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01
Week
Chat
Talking and listening to your child in a positive way every day
02
Week
Love
Getting the right balance of closeness and independence
03
Week
Behave
Bring calm to your family with rules and routines that work
04
Week
Care
Keep yourself and your family healthy and happy
05
Week
Discover
Help develop healthy learning habits with your child
06
Week
Together
Keep your family feeling happy, supported and loved
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Six-week programme

Parent Gym is a programme made up of six two-hour sessions, with ‘missions’ to complete between sessions. Each programme has up to twenty parents and one Parent Gym coach.

The Parent Gym programme has been designed by leading psychologists, drawing on parenting research. All sessions are designed to be highly interactive and participative.

- Parent gym
  For hosts
  Bring one of our coaches to your organisation - or train a member of your staff to deliver the programme in-house.
- Schools/centres
- Companies
- Local authorities
- Parent gym
  For volunteers
  Volunteer to support parents and improve their family lives. We are now recruiting in London, Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and Brighton & Hove.
- Coaches
- Ambassadors
- Office volunteers

We have now run nine Parent Gym programmes. The impact of the course can be seen with improved behaviour of the children in school. We hope to continue to work with Parent Gym for a very long time.
Deputy Head
Woodmansterne Primary School
Volunteering for Parent Gym has honestly given me far more than I feel I have given in return- I’ve met a bunch of wonderful parents, made a whole new circle of friends with the other coaches, and have got to know a wonderful organisation.
Mag Combemale
Expert tips to motivate the kids
In Claire Katzenellenbogen's opinion, as the director of Parent Gym, incentivising chores non-financially is the way to encourage children to help. "We shouldn't pay our children to do things they should be doing."
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Family Values, February 2019
Mind Gym tycoon wants to roll out free parenting lessons across country
Black founded the Parent Gym programme, which runs in 22 schools in the most deprived areas of London, using profits from the sale of his Mind Gym "brain workout" sessions to corporate clients. His training method has been backed by the London mayor, Boris Johnson, and involves nine two-hour sessions for parents. Themes include communication, managing relationships, play and learning, parenting styles, rules and routines, and creating a supporting and nurturing home environment.
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The Guardian, May 18, 2012

"The level of change for
parenting variables and
mental well-being is
impressive"

Our programme has been developed by leading psychologists to address six parenting priorities: communication, love, managing behaviour, health, learning and handling conflict.

Parent Gym has been independently evaluated by four universities since 2010.

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Contact

160 Kensington High Street, London W8 7RG UK Telephone: +44 (0)20 7368 5698 Email: info@parentgym.com

Schools and children's centres - Want to host one of our volunteer coaches, or train a member of your staff to run Parent Gym in-house?

Parents - Want to introduce Parent Gym to your child’s school, or become a Parent Gym volunteer?

Companies - Want to host Parent Gym in your workplace?

For these and other enquiries email us at info@parentgym.com, or use the link below to access our contact form.

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