Being a parent is the most rewarding, yet at times the most
difficult time of our lives. Wouldn’t it
be great if they all came with a manual!
Well, we didn’t quite have a manual, but for the last six weeks Maketu
Health and Social Services worked alongside Toobox Facilitator Jackie Paine and
Social Worker in Schools Social Worker for Maketu Kura, Kiri Mohi, to provide
some of our local whanau with some tools in supporting their parenting. The Toolbox Parenting Programme for the
middle years, ages 6-12, is a six week programme that addresses the vital
middle years. Toolbox speaks of ‘the middle years being your
window of opportunity to stay connected, teach skills and build memories. It is the middle years that children learn
about the right and wrong, and most important of all, it is during these years
that they are still interested in what you as a parent, think!’ We had a great six weeks where we came
together as a whanau to share stories and support each other with this valuable
and life changing knowledge. It was
important to hear that we all have our struggles, but we all have our successes.
Sometimes we need to sit back and
remember that we cannot always be perfect parents, but we need to celebrate the
things we do well and remember it is never too late to learn how to change the
things we do not so well. Keep an eye
out for future programmes running in the New Year and remember, together, as a
whanau and as a community we can continue to support each other and raise great
kids!
Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi
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