Leading a toddler or a teen..are the skills the same?

I frequently get asked what age is your parent program for?

And my response is, any age from toddler to teen.

Usually, I get a look of..surely that’s not true, their challenges are so different.

And that’s true, their challenges are different, but our approach as parents is similar.

And here’s why.

Leadership is about how you show up as a parent in the face of whatever is presented to you.

For example, you maybe:

• Feeling exhausted by your toddlers tantrums

• Feel at a loss of how to respond to your troubled teen

• Feeling conflicted about taking time out for you.

These all require, the same leadership skill of self-awareness - what is happening for you as the parent in this moment and how can you move through how you’re feeling in a healthy way so you can respond a to your child in a healthy way?

Another leadership skill is listening.

Did you know know that communication is 50% speaking and 50% listening and yet we’re rarely taught how to listen?

Listening in a way that a child feels heard and understood is transformative to your child hearing you and your requests and building trust and connection in your relationship.

So whether it’s

• Listening to yourself and your own needs

• Listening to your toddler and what they are sharing through their tantrums

• Listening to your teen and hearing what they are saying to you.
  

Listening is an important leadership skill.

And it forms a key part of the Considered Communication Strategy that I teach on the Parent as Leader program.

These leadership skills work for any age and any stage and make a transformative difference to the way you communicate with your child.

And of course, as fellow lovers of leadership and growth you know we continually learning, growing and refining - we’re never done!

Hope that was helpful.

Please comment below if you have any other questions that you’d love me to answer.

Much love

Dina xx