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Attention Parents, Grandparents and Teachers:
 
“Are You Looking For Effective,
Loving Solutions To Your Parenting Challenges That Will Help You
Create The Loving Family Life You Dream Of?”
 
 
Introducing: 
The Empowered Family Training   
with Karen Curry, Certified Family Coach and author of
 
 
"Parenting by Human Design,
Raising Resilient Children in a Rapidly Changing World"
 
  • Are you tired of begging, screaming and yelling at your kids to get them to cooperate?
     
  • Do you feel like your child controls your family?
     
  • Are you looking for a parenting philosophy that feels right?

If you are struggling with parenting, it’s not your fault.  If you are like most parents, you want to raise your child in a way that helps them grow up into strong, confident and healthy adults, but you just don’t know how.

You know that you need to give your kids different skills than you had growing up.  You are looking for a parenting style that gives your child values and at the same time helps them make good choices in a world that is very different than the one you grew up in.

But, you might feel like you are fighting a losing battle.  Today’s kids are bombarded with all kinds of information and choices.  You want to empower your child and help them feel good about themselves.

But you want to feel good as a parent, too.

Are you wrestling with these behaviors?

•    A teenager who breaks the rules
•    A toddler who demands all of your attention
•    Siblings who fight
•    The whining child who says "I CAN'T"
•    A child wanting to be the center of attention
•    A child who gets into power struggles?
•    A child who has been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD or other learning challenges?

Parenting can feel overwhelming.  It’s hard to make the right choices and handle situations the way that feels right.   Do you wonder if you are making good parenting decisions?

In my 18 years experience working with families, I find that most parents simply don’t have enough information to effectively handle their children’s misbehavior.  The real secret to being a good parent is to understand why a child does what she does.

That is why I created the Empowered Family Training teleclass.  I know that when I give you more information about your children, you can make easier parenting decisions and start having more fun with your family immediately.

This is powerful 8-week telecourse teaches practical parenting skills.  The course atomosphere is supportive, non-judgmental and loving.  Discover how to build mutual respect, resolve conflicts and create effective teamwork at home and school.
 


You Will Learn How To:
 
•    Resolve conflicts without power struggles.
•    Focus on the problem without judging your child.
•    Allow your children to solve their own problems, offering them guidance when needed.
•    Plan for “genuine encounters” with your children, away from the telephone and television.
•    Replace negative motivational messages (guilt, nagging, threats, bribes) with positive messages.
•    Assist your child in becoming self-confident and responsible.
•    Create cooperation and respect with your parenting partner.
•    Have fun together being a Family!
•    And much more…

(This is a teleclass so you can attend from the comfort of your home. All classes are recorded and are available as MP3 recordings immediately following each class.) 
 
Here’s a quick tip.  Did you know that children of all ages need to feel powerful?

And if you, as parents, don’t find appropriate ways for your children to feel empowered then they will discover new and exciting ways to engage you in power struggles.

How many times has MAKING your child do something they didn’t want to do really worked?  Did the behavior go away or get better?

Or did you create resentment and revenge in your child?
And break their spirit?
 
You can not make a child eat, drink, pee, poop or sleep.  As a single mother of five children, I know.  I’ve tried. Sometimes, in order to appropriately empower our children, we have to let go of our own parenting behaviors and fixed ways of thinking.

One of the Parenting Success Secrets you will learn in the Empowered Family Training is the magic of Letting Go.  Sometimes just simply allowing the child to experience the natural consequences of their behavior can be a powerful parenting tool.

I once had a client who had a four-old-daughter, Alex, who turned every meal into a nightmare.  This kid was determined to only eat macaroni for the rest of her life.  If any other food even came close to her body, she would hermetically seal her lips.
 
Alex’s parents had tried everything.  They gave her a wide variety of choices, held her down and force fed her, made her sit at the table (for hours) until one time she literally fell asleep under the table! 
 
Alex’s parents were at a loss.  They were afraid that Alex was going to die of malnutrition and dinner had just become a frustrating battleground.
 
The first thing I shared with Alex’s parents is that it is developmentally normal for four-year-olds to go on “food jags” and prefer one particular food.  So, Alex’s behavior was actually quite normal.  This information immediately relieved her parents.
 
Then I recommended that Alex’s parents stop saying anything about food to Alex.  She was obviously getting an enormous amount of inappropriate power with her behavior. 
 
So, for one week Alex’s parents stopped saying anything about food.  When Alex refused to eat something, they said and did nothing.  At the end of dinner if Alex didn’t finish her food, her parents quietly put her full plate in the refrigerator.  If Alex got hungry, she was told she could choose to eat whatever she wanted off her dinner plate.

If she threw a fit, her parents gently but firmly held their ground.  Of course, there were times when Alex was upset and even hungry. 
 
But, did she starve to death?  Was she malnourished?
 
No.
 
At the end of a week, Alex was enjoying dinner along with the rest of her family.  There were no struggles and tears.  By the second week, Alex declared how much she loved peas and broccoli! 
 
And peace reigned once again at the dinner table!
 
Sometimes just letting go of our fixed position removes the resistance that a child is pushing up against.  When the resistance is gone the child can make more empowered choices.  And you don’t have to say a word.
 
Naturally, this isn’t the only way to handle power struggles.  You can learn when to use this technique and many other Successful Parenting Secrets in the Empowered Family Training Teleclass.

In the Empowered Family Training Teleclass we will learn practical skills to help you :

  • Build Self Esteem (in yourself and your children)
  • Eliminate Power Struggles
  • Discipline Without Yelling
  • Be Kind and Firm
  • Create an Encouraging Family
  • Develop Self Motivated Children
  • Develop Mutual Respect
  • Minimize the Hassles, Tantrums and Tears
  • Co-Parent with Ease
  • Understand and Prevent Misbehavior

"The parenting techniques I've learned at the Empowered Family Training have given me the practical tools and self-confidence I needed to help my own family. I'm already seeing positive changes in my children's behavior and the overall sense of peace and cooperation in my home."
-Dumari Dancoes, www.childrenoflight.com.

"This is one of the best family relationship development teleclasses I've ever taken. I am recommending it to all my friends and family. I have seen such changes in me and my child.  I never yell anymore.  Neither does he..."
-Keri Shelton, Austin, Texas

Empowered Family Training Teleclass begins on Monday, October 22, 11:30 a.m. CDT.  The class meets for 8 Mondays, ending on December 10, 2007.  This teleclass will be recorded and available to listen to immediately following class.   That means that if you miss a class, you can simply listen to it on your computer or MP3 player over and over again, if you need to.

This also means that you and your parenting partner can listen to the class together and work as a team to support each other in creating a strong and healthy family!

The cost for this 16 hour telelcass is $427.00.
 
To register for this class click here:


 
Or call 832-928-5110.
 
Register by Friday, October 19, 2011 and you will receive a Free 30 minute Human Design Family Overview.  I will take all the Human Design charts of your family and help you gain even more understanding about why the people you love do the things that they do!!
 
 
I encourage you to register soon.  This is a small class with spots for only 20 students.  I like to keep the class small so that you can get the personal attention that you deserve. This will be the last time I teach this class live.
 
I want to help you have more FUN and less FRUSTRATION with your family!
I look forward to seeing you in class!

Love,
Karen

p.s.  What if you knew how to effectively handle every parenting situation, regardless of your child’s personality or age?  I am committed to giving you powerful parenting skills that will work for you in any situation, even at church or your mother-in-law’s house! 

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