Parenting is an art, it requires not only knowledge and understanding about children’s development, but also the heart and soul to connect with self and the child. Teaching and engaging children may require not only the body and language, but also our attention and awareness of what’s going on in the present moment. Often times, we know parents with good intention wanting to have good interaction with their children, however, it becomes sour at the end. Such unwanted processes always happen in the journey of parenting, and parents are often caught stuck in an undesired cycle of interaction with their children.
Mindful parenting teaches parents to learn about the art of parenting, how to nourish and take care of themselves as well as applying mindfulness in managing parent-child conflict. One of the important aspects in mindful parenting is to learn how not to react impulsively but respond with awareness and conscious choice. In this process, parents learn to be in touch with their inner voices, meanwhile also be aware about the connection between them and children in the present moment. As such, parents could benefit from taking a pause by being mindful (i.e. taking mindful breathing or practice mindful listening) to reflect the whole situation while attending to the needs of the situation. This may help to create a better engagement hence leading to desired outcome.
We offer mindful parenting program at Growing Space Learning Lab. This program is led by our senior clinical psychologist cum certified mindful parenting trainer, Ms. May Liu. May provides both in-person and online training for mindful parenting. She offers a practical approach in guiding parents to learn about mindful parenting via experiential teaching as well as interactive sharing and group discussion. Being a mother herself, May shares openly about her struggles and resolutions in addressing her family issues. May strongly believes in this saying “It takes a village to raise a child.” Hence, she also believe in the importance to provide social support for parents. She hopes by bringing this mindful parenting program to parents, more parents can be connected and grew together as a community.
For those who are interested in our programs, please write to admin@growingspace.org or give us a call for further enquiry.