Hello to our Colleagues and Friends:
Summer days are quickly passing. Our Colorado Fall begins this evening, although we’ve seen signs of it for almost two weeks now. Cooler weather, snow on higher peaks, the changing leaves to orange, yellow and red. This also means the beginning of the school year. For so many families, it means additional conflict and struggle to get kids back on schedule and in the classroom regardless of their age.
PRN for Families, Inc. helps families gain a clearer perspective on how their families operate and function, giving support for resolution to difficult issues – in their own homes. We have individualized programs available to support your families changing/growing needs. All it takes to get started is a call. |
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Parental Influence
Does this information Surprise You?
“Parents today may have more influence than they realize.”Research shows that adolescents are more likely to be influenced by parents than peers. Along with parenting style and disciplinary approaches, parents influence the schools their children attend, the foods they eat and even the neighborhood–by choice or circumstances–in which they grow up.That’s in part why the Berkeley developmental researchers turned to intervention studies to examine the role of parenting in children’s academic success. Their studies have been designed like randomized clinical trials. Mothers and fathers work on parenting issues as well as issues related to their relationships as couples.In a study that targeted parents whose children were about to enter school, they found that improving either parenting practices or the marital relationship had a significant effect one, two and then four years later on children’s behavior and success in school. The marital intervention had a bigger effect on lowering children’s aggression and academic performance while the parenting intervention had a greater influence on reducing shy and withdrawn behavior.
Interestingly, a byproduct of the marital intervention was that, in addition to showing less conflict as a couple, parenting styles improved too–these parents were warmer and provided more structured discipline to their children. The parenting intervention, in contrast, did not influence parents’ relationships. Overall, the more parents changed after the couples group intervention, the better their children did in school, says – American Psychological Association
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Parental Coping Skills
Everyone Finds Their Own Way…
“A father at a workshop of mine many years ago explained it this way: ‘One rose at a time,’ he called it. ‘She was about 23, our daughter, when without explanation, she cut off all communication with us. Stopped coming to see us. Rarely answered our phone calls, and when she did abruptly told us that she’d call us when she felt like talking, and to please not call her.
At first we felt really hurt, then really angry. What had we done to deserve such treatment? Then my wife said something really important: ‘Suppose this isn’t something painful she’s doing against us; suppose it’s something painful she needs to be doing for her.’ So that’s what we decided it was. And to let her know we loved her and were thinking about her, every week I sent her a single red rose with a card that read: ‘We love you.’ And I did this for about seven months until one day she called, said she wanted to come over and see us, and she did, and we’ve been lovingly back together ever since.
Of course I asked her about the roses, curious to know what she did with them. ‘At first,’ she said, ‘I threw them away. Then I gave them away to friends. And finally I started keeping them, signs that you were keeping me in your heart, one rose at a time.'”
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Parents often don’t consider or simply aren’t aware of viable in-home options worth consideration. If you or someone you know or care about could benefit from our services, please call us. We’d love to talk to you. Our initial consultation is free and without obligation.
Sincerely,
Charles Elias
PRN for Families
admissions@prnforfamilies.com
888-762-5973 |
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