C Slide Deck #1 - Parents With ConfidenceMicrosoft PowerPoint - C + C Slide Deck #1 Author SESA11575...
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Opening the door to new life with your strong willed child
TRANSFORMATION WEEK
The ConFident & Connected
It is possible1.To gain your child's
cooperation2.Not break their
spirit
WHAT'S AT STAKE
IN HOW YOU RAISE YOUR
STRONG WILLED CHILD??
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Your child's emotional health
Your child meetingtheir full potential
in life
Your relationship with your child
Your parenting journey + family
life
Of how you approach your strong-willed child as a parent
4 THINGS HANG IN THE balance
CYCLE OF NEGATIVITY AND DISCONNECTION
Our behaviors become routine. You are constantly getting emotionally triggered and your child continues negative behaviors because they begin to view themselves negatively as a result of parent feedback.
2. Parent reactivity/disconnection
3.Child continuesto seek connectionand primary needs
Strong-willed kids engage in more challenging behaviors throughout the day.
Parents get emotionally triggered by behaviors such as not listening and reactive instinctively with criticism and negative feedback.
Your child doesn't get the underlying need met and continues unhelpful attempts to gain connection and power.
1.Challengingbehaviors
4.Repeat
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You are responsible for how your parenting journey plays
out, not your child
You don't want to look back in 20 years
down the road andcarry guilt about the way you
raised your child
Don't spend this precious
time in a battleyou'll always
regret
• 5 to 1 ratio
• Your child elicits more negative feedback due to their
challenging behaviors
• the language and tone used to respond to their
behaviors matters
• self-esteem/self confidence will predict life success
• anxiety, depression
PRESERVING YOURCHILD'S EMOTIONAL
HEALTH
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"THE WAY YOU SPEAKTO YOUR CHILD
MATTERS, FOR THOSE WORDS TRAVEL
BEYOND THEIR EARSSETTLING INTO THE
CREASES OF THEIR HEARTS AND THE CREVICES
OF THEIR SELF-WORTH"
Angela Pruess
• Interactions now shape your relationship for life
• Cycle of negativity with strong willed kids
• Resenting your child is toxic to your relationship
• Trust and security are built in the primary years
BUILDING A STRONGPARENT-CHILDRELATIONSHIP
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HELPING YOUR CHILDMEET THEIR FULL
Potential• negativity bias
• when you're focused on the negatives you miss the positives
• it takes more energy to focus on their strengths
• strong willed child characteristics are strengths when looked atdifferently
• what you focus on grows
"WHEN A STRONG-WILLED CHILD IS RAISED IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT
TODAY, THEY'LL GROW UP TO BE A STRONG-WILLED
LEADER THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TOMORROW"
Angela Pruess
The world needs who your child
was meant to be
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• You feel guilty when you overreact to your child's behaviors
• You doubt yourself as a parent and are exhausted by the
judgments of others
• You feel confused and unsure of how to discipline your child
• You feel stuck in a cycle of irritation and resentment adding more
guilt
• Your family feels overwhelming and stressful very often- this is
not what you expected when you thought of having children.
Your confidence as a parent
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An unbreakable with your child+
confidence in your parentingconnection
How would your life be different if you had...
YOUR ACTIONS NOWWILL AFFECT THE
PERSON YOUR CHILD
You can't control your child,
but you can control the
environment they're raised in.
Becomes
LET'
S RE
CAP!
• You'll help your child meet their greatest potential
• You'll end each day feeling confident and proud of your parenting
• You'll lay the groundwork for a strong life-long parent child
relationship
• You'll bring peace and happiness to family life and have the strong
bonds you've always wanted
WHY IT'S WELL-WORTH PRESERVING YOUR CHILD'S SPIRIT