The Chronicle, Friday, 25th February 2005
ADVISOR OFFERS TO HELP PARENTS CHANGE 'CHILDREN FROM HELL'
Sandbach parents are being offered the chance to hone their skills with the help of a positive parenting programme recently featured on national television. The programme is the result of 25 years of research and aims to make parenting enjoyable and rewarding by instilling more confidence in parents and children.
Local parenting advisor Joy Hazlehurst was asked to appear on I.T.V.'s “Granada Reports” to give parent tips on getting through the half term holiday and to share her thoughts on television’s many parenting programmes, tying in with the launch of a research project by Manchester University.
It always saddens me when youngsters are involved in adult disputes. Details of separation and divorce is not their business and they should ideally be left to enjoy a good relationship with both their parents; whether they all live under one roof or two separate ones. How and what we tell our children at these nightmare times will largely depend on their age but never discuss personal reasons with them, all they need to know is that you have agreed to split up.
I frequently get enquiries about children who are angry and displaying aggressive behaviour. The parent is at their wits end having tried everything in their power to stop the outbursts, the school is threatening to exclude the child and with this there are many fears and fantasies about the youngsters’ future.
Just as with adults it is important to teach the child that anger (the feeling) is a natural emotion telling us something is wrong but the aggression (behaviour) is not an OK way of expressing it.
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