Positive Parenting at Ayelet Montessori

What drew me to the Montessori method in the beginning was the respect a child gets. When we talk about children, who form our world at Ayelet, we have to talk about parenting in the same breath.

'Parenting' for most of us has become a challenge to say the least. Unfortunately, we cannot compare our parenting styles to what our parents followed. A workshop on 'Positive Parenting' was organized by Ayelet last week, it was conducted by Gayathri Ananth. This session was aimed at trying to figure out how we as parents can improve our relationship with our children.

Gayathri is a very renowned children and adolescent counselor based in Bangalore. The workshop was a beautiful experience, thanks to the trainer for customising it based on the people who attended the workshop. We talked about the basic challenges we go through as parents; tantrums, whining, sulking, screen addiction, etc. We also looked into conventional ways of disciplining like hitting, scolding and shaming to name a few. Gayathri then talked about 'Positive parenting', how active listening and being assertive can make a difference.

The parents who attended the workshop enjoyed the details about soft and tough love, and how a balance between the two works best for the child.

We, at Ayelet believe these free parent workshops, are essential for parent education. We aim at well-being of the child and these workshops are just a little step in that direction.

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