Weekly Topics
What was the topic for Week 2 (1/30/26)?
Assets and Liability
"Consider other peoples' _____"
Feelings!
When you are feeling _______ is it NOT the best time to address your child
Angry, frustrated, disappointed, outraged, etc.
What position do you play?
The professional!
What was the topic for Week 3 (2/6/26)?
Amends and How to handle trauma with parents and youth
What does H.O.P.E stand for?
H - hearing
O - other
P - people's
E - experiences
What is one asset and one liability we listed during our Assets and Liability Topic week!
Assets: Kindness, compassion, caring, positivity, support networks, conducive, unconditional.
Liabilities: Anger, "tit-for-tat", gossip, vindictive, confusion, motive.
What was the topic for Week 4 (2/20/26)?
Structure for Parents and Youth
What does T.I.M.E stand for?
T - things
I - I
M - must
E - earn
What was the topic for Week 5 (2/27/26)?
Expectations and Unrealistic Expectations
Structure
1. What does structure mean to y'all?
2. Calm/Conflict
3. Repair
1. Schedule/routine, responsibilities, taking on a parental role, cultural, spiritual, religious, "helped make me who I am", and impact trickles down
2. CALM: teaches us responsibility, teaches skills for the future, avoids escalation, diffuses behaviors.
CONFLICT: different generations, different priorities, different definitions of "clean"/etc, technology and decreased attention span, societal and parenting changes, picking your battles.
3. Repair: supports, remain calm, think before acting and change thoughts/plan, picking your battles, requires time.
What was the topic for Week 6 (3/6/26)?
Building Parental Resilience
"_______ might clash, but _______ complement themselves."
Hint: Both words start with "P"
"Personalities might clash, but principles complement themselves."
"When my child ___A____, I feel ___B___. This reminds me of ___C___ from my past. A healthier response could be ___D___." Discussion Prompt.
Name one A, one B, one C, and one D.
A - shuts down, meltdown, yells and throws a fit, is angry, is disrespectful, feels triggered, is dysregualted.
B - triggered, disrespected, overwhelmed, incapable, worried, reminded of younger self, angry, frustrated, like being supportive/understanding.
C - me/my younger self, experiences, learning opportunities.
D- opposite action, setting a specific time to feel before pushing self to focus on something else, stepping away, and having a safety plan/backup plan