WHY IN THE MOMENT PARENTING EXISTS
Parenting happens in the moments when we don't have all the answers.
Parents naturally want to protect their children from things that are difficult, painful or uncertain. But children also need opportunities to experience difficult things, understand what is happening, make choices, face consequences, reflect and learn.
They need the chance to discover, through experience, that they can work things out and move through difficult moments.
HOW IT WORKS
Start with the moment.
Rather than telling parents what they should do, we help them pause and understand what may be happening, consider different possibilities and work out what might be useful next.
As a child's capability develops, the parent's role can change — from helping, to working things out together, to asking, “What do you think?” and “What could you do?”
The aim is to stay alongside children as they experience, understand, choose, reflect and learn. This means providing the support they need while making room for them to develop their own capabilities.
PAUSE
Notice what's happening before you react.
UNDERSTAND
Consider what might be happening for your child — and for you.
CONSIDER
Explore different possibilities and perspectives.
CHOOSE
Work out what might be useful next.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE
Different moments need different kinds of help.
In the Moment Parenting brings together parenting guidance, stories, experiences and resources to help parents and children make sense of difficult moments and learn from them.
You'll find practical guidance for real situations, stories that help children explore difficult experiences, experiences that offer opportunities to participate and choose, and resources for further understanding.
Each offers a different way to explore what may help in the situation you're facing.
A DIFFERENT WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD
Staying alongside, without taking over
Children need support when things are difficult. They also need opportunities to experience things, make choices, face consequences, reflect and learn.
This doesn't mean leaving them to manage alone. It means staying connected and present, providing the support and protection they need, while making room for them to develop their own capability.
The aim isn't to remove every difficulty. It's to help children learn they can work through difficult moments, knowing they don't have to face them alone.
WHERE TO BEGIN
You don't have to work everything out at once.
You might arrive here with a specific question. Or you might simply know something isn't working.
Start with the situation you're facing, explore what may be happening, and consider what might be useful next. You can go deeper when you want to, or stop when you've found what you need.
Explore Parenting, Stories, Experiences or Resources.
Or explore I’m not sure what’s happening