Have you ever given it a thought that we are all born with x amount of potential and only realize a small portion of that potential? It’s sad to think that most of us pass on without having a clue of exactly how much potential hasn’t been actualized. This problem starts the moment that we are born. Unfortunately we can’t just grow up into mature adults; we need to be brought up by an adult/s, usually our parents in order to become an adult. How do we, as adults, know how much potential our children have?
So much is dependent on how we bring them up. We as parents have to equip them with life tools in order to cope with the ‘jungle’ out there. Dependent children can never fulfil their potential as they lack the confidence, self-belief and self-esteem to take on the challenges that life puts on them.
When our children begin exhibiting problems, whether behavioural or cognitive, they are usually sent for a clinical assessment which then informs the parents that their child is ADD, anxious, depressed, has a reading problem etc. A diagnosis on the child’s potential cannot be made by any clinical assessment, and this area is largely being neglected with very negative results.
The parents, being the key players in helping develop their child’s potential are usually left high and dry without any real concrete advice on how to address this problem. As a result, parents are spending a huge amount of money sending their children for different kinds of therapy as well as being advised to medicate their child. Children are labelled at an early age and actually have no idea that they have a problem.
By leaving the parent out of this loop, a gap has been created regarding the effective diagnosis of the child and this often provokes a huge amount of anxiety in parents, often leaving them totally confused by the different advice that they’re given.
Smartchoiceparenting (SCP) is a parenting programme that attempts to close this gap. It empowers parents to empower their child while staying calm and in control. Feedback from parents who have attended SCP workshops has been extremely enthusiastic with changes in the behaviour of their children being experienced virtually overnight. The approach is unique and gives parents the practical tools on how to remain the authority figure in their children’s lives where they are able to deal with almost all common behavioural problems effectively.
