It’s tough being a parent. It takes a lot of energy, and often from the minute you hear the urgent cry of a new born baby, you feel confused and clueless. I know when I took my first child home from hospital, a gorgeous little girl with ten fingers and toes, a little Pekinese nose, and penetrating blue eyes, I was terrified. Her total survival depended on me! No-one teaches us how to be a parent. There are no courses offered at school or university and we grow up helter-skelter learning from our own parents, other people’s parents and from how we are treated by other carers and leaders in our lives, like our teachers. What would it be like for you to have a connection with your child that feels smooth flowing, where even conflict is resolved so that both sparring partners, you and them, feel like you are a winner, and the solution is easy to implement. How would you like to engage with ways of parenting that bring hope from hurt, and results in a confident child, well mannered, creative, energetic and who has a clear sense of their own identity?