Incredible Parent Workshop Overview
If you take a look around you, you’ll discover that families are having a harder time than ever. Broken homes are a widespread phenomenon, and so, too, are broken people. You’ll also see that problems occur regardless of whether we’re looking at a regular family or an adoptive one. And the reason why this happens, we are raising our families focusing on their weaknesses and not their strengths.
Setting The Scene Workshop Components
Just in the last ten years, the number of kids and teens experiencing high levels of anxiety and depression has skyrocketed. According to the CDC, 1 in 10 kids and teens are fighting with anxiety, depression, or both. The statistics are also alarming when it comes to the volume of suicide cases in teens.
And if we’re talking about kids and teens who are going through an adoption process, then issues such as depression and anxiety tend to become even more acute during the adoption period. The consequences that follow this challenging period are nothing to ignore. Unaddressed trauma can, sadly, lead to drug consumption among these youths.
The link between addiction and trauma is evident, as 70% of adolescents undergoing addiction treatment had a history of trauma. What’s more, teens who had been victims of physical or sexual abuse turned out to be three times more likely to become substance abusers. Not to mention, there’s a higher likelihood for adoptees to suffer from lifetime substance use disorders compared to non-adoptees.
All that these studies do is to prove that these children, who perhaps need the love and care of a loving family more than anyone else, are those who feel the least happy.
What Can Be Done?
Have you ever had the feeling that parents enjoy vacuuming more than they enjoy spending time caring for their kids? Unfortunately, too many parents have lost the joy of parenting. No one denies that parenting is hard. And, these days, it’s only getting more challenging because society and technology are changing so fast that we can no longer parent as our parents did. And, unfortunately, kids don’t come with a manual.
Sometimes, I wish our parents had this kind of information that I’m proposing back when they were raising our generation. And being an adopted child only made me realize that not only is parenting, in general, challenging enough but that parenting an adopted child comes with its own set of issues, which all require unique additional parenting skills.
As a parent myself, I understand how valuable the type of knowledge that Incredible Parents Workshop brings to the table is, and I know how the skill sets here have helped my own family.
Do you want to become an Incredible Parent for your children? There are a few indicators that show whether you are the right path or not yet. If you are still struggling with some aspects of your parenting style, perhaps this workshop is everything that you need to become the incredible parent your children deserve by their side.
