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The New Reality of the 21st Century Child
Kids today are more disconnected and alienated than at any time in history. With increasing pressures to achieve at any cost and the social pressure to acquire the latest fashions and gadgets, there are alarming signs that children are collapsing under the realities of the electronic world in which we now live.
- This year the CDC reported a national spike in teen suicide and depression for the first time in a decade. Among adolescents, 1 in 8 may suffer from depression
- Studies show that 1 in 5 children have some sort of mental, behavioral, or emotional problem, and that 1 in 10 may have serious emotional problems
- Acts of self-injury, including cutting and asphyxiation or choking, are so epidemic that it is considered "the new anorexia"
- Even though 63% of teens aged 15-17 agree that waiting to have sex is a good idea, one out of every three boys and one out of every five girls admitted that they had sex. Of those who had sex before the age of 14, most said they had experienced pregnancy
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people ages 15 to 24, and is the sixth leading cause of death among children ages 5 to 14
We live in an intervention-based society. This means that for the majority of us, we don’t take action unless there is a crisis. As parents, we can no longer afford to wait until a crisis arises.
The fact of the matter is that children can only be as healthy as their parents. Healthy parenting depends on understanding and coming to grips with the way they were raised. While most people overcome and avoid some of the most grievous complaints about their own parents, there are a myriad of subtle cues and habits they carry into their own family lives. This legacy greatly affects how you function as a co-parenting team and how you relate to your children.
Parents who want to maximize the health of their families need to explore this legacy. To understand the deep rooted propensity to act and react in particular ways enables parents to completely re-script their family dynamic. It is the most effective way to understand oneself as an individual, in relationship to others and most importantly, as a parent and spouse.
Terry Real, the nation's top family therapist, pioneered this extraordinary method that has helped thousands of individuals, couples and families across America to heal. The Legacy Workshop is nothing short of transformational. Those who have taken this intensive two-day course have enjoyed immediate and lasting results including greater, healthy family connection, stronger and more effective co-parenting, and happier, more centered children.
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The Relational Parenting CD
 On this new CD ROM, Terry Real offers parents a radically new vision of love and the practical tools to achieve it within their families. In a time when connection has never seemed more urgent or precious, Real's work has the power to revitalize troubled relationships, transform the legacies we pass onto our sons and daughters, and profoundly impact our culture. Listening to these intimate conversational recordings may be a first step toward renewing and transforming your relationship to yourself, your children, and to others.
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The Legacy Workshop
Today’s children are growing up on-line, evolving faster, and have increased levels of stress. It is paramount to empower them away from destructive behaviors and negative outside influences. Parents traditionally do their best to “learn on the job”, but end up repeating losing strategies they learned from their own families. Through his Relational Life Institute, nationally renowned family therapist and best-selling author, Terry Real has developed a radical approach to help parents develop a healthy home life and to manage themselves more effectively as they “manage” their kid. This workshop will be taught by RLI Faculty.
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Workshop Goals
This workshop has been designed for parents so that they:
Healthy Core
Just like our physical “core” will not strengthen without appropriate exercise, our “emotional core” can’t strengthen unless we know how to develop it. Developing a “Healthy Core” enables us to function in the world as emotionally healthy adults. Terry Real has defined this as a person’s resiliency and ability to 1) resist unhealthy aspects of our culture, 2) have satisfying relationships, and 3) succeed in the world. Participants have the opportunity in the Legacy Workshop to strengthen their own “core” and learn how to help their children do the same.
Emotional Legacy
To understand how emotional legacy impacts our children’s ability to be healthy in the world, this workshop explores 1) how we (as parents) may be unconsciously passing on aspects of our legacy to our children, 2) the positive and negative aspects of the legacy that was passed on to us, and 3) a path to choose what we pass on by putting to rest the negative and strengthening the positive.
Parental Teaming
More complex than simply “working together” and often overlooked as one of the most essential things parents can do to change their effectiveness with a child, Parental Teaming requires practice. Terry Real and his development team at the Relational Life Institute have identified six essential aspects of parental teaming. They include: 1) negotiating differences, 2) agreeing to disagree, 3) supporting each other, 4) maintaining appropriate authority, 5) creating effective rewards and consequences, and 6) knowing when to get help. Parental teaming applies to ALL parents in ALL arrangements; if there is more than one adult sharing in the care for a child, then TEAMING must be practiced.
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Who Should Attend?
This workshop has been designed for anyone who is a parent. We welcome single parents, married couples, one partner in a married couple; anyone who is the primary guardian or considers themselves in a parental role in a child’s life (step parent, grandparent, long-term care taker). All are welcome!
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Workshop Fee
The Legacy Workshop is $800 per person and $1,500 per couple.
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Accolades from Past Participants
“We were told we’d be participating in a “Parenting Workshop” and we didn’t get that. We got SO MUCH MORE! I HIGHLY doubt that ANYONE would come away from this experience feeling like they didn’t get the “parenting workshop” they’d signed up for. It would be like pulling a homeless person off the street, with the promise of giving him some broth and bread, and serving him a gourmet FEAST. We feasted last week, and feel so very blessed and thankful to you all…”
Carrie V. - Atlanta
“The workshop was profound and incredible. I am so very grateful that we were able to be there. If there is anything I can do to help gather other parents for workshops, get word out, whatever-- just let me know.”
Heather L. - West Palm Beach, FL
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