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Week

Chat

Talking and listening to your child in a positive way every day
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Week

Love

Getting the right balance of closeness and independence
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Behave

Bring calm to your family with rules and routines that work
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Care

Keep yourself and your family healthy and happy
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Discover

Help develop healthy learning habits with your child
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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.

I love delivering this programme. The feedback from parents who have taken part has been very positive and encouraging to other parents. 100% of them have felt that they and their children have benefited from taking part.

Parent Support Adviser & In-House Parent Gym Coach
Godwin Primary School
Kensington Primary has moved from RI to outstanding in less than three years but is now setting its sights even higher

The school works with some of its most vulnerable families to help them develop their parenting skills via the national Parent Gym initiative. This is a series of six two-hour workshops delivered by a trained member of staff. The sessions cover things like how to communicate, balancing warmth and discipline and how to encourage learning.

“The feedback we get is that it can be transformative. Some parents, and their children as a result, have had their lives turned round.”

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Teach Primary magazine, October 20, 2017
Tiger mothers won't raise stars of tomorrow
Parent Gym, however, which runs courses on school sites in the southeast after morning drop off, is working by encouraging parents to have family meals, bedtimes and discipline.
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The Times, January 13, 2016
Parents reported they felt confident in parenting their children when it came to implementing strategies for behaviour. One parent said "I've learnt how to love and respect my child. This I never had as a child myself which made it difficult for me to show love and affection. I now love and cherish every moment I have and feel empowered." Parents are telling other parents within the school community about the programme and the impact it has had. Teachers have reported children whose parents attend the course are presenting calm and increased sustained concentration. Parents are also eager to become involved with their child's education.

School Pastoral Manager

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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