If you’re seeking a better connection and greater effectiveness in your relationship with your teen, this workshop is designed for you.
OVERVIEW
In this three-session workshop, you’ll work with veteran educator Andy Kitt to learn how to use your emotional intelligence (EQ) to relate to your teen more skillfully.
As a former high school teacher and dean, Andy understands adolescents. And as a father of teen and tween boys, he knows how challenging parenting can be – especially right now.
That’s why he is passionate about helping parents connect with their teens by expanding their own EQ and modeling these essential “soft skills” for them. In this workshop series, you’ll learn how to align your day-to-day parenting with your deeply held values to promote less reactive, more mutually respectful relationships.
In each 60-minute session, Andy will guide you through exercises that will help you live better with your teen and build capacity for more even-keeled, effective parenting. The workshop combines proven techniques for expanding parenting skills with insights from neuroscience on the teenage brain. And you’ll apply these to specific situations in your life, with opportunities for input from Andy and fellow participants.
At the end of each hour, you're encouraged to stay for an optional mindfulness practice that will help you find calm in the midst of your day-to-day parenting and get in touch with your compassion for your teen and yourself. (Parenting is hard!)
You’ll learn how to:
recognize and understand “normal” teen behavior
catch yourself before reacting in unhelpful ways
equip yourself to hear your teen’s unspoken needs
communicate to help your teen be more receptive
use mindfulness practices to improve in all of these aspects of high-EQ parenting.
Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!
SCHEDULE
We’ll meet for 3 sessions. For workshops starting in April, choose between
TUESDAYS from 10:30 to 11:30 AM PST on April 13 , 20 & 27
or
THURSDAYS from 7:30 to 8:30 PM PST on April 15, 22 & 29
TESTIMONIALS
“This class gave me concrete strategies to improve my parenting skills... The introduction to meditation has been transformative.” — Amy C., Menlo Park
“I think implementing these skills can break the cycle in our too-adversarial relationships.” — Mike G., Palo Alto
“It’s way too infrequent that I slow down and really think about how to parent. This class was a great way to do just that.” — Scott M., Menlo Park
Meet the Facilitator
Andy Kitt taught History at the Menlo School from 2004 to 2020, where he loved helping students flourish even as many showed signs of the nationwide increase in adolescent stress. Concerned about their wellbeing, he studied the life skills that can help teens thrive into adulthood. He developed programs in mindfulness, social-emotional learning, and cultivating a sense of purpose, informed by training at Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, UPenn’s Character Lab, the Center for Nonviolent Communication, the San Francisco Zen Center, and the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network. Andy has also led professional development seminars on using EQ in the classroom, training for faculty advisors on managing group dynamics, and in 2019, workshops on high-EQ parenting. He is a teen and parent coach at Village Coaches, a teen success coaching practice. Andy has a 16-year-old at Menlo and an 11-year-old at Synapse School.