Mother once only knew how to scold her children for taking courses to improve parent-child relationship and how to deal with negative emotions

The Ho Yuk Ching Educational Psychology Service Center of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals has launched a parent-child relationship and communication course in 2019. Parents who take care of children said that they used to only respond to children who have tantrums by reproach, and finally they are educating them through emotion In the course, learn how to deal with the negative emotions between yourself and your children, so as to make the relationship between the two parties more ideal.

The study and sharing session on the effectiveness of the course was held today at the Hong Kong Christian Family Service Centre.

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The program provides free emotional support and parent-child classes to about 200 parents with children aged 3 to 6.

The content of the course mainly teaches parents the knowledge of brain science, the methods of expressing their own pressure, and the skills of communicating with children. Through role-playing and personal sharing, parents learn how to deal with their own and their children's negative emotions.

Educational psychologist Tang Ying (second from right) said that the majority of parents who participated in the course were mothers, but fathers and grandparents also attended the course.

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"I feel like my friends (children) are friends."

One of the participants of the course, Carol, who has a 4-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter, admitted that in the past, when facing a child’s sadness or anger, he would be "disgusted". He only knew how to scold and complain. I also felt unhappy after hearing that, this situation is more obvious in the epidemic.

However, after taking the course, Carol began to try to understand the reasons for the child's sadness, and learn to detect the negative emotions between himself and the child early.

She said that she knows how to face and accept negative emotions with her children more than ever, and her relationship has improved a lot.

Carol frankly described as "I feel like my friends (children) are friends."

Another parent, A Qing, who has two daughters, said that in the past, children liked to lose their temper, and the time for losing their temper could last for more than half an hour, which made her very distressed and did not know how to deal with it.

But through learning different communication skills in the course, she learns to talk face-to-face with her daughter, and find out the reasons for her unhappiness, so that her daughter can feel her mother's understanding and understanding.

She said that when her daughter had this channel to express and vent negative emotions, the time for crying was gradually shortened to less than a few minutes, and the distance between mother and daughter was also shortened. I speak...".

Recruit hundreds of preschool educators in August

Ms. Huang, who designed the course, said that she plans to recruit about 100 pre-school educators, including teachers, social workers and psychologists, in August this year, and provide professional training related to the course. She hopes that the plan will be expanded in the future. To more areas, benefit more families.

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