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TODAYS CHILD

LIGHTHOUSE PARENTING IS TO
BUILD TRUST WITH YOUR TEEN.
• Listens and guides instead of
preaches.
• Responds instead of reacts.
• Plants seeds of wisdom and
encourages.
• Empowers children to be
independent.
• Let’s children fail even if it hurts.
• Sets appropriate boundaries and
expectations.

[ Leads to more trust and confidence
in self and parental influence.

Shift your focus from:
“I am going to do everything I can to ensure
my child has the least unhappiness.”

To…

• Communicate openly: Talking to your Rules and boundaries should be based on “I am going to do everything I can to plant
child is a great way to build trust, protecting your child from any physical, the right seeds to empower my child to get
strengthen the parent-child relationship, moral, or psychological dangers that may through anything and everything without
and learn more about your child. Respect threaten their safety. losing confidence and self-worth”.
your child’s opinions, interests, and
viewpoints, even if they differ from yours.
Share your perspectives and views as well
and have open communication in your
relationship. No one knows what another
person is thinking or feeling unless they
ask, and the more you ask, the more you
learn.

o Marital, Couples & Family Therapy
• Allow your child to make mistakes:
o Counselling Children, Adolescents & Adults
Allowing your child to make their own
mistakes will help them take a step o “Teen” Challenges
forward with their independence. o Behavioural & Adjustment Challenges
Mistakes give children a learning
o Stress-Related Challenges
opportunity to grow from and apply their
o Adjustment to Depression & Anxiety
new understanding by themselves in the
future. Preparing your child to make the o Subject & Career Psychometric Testing
best choices possible will set them up
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positively in the future.
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• Set clear and protective rules: Fees are charged according to Scale of Benefits
Lighthouse parents can be flexible and
Practice Address: 27 Fish Eagle Street, Silver lakes, Pretoria
listen to their child’s views, but clear Pr. Nr. 0860000114022 | Reg. No.: PS 0080543
rules and expectations are still in place.

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