Last night I had two vivid dreams about our first parent ed classes going awry. In one dream there were many people there vying for the parent's attention and some were even trying to sell you parents all kinds of extra stuff! There were too many disruptions to even get through introductions and some parents had to leave before they could be introduced. Sigh! It was a mess.
I realized once I woke up that I was having a school anxiety dream. Remember those? As I thought more about it I further realized how this dream is such a great representation of what it feels like to be a parent. Constant disruptions, you think things are going one way and then they go another, and in the middle of it all it seems like someone is always trying to sell you a better way to do things: easier, quicker, better...
Welcome to our first class where there will be no selling ;) The methods may or may not be "quicker" or "easier", but my sincere hope is that they will help you to parent at your best, which will be different from how other parents interact with their children because each Parent-child relationship and family is different.
And we will be problem solving together, using our brains and our caring to support one another.
So bring as much of your brain as you have left at the end of the day, and your openness to learn in a non-judgemental atmosphere, your stories and your concerns. See you soon!
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