Workshops on communication skills, coffee talks, sharing sessions and parent-child bonding trips are catered for parents to enhance and promote stronger communication and ties with their child, within the family as well as with teachers. Through these programmes, parents learn positive and effective parenting skills to better understand their children and improve parent-child relationship, adopt positive and effective skills to enrich spousal relationships, be Family Life Education advocates and participate in parent support groups. Work-life balance and effective communication workshops are also held for staff to help them gain a more balanced and stress-reduced lifestyle as they work hand in hand with parents to mould the future of our nation.
Some topics include:
Screamfree Parenting
ScreamFree Parenting is the principle-based approach that’s inspiring parents everywhere to truly revolutionise their families. The ScreamFree principles invite parents to focus on themselves, grow themselves up, and calm themselves down. Unlike many other child-centred approaches, the ScreamFree approach shifts the focus of parenting to parents. By staying both calm and connected with your kids, you begin to operate less out of your deepest fears and more out of your highest principles, revolutionising the relationships in the process. As Mr Runkel candidly put it, “Parenting is about parents. It’s not about kids, or it would be called kidding.”
Teambuilding/TeamBonding
This workshop establishes a team mentality and spirit between parents and teachers so as to facilitate better communications and cooperation between team members. It is achieved by providing team members a platform to interact and through these interactions start developing bonds of friendship.
The Birds & The Bees
Parents are the first educators of our children, especially in the very important but sensitive area of sex and sexuality. This talk enables parents to adopt the use of age-appropriate language, understand the media’s influence on the child and increase awareness on sensitive issues like Premarital Sex and Same Sex Relationships.
Help Me, Help My child – Understanding Children with Special Needs
This talk helps parents better understand their child with special needs with coverage of three common disabilities. Parents will also learn some broad strategies that may be used to help these children cope better.
Dads and Daughters Day
Fathers and daughters spend a morning together to understand themselves and one another more deeply. Fathers will discover the importance of their role in their daughter’s lives through activities, sharing sessions and a meaningful reflection session.
Heritage Trail
Through parent-child bonding and interactive learning, parent-child pairs journey through different parts of Singapore to discover the country’s flora, fauna, culture and history. This special trail encourages communication, self discovery, an appreciation of history and the art of storytelling.
Cyberwellness
This talk equips parents with a better understanding of the Internet Usage and its wonders, its potential dangers and consequences and the possible tale signs of this danger.
Work life balance
Very few understand the concept fully of work life balance. This talk will enable a better understanding of the concept of work life balance. Participants will learn how to better manage their everyday situations t work and at home and apply strategies that will help them strike a healthier balance between work and personal life.
