
You find yourself lonely and disconnected when trying to connect with your kids.
You desire to create boundaries with your kids, but don’t know how.
You feel crippled by wanting your teen to like you.
You are a single-parent and need solidarity.
“Shame is so insidious because it communicates that we are ‘bad’ and unworthy of love and belonging — not that we just made a bad decision. And the same impact goes for our kids.”
