Talk back negative thoughts

This is another great tip from Triple P. Monitor yourself. How often do you have negative thoughts about yourself, your capabilities, your child/ren. They just don't help. Convert them to positive thoughts. It's a trick worth trying.

Below is a link to a You Tube clip of an extreme example of how family life can spiral out of control. But we may all recognise little things we do that have negative impacts. Triple P parenting sessions can make family life much more enjoyable and help you raise happy confident children, which is what we all want, right?

Want to find out more? Sign up for a Positive Parenting Session. Camden parents and parents who work in Camden with children under 5 have until Feb 2014 to claim your free sessions.


Driving Mum & Dad Mad on You Tube

The 5 principles of Triple P

I do love this parenting programme and really want to share it with more Camden Parents.

These are the principles and this is what we talk about in more depth in the Positive Parenting Seminar:

1 Provide a safe environment for your child

2 Provide a positive learning environment for your child

3 When really necessary, when things really aren't working use sanctions such as quiet time and time out

4 Have realistic expectations of yourself and your child

5 Make time for yourself


And if this all sounds overwhelming there's a strategy. Just pick one thing to work on that will improve family life and tackle that.

Sign up for sessions here We talk about all this and there are lots of opportunities for you to share your experiences

Parenting Tips from Triple P

Over the next few weeks I want to share some Triple P tips and strategies. One of my favourite tips is, where possible, when your child asks for your attention you give it.

Often we think we're too busy to give our child attention and turn them away with 'Not now.' Then we're fed up when they won't give us their attention when we want it. Do you ever stop to ask 'Who did they learn that from?' Perhaps it's us! None of us like to be interrupted but actually children are at their most receptive when they are asking us for attention.

So the tip is - if you can be interrupted, welcome it. See it as an opportunity to pay attention to your child. Just try it a few times and see what happens! It's not coming automatically, I have to work at it. My automatic response is to say not now, but I'm trying and when I do it, I like it!

What we love about Triple P

What's great about the Triple P Parenting Programme is that it doesn't tell you how to parent. It just gives you tips and strategies on how to become the parent YOU want to be. So it doesn't say your child must do this or that, or you must cook from scratch, put your child to bed at 6pm. There are no rules.

What it does is help you work out what works for you and what doesn't. It helps you identify what's stopping you enjoy family life. And if there are several things, what's the one thing you want to change the most. Then it's about creating a plan, trying out the plan, adapting it and making the change.

This is life transforming. Realising that you can change things. It's not just a phase, you don't just have to put up with the way things are.

This means you can become the parent you want to be. You can enjoy being a parent and enjoy your child/ren and family life.

We are really looking forward to sharing Triple P with you over the weeks and months to come.

Over to you. If you've started Triple P we'd love you to share your experiences here.

Young children can bring the best of times, but also the worst! Do you want family life to be more fun and less hassle? Triple P promises to help you enjoy time with your children.

Come along and find out how. This parenting programme has been developed by clinical psychologists in the sunshine state of Queensland, Australia. Can their tips and strategies work for families in Camden? Help us find out.

Yes, we will talk about 'quiet time' and 'time out' and managing disobedience but Triple P concentrates on smiles, hugs, fun, connecting, enjoying your child and helping your family thrive.

The difficulty for us is to schedule the sessions on days and times to suit you. We’ve set up a session on Sunday 7 July at Camley Street Nature Park at 10.30am. Our idea is to run an introductory seminar to positive parenting . We’d like to combine it with finding out from you when you’d like us to run sessions. We can run them on consecutive weeks or once a month over 6 months. You can have group sessions or one-to-ones. It’s all very flexible depending on what you prefer.

These sessions are offered free to parents/carers with a CanParent voucher

Please come along, find out what it’s all about and let us know what you want. Book your place here