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Parenting Time Planner 2012

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Parenting time planner 2012

Feel free to copy and print..

This is our way of helping you, help yourselves.

*** Extra features this year ***

Yes.. We have listened to your suggestions .. So ..

This year we have the added bonus of Notable Dates.

Like:

Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween & not forgetting ... Those Clock Changing Times ! ... So .. No more excuses.

Parenting Time Planner [January-June] ... (Click here)

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Attention Dads of All Ages & All Stages

· Are you about to become a dad?

· Are you a stay-at-home dad?

· Have you kids in the school system?

· Are your children all grown up?

· Are you a grandfather?

· Are you a man who’d like to meet up with some dads?

· Would you like to advertise your services or products to dads?

If so, you are heartily invited – with or without kids in tow - to a free & informal get-together

Where? In the Castlebellingham Service Station on the M1 (heading south towards Drogheda)

Why there?

ü Easy to find for those coming from either Dundalk or Drogheda direction

ü Lots of free parking & picnic tables (when weather better)

ü Free indoor & outdoor play areas for younger children with plenty of seating for dads

ü Large clean baby-changing area & male toilets, both beside the play area

ü Buggy & wheelchair friendly (no steps)

ü High chairs available

ü Lots of space & relatively quiet

ü Internet access, bank machine, shop selling newspapers etc

ü Variety of refreshments available (Costa, Burgerking, Apple, etc)

When? 10.20am- 12.30am every Tuesday ( for time being )

Why?

ü To allow dads to socialise in a relaxed male environment

ü To encourage dads to make new contacts

ü To help dads get information & advice from, & give information & advice to, other men

Parenting After Separation or Divorce .. Our courses.

Parenting presents its challenges everyday. How to set rules, manage behaviour and really connect with your child is a lot to take on, especially when you have never been given any training! When parents are living together and working as a team, it can be easier as you can provide backup for each other, discuss problems together and decide on solutions. It’s a tough job for parents but even tougher when you find yourself separatedor divorced and trying to handle the everyday parenting challenges effectively.

No matter what happens between parents, whether they split amicably or acrimoniously, they are still parents to their children and must get on with their responsibility of co-parenting in a way that:

Recognises the issues for the children

Sets out a structure for the children that helps to prevent uncertainty

Protects the feelings and emotions of their children

Helps the children to adjust and settle down with the new family structure

and considerate of their own & their children’s feelings

Allows the children to love both parents equally and without feeling that they are ‘letting the other parent down’

Course Content

• Basic principle of positive parenting and positive discipline
• Recognising the emotions that the separation/divorce presents for your children
• Recognising the stress and emotions that you may experience
• How to help your children through their feelings and anxieties
• What you can do to support your child through the transition period
• What you can do to support yourself and co-parent
• What should be in a parenting plan and what to consider when creating this
• How to communicate with your co-parent in a way that is not damaging to your children
• When/How to introduce new partners
• Key consideration for the future of your children and your co-parenting partnership
  
  
  Presented by Martina Newe, director of Help Me To Parent, Parents Plus Facilitator and accredited Family Mediator, this course will run on:
  The cost of the course is €99 for the day and includes refreshments, tea/coffee biscuits,and course material.

For more information, click here

Parents Separated

We are now in 2012. A new year, a new start, for all concerned. We have been at our current premises for over one year now. We share the same building as parental Equality, an organisation that has given support and help to numerous people for many many years. I do hope the festive season treated you all kindly, and it will be great to see you all again, and hopefully, some new faces. We will continue to hold our meetings on Tuesday's bi-weekly. It is a pleasure to be present to witness the wonderful interaction between male and female, advice and life experiences. We would like to thank you all, because it is you who makes the meeting what it is.

If you want to add your piece, please feel free to do so by logging in here, or visiting the blog (www.parentsseparated.blogspot.com)

Also..

We have had  several 'Social Nights Out' in Dundalk, since we started our meetings.... so those of you interested in attending in the future, please inform Val.

Parents Separated ©