Training Up Dragons of Life!

Powerful Parenting for World Changers

Agenda

➔ Welcome

➔ Introductions

➔ Our Hopes and Yours

➔ Guidelines for Our Time

➔ Course Overview

➔ Our Stories

➔ Evaluating Where You’re At

➔ What’s Your Parenting Vision?

➔ Things to Consider

Introductions

Lisa Dolese McClanahan

Mom to two teens

Founder/Executive Director Greater Grounds LLC

30+ years as a facilitator and executive coach to individuals & organizations

Jay Nickel

Father to two former teens

Grandfather to 3 preschoolers

Licensed Professional Counselor in Wimberley.

40+ years as a trainer, facilitator and counselor

Our Hopes and Yours

What do you hope to gain from this course?

Guidelines for Our Time Together

What ground rules would help make this a space where we could learn,

explore, share and support each other well?

Course Overview Where There Is No Vision

Learning to Encounter by Listening

Learning to Experience by Asking Questions

Learning to Engage by Making Decisions

Learning to Express by Supporting

Our Stories5 minutes each

●Situation●Concerns●Hopes

Evaluating Where You’re At

Questions

Do you have a vision/goal for parenting?

What does success look like to you?

Describe your relationship with your kid.

What do you like?What do you dislike?

Why do you think your relationship is where it is today?

How do you get your kids to do what you ask? What tools do you use?

Describe what you would like your relationship to look like?

How would you rate your ability to listen without pretense or judgment?

How would you rate your ability to ask your kids questions regardings their situations and perspectives?

How would you rate your ability to help your kids make effective decisions?

How would you rate your ability to support your kids decisions?

What’s Your Parenting Vision?

Developing Your Vision for

ParentingPicture of Success + Values

Write the toast that you would say to your 25 year old child on their birthday.

What toast would you like to hear from their closest friend?

What are your values?

The basis of every decision is a values judgment. Want to know what your values are? Look at what you do, your choices and ask, yourself why did I do that, what values is driving that decision?