The Parenting Revolution: How to Guide Parents to the Most Impactful Family Solutions

In this course, Dr. Justin Coulson (Ph.D.; Co-host, Channel 9 “Parental Guidance” program; Founder of happyfamilies.com.au) uses a drawing activity with participants to illustrate how, in drawing just as in parenting, people typically revert to basic ways learned much earlier, even if they aren’t effective. Laying the groundwork for his parenting framework based on self-determination theory, Coulson outlines the matrix of parenting styles which has prevailed for decades and then shows how using self-determination theory can meet children’s psychological needs much more effectively. Coulson’s “Three Es” describe how parents can be involved with their children in ways that create a needs-supportive environment.