How has back-to-school been for your family? The beginning of the school year is a good time to create routines that support learning at home. Do your children have homework? If so, what is the homework routine in your family? Do you have a consistent time and space for your child to complete required homework, or to sit down and read with you daily?
Intentional effort now can create a structure that helps you and your child all year. Parents and teachers are often frustrated with homework. Each expects the other to take a little more responsibility for homework. Interesting, isn’t it? Where is the student in all of this? What can we do to grow student responsibility? Read more on our blog for some thoughts from a teaching and parenting perspective around managing homework and building learning routines at home. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for daily ideas and suggestions.
Upcoming Parenting Workshops
Parenting with Positive Discipline - 6-week series
Join us for this 6-week series in Seattle. Mondays, Sept 30 - Nov 4, 6:30pm-9pm. We combine Positive Discipline and brain science research in a fun, supportive environment.
Feedback from participants in our Parenting with Positive Discipline 6-week series:
"I had already been implementing some positive parenting ideas...but this class really helped solidify what those strategies look like in practice and for our family. The things we discussed helped me to evaluate my own parenting style, find the places where I can improve and gave us practical advice for how to do better. I really enjoyed learning from the facilitators and the other parents in a fun and low- pressure setting and would definitely recommend this class to any other parent or caregiver. I am very grateful for the opportunity I've had to attend!"
"I miss you all and our nights together! However I've never enjoyed school events as much as I have since taking our class! Everywhere I look I see a friendly face and someone to talk to; it helps me remember I'm not alone!"
"I loved this class, it was more than just a meeting, I connected with many of the parents in the class and felt understood."
Bring Parenting with Positive Discipline to Your School or Community Schedule aparenting workshopfor your school or community during the 2019-2020 school year!
We offer a 2-hourIntroduction to Positive Discipline workshop as well as a 6-week Parenting with Positive Discipline Series.
We value your referrals! Refer a friend or colleague to any Sound Discipline workshop, ask them to enter your name and email address when they register on Eventbrite, and you will be placed in a monthly drawing for a digital package of building community/self-regulation tools. This includes 1 month of free access to our Building Classroom Community videos and a free download of our Self-Regulation Tool Cards. Thank you for helping us spread the word about our workshops!
Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way Would you like to be certified to provide parenting classes to your community? Teaching Parenting is a step-by-step approach to starting and leading experientially-based parenting groups using Positive Discipline and Adlerian philosophy. Build community and become a parent leader!
This workshop consists of a 2-hour evening parenting workshop and 2 full days of class. (The 2-hour evening parenting workshop portion of the class only is open to the public and offered by Sound Discipline at no cost to the host school's community.) Seattle - October 17-19, Thursday, Oct 17 6:30-8:30pm, Location TBD. Friday & Saturday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, 2100 Building, Seattle. Registerhere.
Additional Parenting Resources and Classes
Puget Sound Adlerian Society Parenting Events CalendarDisclaimer - Most of the events on this calendar are not affiliated with Sound Discipline. We are providing this list as a resource. We do not endorse any particular practitioner or workshops.
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