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What is Pro-Active Parent Coaching ?

Pro-Active Parent Coaching is a conversation that flows naturally from the relationship we share with our children. Like all conversations, Parent Coaching requires us to authentically listen, engage in conversation, maintain understanding, and keep the conversation on track. What makes a Parent Coaching conversation different from simply a nice chat with our children is the fact that the coaching conversation has an intentional purpose and structure. This structure intentionally assists our children in making movement toward personal growth, maturity, decision making, and taking responsibility for their lives and actions.

Great coaching conversations flow naturally from the gift of relationship that we intentionally give our children.

Parent Coaching is a Transformational Conversation
Unlike a common belief, "If I am going to teach my child well, I must tell them what and how to do things," which many parents have embraced. Parent coaching acknowleges that transformation is not a matter of simply acquiring more information, but rather comes through authentic relationship and pivotal life experiences. A parent coach is naturally positioned to utilize these keys to transformational learning for their children cultivating healthy relationship and engaging our their heart and minds through the use of powerful questions within our everyday conversations. The movement away from advice giving and asking powerrful, incisive questions stimulate our children to examine the things in life that matter most from new angles. A coaching conversation transforms the way they look at life, because they will be pushed to reflect more deeply, grow in decision making abilities and naturally take responsibility for their lives.

Parent Coaching is a Transparent Relationship
A parent coach is one who offers more than simply the skills of coaching within their parenting, they offer unconditional love, acceptance and support to their child. As parents we have the greatest potential to cultivate a deep and rewarding relationship with our children, relating to, identifying with, and assisting them in recognizing the greatness that God has placed deep within them. This kind of relationship empowers our children to go places they never could on their own.

Parent Coaching is a Support System for Change
The greatest sustained change that takes place within an individuals life takes place within the context of a loving relationship that offers support, encouragement and accountability over the long haul. Parents are naturally positioned to freely give the necessary support, encouragement and accountability that children need to affect sustained growth and health within their lives. Parent coaching supports our children's by co-operating with their natural growth patterns, assisting them in staying on track, overcome obstacles, become great decision makers and naturally take responsibility for their lives.

Parent Coaching is Continuous Personal Development
Parent coaches don't simply give solutions to their children, but leverage everyday opportunities and assist their children in drawing wisdom from and applying that learning to their lives from everyday experiences. As a parent coach to your child, you can assist your child in connecting with what God is currently doing within their lives, build character and support their personal growth.