Weekly Topics
What was the topic for Week 2 (1/30/26)?
Assets and Liability
"Consider other peoples' _____"
Feelings!
What do kids need to feel before correction?
Safety!
What position do you play?
The professional!
What game do we play during the Parenting Journey Group?
Jeopardy!
What was the topic for Week 3 (2/6/26)?
Amends and How to handle trauma with parents and youth
Feelings are not _____, its just a _____ that you feel.
Facts, fact
What feelings might we feel when our expectations are not met?
Frustration, patience, appreciation, annoyance, disappointment, etc.
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 packets do we fill out during the last week of parenting journey each round?
The post-survey!
What was the topic for Week 4 (2/20/26)?
Structure for Parents and Youth
"_______ might clash, but _______ complement themselves."
Hint: Both words start with "P"
"Personalities might clash, but principles complement themselves."
When you are feeling _______ is it NOT the best time to address your child
Angry, frustrated, disappointed, outraged, etc.
What was the activity for the topic: Building Parental Resilience?
Building a resilience tree!
What did the trunk stand for in our resilience trees?
Parent(s)
What was the topic for Week 5 (2/27/26)?
Expectations and Unrealistic Expectations
What does H.O.P.E stand for?
H - hearing
O - other
P - people's
E - experiences
What is a healthy response to trauma discussed during our "Amends and How to Handle Trauma" week?
Doing the opposite action, setting a specific time to feel, pushing self to change focus to more positive, stepping away, having a safety or backup plan.
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 do branches and roots on the resilience tree stand for?
Branches: skills for us/our kids to develop
Roots: supports that keep the family grounded
What was the topic for Week 6 (3/6/26)?
Building Parental Resilience
What does T.I.M.E stand for?
T - things
I - I
M - must
E - earn
What are the 5 primary trauma reaction types?
Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flop!
"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
What are 3 realistic expectations did we discuss during the week we discussed realistic and unrealistic expectations?
Cleaning room, doing dishes, age and developmentally appropriate chores, attempt made, willingness to learn, meeting youth where they are at, compromise/sharing control (when possible/appropriate).