ANNOUNCING, the release of Roe Teed’s latest EBook:
Life Changing Secrets Never Taught At School: Your Kids Need
You … As A Parent, Not A Friend
with the Foreword from Dr Joe Vitale
As Dr Joe Vitale writes: ‘This book is a powerful reminder of the importance of being a parent, rather than a friend, in your children’s lives so that they grow up to be happy, secure and confident.
It begins with a touching story of Sarah, an everyday 15 year old, whose birthday party turned from being magical and fun, to one of disbelief and sadness, through the actions of just a few.
Her Mum, Roe Teed, who is a colleague of mine and the author, however brings the magic back by using the events that occurred as a great learning opportunity for Sarah and her friends. These are the memories that will be cherished.
Through the stories of other interesting characters like ‘Jim’, ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Sam’, information that is uniquely valuable and beneficial for parents is then explored like the ‘three voices’ we all have, listening rather than hearing and building rapport with your children.
By following these fundamental, ‘eye opening’, parenting tools, you will help your children to excel and live the life they deserve.’
This easy to read book, provides practical ‘down to earth’ strategies that any parent or carer can start using straight away with their kids.
Roe, through her heart warming stories, explores topics such as the ‘child, parent and adult’ voices we all have and explains the benefits of using the ‘adult’ voice for effective and meaningful communication.
She discusses building rapport, the importance of taking responsibility and much more.
Here is just a peek from ‘Taking Responsibility’:
‘We are all aware, from a very young age, that we need to take responsibility and there are always consequences for our decisions.
Society brings with it rules or boundaries which, as adults, we need to abide by (eg if we speed, we will eventually get caught by the police resulting in a fine or loss of licence, we need to be punctual for work otherwise it could mean a loss in pay or being fired, and so on).
Teenagers are no different. They need to know the rules and boundaries and if these are broken, the consequences.
The story of the Titanic is a great way to illustrate this point. As we all know, the Titanic was going to be ‘the best liner’ in the world. Her maiden voyage made history, as she set off. However, when adversity struck, because the rules had been broken (ie the Titanic was travelling too fast), there were not enough lifeboats for everyone on board. Many of the lifeboats sunk because there were too many people in them, the remaining passengers on the Titanic drowned; leaving just a handful of survivors.
For our teenagers to survive there must be clearly understood rules, boundaries and consequences. Without guidance, your teenager will drift aimlessly or even worse, struggle or sink!
I remember like it was yesterday when I met ‘Sam’ ….. ‘
Remember:
‘Your kids will have many friends throughout their life. They will only have you as their parent!’
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