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Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Learning Day 27th October 2010 Stirling Management Centre.

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  1. Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Learning Day27th October 2010Stirling Management Centre

  2. This will be an interactive workshop focusing on emerging practice in one primary school embarking on teaching parenting skills to pupils. We’ll be looking at the why, what and how, to give practical ideas on how to take this area of the curriculum forward! Descriptor

  3. WHYresearch(e.g. Wave Trust)our own experienceimpact on learning and teaching

  4. International studies trace roots of violence to: parental competence and family control methods (e.g. McCord) poor parental child rearing (e.g. Farrington) unskilled parenting (e.g. Capaldi and Clark; Kazdin, Loeber, Dishion; Rutter & Giller) harsh parental discipline (e.g. Patterson) power-assertive punishment (e.g. Cohen) Causes of violence: Deepest roots lie in the family

  5. Critical Windows Critical windows of time during which brain hones particular skills or functions Size of window different for different skills If the chance to practise a skill is missed during the window, a child may never learn it (or be impaired) Understanding the infant brain

  6. Empathy the single greatest inhibitor of propensity to violence Established early by observation of parental reaction to suffering Babies show empathy by one year old. Not all develop this Abused toddlers react negatively or aggressively to signs of distress Keys: Attunement andEmpathy

  7. MacLeod and Nelson studied 56 programmes designed to promote family wellness and prevent child maltreatment Most interventions are successful The earlier the intervention the better Prevention (proactive) had greater effect sizes at follow-up Reactive interventions tend to fade over time, relapse common Early Prevention works

  8. ROOTS OF EMPATHY Canadian school-based parenting programme Goal: to break inter-generational cycle of violence and poor parenting Develop empathy and pro-social behaviour Reduce bullying, violence and aggression Prepare children for responsive and responsible parenting Strong focus on abuse prevention Early Prevention works

  9. Every child should leave school trained in non-violent parenting and attunement with babies One of Wave’s Recommendations

  10. MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME TO THINK AHEAD..."If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job!" ESP..."Put your sweater on; don't you think that I know when you're cold?" TO MEET A CHALLENGE..."What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you...Don't talk back to me!" HUMOUR..."When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT..."If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up. GENETICS..."You are just like your father!" WISDOM of AGE..."When you get to be my age, you will understand." ANTICIPATION..."Just wait until your father gets home." RECEIVING..."You are going to get it when we get home." JUSTICE..."One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like YOU -- then you'll see what it's like!"

  11. A TEENAGER IS... A person who can't remember to walk the dog but never forgets a phone number. Someone who can hear a song by Madonna played three streets away but not his mother calling from the next room. A whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make a bed. A student who will spend 12 minutes studying for her history exam and 12 hours for her driver's license. A youngster who is well informed about anything he doesn't have to study. An enthusiast who has the energy to ride a bike for miles, but is usually too tired to dry the dishes. A connoisseur of two kinds of fine music: Loud and Very Loud. A boy who can sleep until noon on any Saturday when he suspects the lawn needs mowing.

  12. EXPERT TUITION An educational psychologist and her experience on a plane.On a flight to Glasgow, I was preparing my notes for one of the parent-education seminars I conduct as an educational psychologist.The elderly woman sitting next to me explained that she was returning to Glasgow after having spent two weeks visiting her six children, 18 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren in Inverness.Then she inquired what I did for a living.I told her, fully expecting her to question me for free professional advice. Instead she sat back, picked up a magazine and said, "If there's anything you want to know, just ask me."

  13. There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising her children.  This time comes at the moment of conception.  A child needs a role model, not a supermodel.  ~Astrid Alauda, on the "hot mom" trend

  14. Your children need your presence more than your presents.  ~Jesse Jackson

  15. Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.  ~Roger Lewin

  16. There are two lasting bequests we can give our children.  One is roots.  The other is wings.  ~Hodding Carter, Jr.

  17. What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.  ~P.D. James, Time to Be in Earnest

  18. If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.I would do less correcting and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging and less tugging.~Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"

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