Youth 4 Success Workshop
If we want our children to beat the odds and truly succeed in school, work, and life the number one skill we can teach them is the ability to develop, sustain and nurture "Creative Relationships." Everything they desire to become and achieve will be hindered or helped by how poorly or how well they relate. Today more than ever.
Without effective relationship skills, today's push on the playground becomes tomorrow's domestic dispute. The inability to handle confl ict leads to low self-esteem, frustration, anger, anxiety and depression. Ineffective relationship skills can breed eating disorders, alcohol and drug abuse (including drugs prescribed to "cure" depression and anxiety), and even self-abuse, STDs and violence. Yet these problems can be prevented by helping youth develop Creative Relationships in four areas:
Their relationship with themselves.
Their relationships with family and friends, and future partners.
Their relationships with other students and teachers – and eventually co-workers, subordinates and superiors.
Their relationships with the community and the world at large.
Many factors affect the ability to develop, sustain and nurture Creative Relationships. Once of the most important is what I call "Relationship Resiliency." That's the capability of our children to remain true to their core selves, yet flexible. They must become resilient because, over time, everything changes:
They change – sometimes seemingly moment by moment, and certainly as they grow and mature.
Other people change – including us.
Situations change – from home to school to work.
Their relationship abilities must also evolve to ensure their emotional health, happiness and success. As their parents and teachers, helping them is our challenge, and responsibility. The better we do, the more likely they are to avoid the pitfalls of "combative relationships" and lead rewarding, productive lives.But how do we teach our children these vital skills? How do we help them learn Relationship Resiliency? We do it by action and inspiration — by how we relate to them ... and how we model relating to others.
WE must learn these skills first. We must enhance our own Relationship Resiliency, and our own ability to create, sustain and nurture Creative Relationships.
Learning to deal with these issues is not taught in most everyday classrooms. But it's the most important set of skills our children need to learn today, to achieve the best lives they can. Creative Relationship strategies help them navigate around adolescent and young adult pitfalls, gain an edge in tomorrow's job market and enjoy healthy, successful lives.
Many tools and insights to accomplish this successfully (even during difficult times) are available through Creative Relationship Center, including special programs and coaching for students and their families ... workshops, mediation, education ... and custom programs.
"Youth for Success" Strategies for Young Women starts soon - enroll today
Help your daughter develop the stress resilience and positive, creative relationship skills that will serve her forever.
Middle and High School are the most stressful years of a young girl's life. Concerns about appearance, abilities, peers, popularity, sexuality and numerous other stressors are often the breeding grounds for eating disorders, self-abuse, STDs, anxiety, and depression.
Learning to deal with these issues is not taught in most everyday classrooms. But it's the most important set of skills our daughters need to learn today, to achieve the best lives they can.
"Youth 4 Success©" Leadership Program for Young Women helps girls navigate around adolescent and young adult pitfalls, gain an edge in tomorrow's job market and enjoy healthy, successful lives.
WHERE: Creative Relationship Center, 4242 Ridge Lea Road, Suite 6, Amherst, New York 14226
Other Middle and High School groups start soon.
For schedules and enrollment, contact:
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(716)-446-9226
