The ability to share, to be heard and to listen to one another in the group made me feel connected and comfortable with an online group. I got insightful suggestions that related to current life situations. The Programme was pretty well thought through!

The Content was very relevant and the Manual given with the session wise hand-outs was very useful. The practice of concepts in sessions was helpful and I got insightful suggestions that related to current life situations.

The program has helped me better my communication strategies with the younger population. I wanted to understand the teenage brain better. ‘How do I get my child to understand self-regulation and set a routine for himself?’ As an adult, thinking with the higher brain, I was not able to understand the needs and functioning of the teenage brain. It is much clearer now.

The course was very useful for me. I got a better understanding of the developmental needs of the teenager. I have already widely shared your programme with my friends and extended family!

I she loved the course as ‘The concept of collaboration, as elusive as it was to me, was demystified :D’

Anita found the course very useful as the parenting concepts explained with scientific backing were very authentic. When asked whether she had made use of this knowledge in other aspects of her life, she said, “It has put me in perspective with regard not only to my teens but to all the relationships around me.” ‘While I am Setting Limits with Empathy, how much is OK? I guess once implementation begins, one will find that balance!’

The programme helped me ‘very useful in understanding my needs and my emotions and being OK with it, aware of my conditioning, and at the same time helping my child with her emotional needs and behaviour and overcoming the constant battle between the two of us. I think you guys are doing a fantastic job!

She found the practise of parenting concepts in the sessions and the use of methodologies of learning such as Jamboard and Mentimeter very useful. She also found the parenting manual given at the onset of the program with session wise handouts very useful and handy. The most powerful concept she received from these sessions was, ‘Understanding needs with empathy.’

Priyanka had opted to do the course on parenting because she wanted to be able to communicate with her daughter like a friend, spend time together and make her manage her life better.

From the Parenting teens course – I learnt a whole new world of positive parenting and guiding my children with options and empathy using patience and love for my children as well as myself. From this course I also learned some communication techniques and relationship skills that for sure work with children – as well as with everyone else, because they are based on common elements of positive approaches, encouragement, genuine listening and heartfelt human connection.

What I also value is our whatsapp group of parents who’ve decided to keep in touch and act as sounding boards for each other. I recommend this course to every parent that wishes to become a better parent.

The program has been an eye opener. The sessions helped me understand why my child reacts in a particular way and how to deal with them in that moment.

The concept of how the brain is differently wired during the teenage years especially the dominance of the middle brain. Understanding this helps me become more empathetic towards my children.

Getting the child to collaborate and come to a joint conclusion on a decision that we both want is a challenge. I felt connected to the group as our children were in the same stages of adolescence.

Magesh: The parenting teenagers course gave very good insight about teen brain structure, various tools of communication to building cooperation, problem-solving and build inner discipline. It helped me have a healthy relationship with my children and connect with them. I found the perspective of other teen parents very useful.

Hema: The course has helped me understand that teens are much more emotional, when they are in the middle brain and it has brought down my temper a great deal. It has definitely increased empathy towards my kids.

The awareness from this programme has helped me in other aspects of life too, the journey had just begun! I got to know better ways to deal and relate with my child. The most powerful concept I got from the sessions was ‘to be patient and understand and respect your child and he will cooperate with you, if you can co-work with him’.

She felt the breakout room discussions were very useful, because ‘we were all participants on a similar page and were therefore able to connect.’

I would have never seen so many points of view concerning the development of the adolescent on my own. There are so many effective options to deal with the various situations with our children. I found empathizing with the children and empathizing with oneself a powerful concept to imbibe. I think patience to go through the steps of communication can sometimes be hard.

Most of the stress of parenting spreads across other relationships, and so handling this well means bettering those relationships as well. Just knowing that everyone is struggling now and then made us bond in the group.

Various parenting concepts and techniques on adolescent developmental needs, effective communication and self-regulation were very helpful. It was good to have these reflected with examples and group discussions. I’ve realised it is me who has to change more than my kid. Your manual is a great learning tool! Practice and patience will make me apply the concepts better in real life.

The exchange of ideas with colleagues who were open and their children being in the varying age groups made the group a connected one. I am a PPT guy, but these sessions were very helpful and the free flowing format helped. I relate to the course format to manage people across all ages as well.

I got a lot of answers to my questions. I realised that without empathy, or understanding my child’s feelings and needs, one cannot reach out to the child.

It has helped me to assess my own strengths and weaknesses as a parent and to evolve a method to act upon them. I am convinced that empathy is the most important tool to achieve my goal of raising an emotionally balanced child. It effectively contradicts the negative impact of the dominant paradigm.

The programme has helped me beyond the relationship with my son. It makes sense in every relationship. My husband said the name should be ‘Relationship Matters’ instead of Parenting Matters! The session on roadblocks in communication made me understand how my husband and son may have been feeling.

In the sessions, I understood my child’s needs, practiced real-life situations in communication, met and learnt about other parents’ problems.

It has helped me identify my backstory, make peace with it and enable me to move on. It has made me more conscious of my stressors. It has motivated me to be a better parent. It has taught me the value of my child as an individual.

Setting limits with empathy has powerful tools that will help my children to build their inner discipline and thus helps me to have healthy relationship with my family and kids.

The programme gives me a clear understanding of what is going on in my teen’s mind so that I am able to understand my child’s needs. These sessions really made me conscious about what is happening in me – on complete self-awareness. I felt self-empathy was the most powerful concept. I was very much disturbed in my mind, this helped me to calm down a bit.

I have implemented some tools like empathy, not giving solutions and asking them “what they would like to do to take care of this problem”. This helped me a lot. Solving problems looks like the most powerful. Giving respect to your child by taking their opinions into consideration will get them to be enthusiastic and work towards their goals.

From the anchors’ learning, understanding and extensive study, we got an in-depth knowledge about the teenage brain and the challenges they face. We started seeing things from their perspective. Each and every session was an eye opener and very important.

The programme has helped me understand what is going on in my teen’s life in a much better way. I can relate a lot more to her needs and respect them. The concept of responding and not reacting from my ‘middle brain’ each time my daughter does or says anything that I find unacceptable was appreciable.