Lesson Tag: play

Finding your own nurturing style as a dad can be tricky. We all carry our own ideas about what fatherhood means, and these ideas are often influenced in part by our own experiences. Becoming aware of them helps us to decide what behaviors we want to pass on and which to leave behind. 

Brain research tells us that how we behave as parents during the first 5 years of life will strongly influence outcomes for our children. In this class, you will learn how to support your babies and toddlers throughout the day with positive routines. 

• Learn about the inborn drives that support young children to learn family routines
• Recognize clear answers to the questions, What’s my job as a parent?  How do I create routines that work?
• Apply simple, practical strategies to increase cooperation and strengthen your positive connection with your child

Learn how to survive these important years while strengthening your parent-child relationship and your child’s self-worth and well-being.

We are built to reflect each other's emotions. When children display intense feelings and behaviors, our brains naturally reflect those. We start to feel stressed, angry, or overwhelmed just like our kids. Join us and learn practical tools to help you be a calm center for your family. 

Young children thrive in calm and playful families. Play is the best way to help your child learn and grow. It strengthens the parent-child connection, your child’s love of learning, and enthusiasm for life. Play builds social skills and improves cooperation.  We’ll offer a hands-on opportunity to play with your children at this class, including individual coaching and discussion with our trainers.

After this class, you will be able to: 

• Apply simple calming strategies to use every day and during challenging times
• Recognize the ways play helps your child grow, connect and cooperate
• Apply every day, simple ways of engaging in happy and meaningful play with your child

Playfulness opens your child’s brain to learning and cooperation. In this class you will learn how and why this works.