Janet’s parenting workshops and Wine and Cheese evenings give you the tools to understand and manage your child/children’s behaviour for a happier, more peaceful home.

Parenting Workshops

We cover your issues and concerns and include:

  • Big picture: vision in parenting
  • Uniqueness of each child
  • Healthy self esteem
  • Boundaries, rules and limits
  • Changing yourself and the environment

Key outcomes:

  • Know what motivates children to listen
  • Understand the necessity of boundaries and outcomes
  • Know how to build healthy self esteem
  • Understand your child’s behaviour
  • Feel effective and confident in parenting

You will feel:

  • Enthusiastic about your children
  • Empowered in your skills
  • Effective in managing tricky behaviour
  • Valued for doing a great job

You will master:

  • New strategies and tools that really work

You will understand:

  • Causes of challenging behaviour and how to handle it
  • How your actions words and can impact on the self esteem of your child/children
  • The need to change your own behaviours

Date TBA – New workshops coming soon!

What others say about the workshops:

Thank you for making time to come in and share your “pearls of wisdom” with our team here. They have spoken very highly of you and are looking forward to your return in July for a follow-up. Each of the staff has been implementing the methods you discussed with them to assist modelling of positive behaviour and behaviour management methods. We have all been taking turns to read your book to reiterate points you made, which is helpful to the staff that did not get a chance to hear you speak.
Leone – Centre Manager Bright Sparks Child Care Centre

Well done and thank you for doing what you do and doing it so well; you have such great advice delivered in such a down-to-earth manner that we can all understand.
Gina – Parent, Molong NSW Australia

Thank so much for your evening talk some valuable and much needed reminders has already had results on my 2.5 year old. I am very much looking forward to reading your book.
Cathy – Parent, Sydney Australia

Janet Cater’s presentation was extremely informative, thought-provoking and reassuring. The opportunity for parents to ask questions on any topic, both during and after the presentation, was invaluable. I left with swag of ideas on how to live with a 4 year old. One tip she gave me works like a dream!
Karen – Parent Chatswood, Sydney

The feedback we received from our parents was very positive. They appreciated getting practical advice they could implement immediately with their children. I felt there was a good balance between general information and advice for more specific issues raised by the parents on the night.
Jenny – Owner Kinderland Mosman, Sydney Australia

Thanks Janet for Wednesday it was a great morning. Feedback has been terrific. The Mums I have spoken to found the presentation very interesting and relevant. One said she felt inspired to keep things in perspective & try look at the important things in a busy life. Another said she will be taking more “deep breaths” in future! Although I wasn’t there for all of the presentation what I did hear was relevant for our families. The advice was very sensible & backed up the philosophy we have here at St. Stephen’s Kindergarten.
Daphne – Director, St. Stephens Kindergarten Belrose Sydney Australia

Thank you so much for coming to Gumnut and helping so many parents to understand “Why their child won’t listen?!”. We really enjoyed your relaxed, non judgemental, professional approach. Your love, knowledge and wisdom through working with children was apparent to all. I have had several encouraging comments from the parents such as “That was a great night last night, it especially helped me understand my son(8years)”. “Can I borrow the book now, I really liked what she had to say?”. Both the books we have bought for the centre have been borrowed and many of the parents have gone away with a lot more insight into their way their children think.

Thank you once again,
Trish Hannon – Director Gumnut Kindergarten. Sydney Australia

I found the evening very informative and thought provoking. It has simulated many discussions amongst family and friends and we have been keen to make changes to the way we communicate with our children. A small group of us are also keen to follow through, from your presentation and read through the book and are keen to meet on occasion to discuss our thoughts and ideas. Great to have the support in our most challenging role – motherhood!!
Sara – Director Ruawai Kindergarten, New Zealand

Janet Cater came to be guest speaker at a parent night we held in May this year. We found her to be very informative, engaging and responsive to our parents questions and concerns. We received a lot of positive feedback from the parents who attended and Janet kindly printed a summary for the parents who were unable to attend. I highly recommend her to any parent group wanting an interesting guest speaker to discuss the current concerns of parents.
Belinda Raine – Director, Acre Woods North Ryde

Wine & Cheese Evenings

Some parents have found it helpful to arrange a Wine & Cheese evening in their home. This is done usually by gathering together 10 or more friends in the relaxing comfort of their home. Providing some wine & cheese adds to the informal nature of the evening.

I provide a 30 minute overview of my general parenting principles and explanation of the main causes of challenging behaviours.

This is followed by Q & A where parents have plenty of time to ask questions and for their issues to be explored and strategies suggested.

Talk to your Mothers Group, friends or work colleagues and determine if they would be interested. Charge is $ 20.00 per person for two hours. Call Janet on 02 9939 3732 to arrange an evening at your house.

“Janet visited my home to speak to a group of 12 friends about the challenges we face every day with our children. I had heard Janet speak twice before to larger groups, but as a mum of two children, I organized this smaller session so we could focus primarily on children of 4-5 years and sibling issues.”Sarah.
Northern Beaches

Book a workshop in your home or child care centre and receive a FREE copy of the book Why Wont My Child Listen ?

Contact Janet today for more information