Tuning Into Kids™
Why is it important to tune into kids?
Research supports that as parents respond to children’s emotional and behavioural cues, the child feels heard and understood, and as a result they develop confidence and positive self-esteem.
Why use the Tuning Into Kids™ program?
There are many good parenting courses available and all have great strengths. Often the way in which parents are most impacted through a parenting course is through the reflection and self-assessment that happens when they focus on their parenting.
During this course, parents often feel comforted that they are not alone, and gain insight into new ways in which they can approach parenting challenges.
There are a number of distinctives about Tuning into Kids™ that made us feel like it is the right course for us to offer online. Some course distinctives are:
emphasis on “emotion coaching”, which is recognising that your children’s emotions are valid , acknowledging this to your children, and then finding ways forward. Failure to recognise the emotions of children is a common occurance and leads to much misunderstanding, further relationship breakdown, escalation and parenting complications.
a thorough exploration of the change process. Learning to validate emotions well and sensitively is not a quick fix, in fact it is a life long journey for most of us. The various elements of the Tuning into Kids™ program covers this well and comprehensively.
a great balance between connection and setting boundaries. Commonly people feel that emotion coaching is soft parenting. The fearful thought that the children 'are going to get away with murder’, can be prevalent . Yet recognition and validation of emotions is the starting point that enables children to be able to be in a calm space to be guided and directed by their parents. The course teaches a relationship-bridge model where these important principles can be conveyed.
it is evidence based. This means that the principles have been shown to work and research confirms this.
So these are three of the reasons for the “why” of Tuning into Kids™, and as you go through the course there are many more.
For more information on the Tuning Into Kids™ program and to see the next available online course (run by other organisations) please visit www.tuningintokids.org.au
For more information or support, please email melanie@bestlifecounselling.net.au