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Centacare Courses for this Term

See below for upcoming parenting courses.  Please note that due to the pandemic and social distancing requirements there are less spaces available than usual so if you would like to attend please book early.

Parenting on Purpose

“Your energy can be devoted far more productively to collaborating with your child on solutions to the problems that are causing challenging episodes than in sticking with strategies that may actually have made things worse and haven’t led to durable improvement.” 

Ross W. Greene, The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

WHEN: 5 x Tuesdays 13th, 27th October & 3rd,17th, 24th November 2020 – Please note: No class on 20th October and 10th November 2020

FREE Toolkit for Dads

“The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them.

They don’t remember what you try to teach them.

They remember what you are.”

Jim Henson

School TV

Some new videos for your information on are available on our School TV account. One is on 'Raising Boys' and provides some great insights into how boys differ from girls. The other one is about social media and digital reputation.  There are also other articles and videos that have a range of information from anxiety to cyberbullying to parenting styles. Please find these at: https://stmarysarmidale.catholic.schooltv.me/launch

Cancer Council Snippets

Good for Kids Snippets

Parenting Ideas Webinar