PARENTS TOGETHER

Are you looking for ways to improve and strengthen relationships within your family? You Are Not Alone!

The Parents Together program has helped many parents in British Columbia regain their confidence and rebuild their relationship with their teen.

Parents Together is a mutual help and support program for caring parents who want to develop new skills that will help to end the conflict in their homes. Participants learn effective strategies to improve relationships, develop positive communication skills, discover the importance of self-care, and regain control of their lives.

Parents Together offers a new way of looking at things that brings an end to the power struggle between parents and teens. Weekly group meetings are facilitated and structured so that the issues of most concern to the parents in the group are discussed and problem-solved. Parents learn from each other, support each other, and celebrate their successes together.

WHAT HAPPENS AT A MEETING?

You will be offered:

• a confidential place to discuss your parenting concerns
• a new way of looking at things
• skills to help you solve your own problems at your own speed
• practical, problem-solving ideas that have worked in other families like yours
• support and encouragement from parents who have been where you are and really do understand
• hope

At Parents Together you won't be:

• criticized
• lectured about what you've done wrong
• told what to do
• given easy, instant answers

All Parents Together groups are structured so that the first part of the meeting is led by a trained facilitator and a specific topis is covered. After a break, the group divides into smaller groups to focus on individual problem-solving strategies.

The emphasis is on sharing, supporting, and problem-solving. Many parents find this mutual support ends the isolation and sense of loneliness they had experienced. They discover they are no longer alone. In fact, some participants have felt motivated to volunteer as "mentors" to other group members long after their own problems have been resolved.

WHY PARENTS JOIN:

Parents join Parents Together because they care about their kids. They are searching for more effective ways to parent to reduce their feelings of frustration and discouragement.

Here are some of the issues that parents have said they're concerned about:

The Parents Together program helps parents to explore ways to improve communication skills, resolve conflicts, build positive relationships, and get a better understanding of natural family transitions.

CONTACT US

• By phone: 250-754-9661
• By fax: 250-754-4771
• By email: parentstogether-at-bgccvi.com