Responding to Behaviour
Responding to Behaviour
When your child’s behaviour feels challenging, it’s easy to fall into cycles of frustration, threats, or guilt, but behaviour is communication, not defiance.
You’ll learn to guide your child with calm confidence; setting boundaries that are firm yet kind, replacing power struggles with connection, and fostering cooperation that comes from trust, not fear.
Workshop 1: The Difference Between Discipline and Punishment
Discover the real meaning of discipline and why it’s not about control, but teaching.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to guide behaviour in a way that strengthens connection, promotes learning, and supports emotional growth.
You’ll leave with practical tools for setting firm, kind boundaries that teach accountability without shame or fear.
Workshop 2: From Compliance to Connection;
Why Bribes, Threats and Punishments don’t work in the long term
Move beyond the daily power struggles and “because I said so” moments.
This session will show you how to shift your focus from getting immediate compliance to building long-term cooperation through trust, respect, and emotional safety.
You’ll uncover:
✅ Why rewards and threats lose their power (and what works instead)
✅ The 3 key needs that make kids want to cooperate
✅ Practical tools to replace bribes and battles with calm connection
How connection drives true behaviour change and how to make it your parenting superpower.
Workshop 3: Why Compassion Alone isn’t Enough
Kindness and empathy are essential, but they need to be paired with structure to help children feel secure. This workshop takes a closer look at what’s really happening for children during emotional overwhelm.
We’ll explore:
Why compassion alone isn’t always enough to stop meltdowns.
What’s going on beneath the surface in your child’s nervous system.
How you can support them with both empathy and clear boundaries.
You’ll leave with practical tools to help your child feel truly seen and safe while also guiding them through challenging moments.
💡 Move beyond “just compassion” – Discover why empathy alone often isn’t enough to prevent or stop meltdowns, and what else children need in those intense moments.
🛟 Support without escalating – Gain tools to stay calm and present yourself, so you can be the steady anchor your child needs.
🪞 Help your child feel truly seen and safe – Learn how to combine empathy with clear boundaries, giving your child both emotional validation and a sense of security.
🧰 Leave with practical, ready-to-use strategies – Walk away with concrete steps for guiding your child through big feelings in real-life situations.
🤝 Strengthen your connection – Discover how approaching meltdowns this way can build trust and deepen your parent-child relationship.
🌱 Reduce stress at home – Less chaos during emotional storms means a calmer, more harmonious family environment.
Compassion is the bridge that allows us to see our child’s heart beneath the storm of their behaviour. When we approach a meltdown with compassion, we remind ourselves that the child is not the tantrum; they are a small person struggling with feelings too big to manage alone. This perspective helps us separate who they are from what they’re doing, and it protects the connection between us even in the hardest moments.
But compassion on its own can feel like a soft blanket with no edges — soothing but not always enough to stop the spiral. Children also need the steady frame of clear boundaries and gentle containment to feel truly safe. Boundaries don’t diminish our compassion; they give it shape and strength. When we pair empathy with limits — “I see you’re upset, and I won’t let you hit” — we offer our children both the understanding they crave and the structure their nervous system needs to settle and grow.
