Our bishop has requested a “Christ-like” parenting skills class for our April Enrichment. Our theme is going to be “Got Stress?”

We are having a class on relaxation and massage. Another on Nutrition~ actually getting your kids to eat healthy. And then the class on parenting. I want to go with a “SuperNanny” feel. We are a military ward with over half of our men in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our women get stressed easily because they are both mom and dad.
-Stacey Olson

We are going to have a panel of sisters from our ward talk about
parenting in the following topics:

Mother of 4 adopted children - The Journey of Adoption

Mother of 4 - Chores, Chaos and Cheerleading your Child

Mother of Autistic home schooled Son - Creative Parenting with an
Autistic child

Mother from Africa - Culture Acceptance & Understanding Begins at Home

Mother and 4th grade teacher - What Successful Parents have in common with Successful Children in School

Each sister will talk for 5 min then we will have a Q/A period following the presentation. We bring the mini classes to the sisters instead of having the sisters split up into the different classes.

We are going to have 3 Early Bird Drawings.

For refreshments we will have tossed salad greens/dressing, chicken strips with recipe provided, sliced fruit, dessert.
The Enrichment Leader will give thank you notes with a primrose plant to each sister on the panel.
-ZW18J

When we started planning for the HFPE for January, we naturally gravitated toward goal setting. (I hadn’t found this site yet) as we progressed we decided to just give the sisters a few new “tools” for their parenting tool kit. We had a HFPE tonight where I taught the sisters a lesson in cooperative discipline. Cooperative Discipline is the title of the book by Linda Albert. I feel it is a wonderful, Christ like way to work with our children. This was well received by those with children and those without (I explained that it works on spouses, co-workers, just about anyone). The basic premise is everyone needs 3 things, to feel connected to others, to feel like they contribute, and to feel like they are capable of doing the tasks they take on. When one of these feelings is not fulfilled, a misbehavior usually occurs. There are four basic goals of the misbehavior; Attention, Power, Revenge, and Avoidance of Behavior. I made a handout that explains these basics and the interventions that can make your life easier.

Many sisters stated that this was something they were struggling with. Others stated that they were glad to just have time to sit and reflect on their own behavior toward others. Overall, a good night.
-Cindy in Vegas