Village Matters

 Parenting Support Needed? 

Michelle Tucker and her team provide inclusive access to parenting support for all, to ensure there are little to no barriers to par-ticipants. They encourage communities to come to-gether with the common issue of parenting. They aim to boost the health, wellbeing and confidence of families by nurturing and supporting those that are parenting, provide peer-to-peer support to encourage those that are parenting to work together to support each other and their children. 

Michelle and her team have supported individuals and whole families for more than 15 years. They are passionate about being non-judgemental and using their expertise to guide people to think about what is causing their stress or anxiety and giving them the tools to manage. 

People have noted improved self-esteem, a clearer focus about their own skills and abilities, a better understanding of how to work with their family and their children, to achieve a common goal, and feel better able to look after their own mental health – and to recognise the signs of stress or anx-iety around them. Here are some of the ways Michelle and her team help: Developing Emotional Resilience in Your Family and Children 

Develop strategies to improve family relationships and support positive parenting. 

• Practical strategies to use 

• Considering factors today which might un-dermine our children’s resilience 

• Understanding the role of relationships in building resilience 

• Exploring ideas for working together as a family 

• A chance to reflect 

Understanding Teenagers in our Families 

Focused on the latest findings on the teenage brain. Teenagers may appear to need their parents less, but in reality, they need us just as much, only in different ways. 

• Learning about some of the changes in the teenage brain 

• Considering the role of adults in the lives of teenagers 

• Teenage parenting strategies 

• Supporting healthy emotional development in our teenagers 

Managing Boundaries in Our Family 

Develop clear, kind and consistent boundaries to support children and teenagers to grow into confi-dent, independent, responsible and responsive peo-ple. 

• Reflecting on our parenting style and our own experience of boundaries 

• Exploring ways to keep adults in charge whilst respecting children’s feelings and helping them to think and act for themselves 

• Considering strategies for children of all ages, including teenage behaviour and its link to changes in the adolescent brain 

• How to create a family agreement Supporting Ourselves and Our Children to Manage Difficult Feelings 

An opportunity to consider how we might support ourselves and our families with expressing and managing feelings in healthy ways. 

Exploring practical strategies for supporting emo-tional development 

• Recognising the importance of making time for ourselves 

• Finding ways to self-regulate 

• Considering how we communicate our diffi-cult feelings and reflecting on our own habits 

• How to acknowledge and understand difficult feelings in our children our teenagers Michelle and her team aim to normalise parenting support and reduce the stigmas attached to attend-ing parenting support (we ALL need support!) 

Please contact Michelle and her team to find out how we can support you, your organisation and/or your family. 

https://thewellbeingsupervisor.com/ 0777 234 8182 michelle@thewellbeingsupervisor.com