In Partnership with the Montessori Foundation, Bhaktivedanta Academy is Offering a 6-Week Online Course That Will Empower You to:

• Create alignment and positive change in your role as a parent.
• Establish a mood of cooperation and harmony with your child.
• Receive and provide support from your parenting partners.
• Better understand your child and how to best meet their needs and tendencies.
• Strengthen home/school connections.
• Develop a parenting support community with other families.

Topics

• Week 1 – Parenting for the Long Haul
• Week 2 – Why Do They Do What They Do?
• Week 3 – What to Do When You Want to Trade Them In!
• Week 4 – If We Can’t Punish or Reward, What?
• Week 5 – Parenting on the Same Page
• Week 6 – Bringing It All Together

Dates

6 Weekly Online Courses Begin Friday, April 21, 2023
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Cost

The full price for the 6-week course and the two books is $75 per couple. We understand however that the cost may be a barrier to some, and we want this course to be accessible to all families who are interested. If you would like to participate but are unable to meet the full course cost, please contact the course facilitator – Vrindavanesvari Aguilera at v.aguilera@bhaktischool.org for more information about subsidies that may be available to you.

 Do you struggle with your children's constant pleas for attention, the feeling of being challenged at every turn, tantrums in the grocery store, or behaviors that are hurtful to you or others?

Are you at the point where you’re using punishment and/or rewards, but they aren’t making a difference? Does your home sometimes feel like a battlefield?

Many moms and dads parent in the moment, responding to the immediate situation or behavior, without a master plan. What works best is to follow effective parenting strategies consistently over the long-haul.

Whether your children are toddlers or teens, if you want to help them develop kindness and courtesy, self-discipline, responsibility, and confidence, this course is for you.

Just as it has for 110 years, you will find that the time-tested magic used by Montessori educators will help you build even stronger bonds within your family, stop disruptive behavior as it begins, strengthen parenting partnerships, and learn alternatives to punishment and reward, and much more.

This course is designed to help parents turn their homes into peaceful havens rather than battlefields. Learn how to stop squabbles, resolve conflicts peacefully, encourage each person to do their personal best, reduce power struggles, meet children’s emotional needs, and create strong parenting partnerships.

Along with issues raised by parents participating in this course, we will address the following issues:

• having time to breathe
• cooperation
• raising confident children
• feeling part of a family community
• communicating with honesty and respect
• enjoying your time together as a family
• learning how to work out solutions without creating excessive family drama
• creating a home environment that is is filled with peace, understanding, and harmony

Previous participants had this to say about The Parenting Puzzle:

“I definitely recommend the Parenting Puzzle course. It helped me gain a deeper understanding of my children and their development, how to handle their behaviors, and more importantly, how to take care of myself so I could show up for them at my best. I found the information to be both broad and informative, yet also practical and immediate. I loved the gentle Montessori approach. My parenting has been much improved since taking it.” - Manjari S.

“The Parenting Puzzle class was so wonderful! I would highly recommend it to any and all parents. ... I left the course feeling inspired, armed with practical tools for conscious parenting.” - Gundica D.

“I highly recommend this course. It is a breath of fresh-air to parents seasoned and new, alike. The topics and approaches are relevant and impactful at different stages of a child and parent's development.” - Sundari R.

“It was a life-saver for us!” - Dr. Krisztina D.