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Posted by Monika on May 23, 2009 at 12:39 am
It was a wonderful class. Much more than I thought it was going to be. I laughed, almost cried, stuffed my brain with little tools to be prepared with the knowledge to keep my little one well parented.:-) and if I forget the tools I knowthere are you all out there that know what its like to be me:-) Well maybe not me but you know what I mean…
I’ll come back and update after we have our first Family meeting tomorrow.
It was a pleasure meeting all of you and really look forward to meeting all of you again at some point.
Posted by maitacastanos on May 26, 2009 at 1:42 pm
One question to all of you that have taken a parenting class:
Have you been doing your family meetings? How’s it been? I need some encouragement here, I haven’t started my own family meeting yet!
Posted by Forrest on July 4, 2009 at 11:21 am
The Family Meeting has been pretty tricky for me as well. For me, I think it worked best to schedule it weekly, and try to work it in at a good time. Inevitably, it was put off, but now we’re having a regular mid-week meeting. I just planned to do it every day, until it happened. It also lets me concentrate on what needs to get done, saying “We’ll talk about this at the family meeting.” I think it’s working because Jack wanted to have another meeting this week to talk about getting more toys… We’ll see.
How have any of the techniques been working for everyone?
Posted by Mayra on July 8, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t started my own family meetings yet! Forrest, next time you come to the playgroups, we need to talk about it please!
I’m so happy that they are working out for you and Jack!
Saludos!
Posted by Aina on May 21, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Aloha y’all..
yes, it is thursday afternoon, and I can relax with the dinner plan…but really miss having coffee at 7 pm (…) and joining this awesome group!
And to Kim:
I personally want to THANK YOU again and again, since I have been in your first class offered at Daniel Bagley, I have LEARNED SO MUCH, because you really see everybody, and because this class is not just talking, but REALITY training. Most, I appreciate to have had the opportunity to participate in some roleplays, the “praise versus encouragement”/ a “powerstruggle” as a kid ( it is FUN!!! to yell “NO!” hahaha) and the LABELING were absolutely ENLIGHTENING, on a visceral level, that just reading and talking miss.
Because of this class and your compassionate, humorous, creative, yet structured and focussed, solution-oriented way of teaching these classes:
I HAVE BECOME AND EVEN BETTER PERSON & especially PARENT ( also healed my own childhood wounds, how cool is that, now I have two kids, one in flesh and blood – and one from the past -fully integrated in my heart, now thriving and enjoying life and understanding parenting from the inside out. I am “lovin’it”)
BEFORE I was an overwhelmed, absolutely stressed person, wondering why I followed my heart without having a CLUE of what was awaiting me as a single mom….
NOW i love my life again, I have the sweetest, most loving and supportive relationship with my 8 year old girl, we cuddle, play, talk, cook, sing, paint, playfight, laugh, garden, and make eachother breakfast, and even have a great time, when sick at home, like this week…
PURE GRATITUDE and JOY.
EVERYBODY:
I enjoyed you amazing group of people, wishing that parenting “practice”, how I called the class, continued a few more times, in a slower pace, maybe once a week!
And I look forward to staying in touch and am grateful for witnessing the powerful connections & fun, that come out of the singleparent meetup group – thank you!
What do you all think about a contact list – to be able to reflect and keep up the good spirit of the class/methods and solutions in the book if needed?
Posted by Mayra on May 19, 2009 at 10:40 am
The parenting Class for Single Parents is over!
We ended up with more wisdom, knowledge and understanding to create deeper relationships with our children. We created community, support and planted seeds of friendships.
We started with 10 moms, 10 dads and 10 children in childcare. We finished with 9 dads, 8 moms and 9 children (awesome!, Go daddies!). All happy and motivated to keep practicing the new learned skills.
Thank you very much to Kim Buelhman for an excellent class!
But overall; thank you very much to our participants, for making of this class a delightful experience!
Posted by Forrest on May 21, 2009 at 1:10 am
Oh, yeah – Parenting Class is Over… What the heck am I gonna DO Thursdays without it? Guess I’ll hafta figure out how to put all this knowledge to use… What a great class.
Well! It was certainly good to see Sean & Ryan and Monika & Nicholas at the M’s game… Thanks for the tickets, and getting us together once again. Jack had a BLAST.
Posted by Forrest on May 12, 2009 at 12:21 am
What a great class last week! Who’da thought we’d laugh so much? (And about that which drives us crazy…) – oh, and thanks for the ride, William!
Had a long talk w/ a woman on the bus today about parenting. She and her son’s father had split up, but lived close together and worked everything out pretty well. They ended up going to their son’s graduation together, after being split up for 15 years.
See everyone Thurs. I can’t believe this will be our last… Let’s keep in touch!
Posted by Mayra on April 28, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I want to express how happy I feel about having so many dads in the class. Everybody wants to participate, that’s great!
Has anybody done their homework? Did anybody came up with some more ways to encourage our children??
William;
My request for snack:
Veggies: carrots and celery
Dip: Hummus
Fruit: Strawberries!
See you on Thursday!!!
Posted by William on April 28, 2009 at 11:19 am
Hi friends, I value this single parenting class. Kim is doing a great job, and I enjoy our text. My ideas on discipline have changed already. I’m even caught up on the reading.
This is my week to bring snacks. Any special requests? Looking forward to seeing you all Thursday evening
-Wm.
Posted by maitacastanos on April 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Ten moms, ten dads, ten children. That’s the way we stared our first of six classes of “Single Parenting”
We had a great time doing introductions and learning different styles of parenting. The YMCA staff had a great time with the ten children in the childcare room.
We got homework to do, and we are coming back on Thursday for our second session. Yes!
Posted by Forrest on April 23, 2009 at 4:47 pm
This class is great! Already feeling better – like things are more manageable, and have an answer. Even if it takes awhile, it will just take some persistence and hard work (just as how I’m finishing my homework despite the beautiful sun… well, by sitting in the beautiful sun, actually!)
See you tonight, everybody!
Posted by familyworksseattle on April 28, 2009 at 12:05 am
We’re so glad you’re feeling the class is useful and fun! I hope you keep coming back here. Please feel free to start a discussion, continue one from class, and/or share some of your trials, tribulations, and successes! Perhaps your classmates will want to join in.
Posted by familyworksseattle on March 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm
A FREE single-parent parenting class will be starting on April 9th. It runs 6 weeks on Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm, and free childcare is available. Please call us at 206/694-6727 to register, and mention that you saw this ad on our blog!
Posted by mayra on March 27, 2009 at 1:06 pm
This is the first time that FamilyWorks is providing a parenting class specifically for single parents. We still have a few spots availabl! Single parents, sign in please!
Posted by Lauren on February 19, 2009 at 4:49 am
At our last class, we heard about kids who love to write on walls and couches. I saw an ad for this, which made me think of you. Click here to see it
Posted by familyworksseattle on February 17, 2009 at 11:59 pm
We had a wonderful winter parenting class for parents of school-age (5-12 yrs) children! Lots of interesting discussions started, and parents found out they had much in common. We also had more than a few good laughs…. Please share some of your stories, concerns, questions, comments, etc. here!
Stay tuned for the next parenting class, for single parents, this spring!
Posted by Kim on May 20, 2009 at 10:05 pm
It’s Wednesday evening and as I prepare my new reflective parenting class, I can’t help but think of all you amazing single parents that just finished the first single parent class at Familyworks. I had so much fun with you and really appreciated your enthusiasm and commitment to the class and to each other! I don’t know how you do it all I can barely keep my head up somedays!! I learned so much from everyone of you and want you to know that I admire your integretity and courage to be the best parents you can be regardless of your individual situations. Let’s keep connected!
I wish each and everyone of you the best of luck with your families this summer.
Most importantly have fun and take care of yourselves first! Love to all of you, Kim