Research
Case Studies of Parenting Critical Events:
To provide scientific evidence based strategies for parenting, our research team are also conducting case studies of different parenting styles and the effects of different parenting styles on children’s growth and happiness. We do not limit our measures of parenting outcomes to how many and the types of universities the kids get into. We pay great attention to strengthening students’ characters. We believe that people’s ability may get them to the top of their fields, but it takes character to keep them there. Thus, building a healthy personal character is the main theme of our entire parenting research focus. We also give considerable attention to building children’s leadership skills. We believe that leadership is about serving. We position ourselves as servants to others, as each individual relies on services from others to survive on this planet.
To become a leading servant, personal competence, ethics, and vision are the most fundamental elements which contribute to building a successful and valuable life. We have a profound understanding of human nature. We measure to what extent the parents can help their children achieve their potential not only intellectually but also artistically and morally so that they may lead responsible and purpose-driven lives. Therefore, we guide parents not just in helping their children master skills and acquire knowledge but also in thinking critically, creatively, and independently. We are born not for the benefit of ourselves but to be a blessing for the world.
This obligation challenges us in mind, body, and spirit both to see interests beyond ourselves for common growth and to go beyond the familiar, to remain committed to developing what is best in ourselves and in others for both those others and ourselves. In short, we study how different parenting may impact students’ character development, such as their abilities to self-control, to take criticism, to rise above failures, and to adapt into different situations successfully. We also research parents’ beliefs about parenting styles and their impact on children. In addition, how cultural factors and beliefs affect parenting styles will also be taken into consideration. All our case studies are using critical events as the basis for the interviews and observations of parenting styles.
Application and Workshops on Effective Parenting
In addition to conduct scientific studies of parenting, we identify patterns found across different parenting styles and extract principles and strategies from the findings to be used to design workshops for Effective Parenting. Now, our workshops mainly focus on the following five areas:
Trust Your Children
- Listening to Your Child
- Understand and Accept Your Child
- Children Breaking the Rules Becomes Part of the Process of Growing up
- Be Realistic
- Don’t Take Everything Personal
Responsibility Developments in Your Children
- Goal and Plan Development
- Following Through on Promises
- Finishing Jobs
- Not-Over-Promising
- Be Aware of Distractions
- Balance Monitoring and Nagging
Promote Independence in Your Children
- Question asking rather than Judgement Giving
- Collecting Data About Your Child and Analyze it with Them
- Not to Talk or Treating Your Child Like a Child
- Keeping Track of Homework and Tasks
- Organizing One’s Own Schedules
- Leaving Them Alone & Entertaining Themselves
Proving Emotional Safety to Your Children
- Never Threatening with Abandonment
- Frequent Communicate About Where-About
- No Guilty Games: Be Straightforward
- Admit When You Don’t Know
- Remain Calm and Avoid Extended Argument
- Address Grudges Early On
- Validate Child’s Emotions
- Listen First, Then React and Ask Questions
Healthy and Effective Conversations with Your Children
- Avoid Fruitless Dialogues: Preaching and Criticizing Create Distance and Resentment
- Communication to Connect: Validate Child’s Feelings, Not Focusing on Their Behaviors
- Avoid Evidence Empty Praises
- Responding to Facts Rather than React When Things Go Wrong
- Controlling Our Own Anger
Each of the above topics will consist of a few specific lessons. Specific cases will be brought in to anchor and enrich the discussions.
