Understanding how little people react
“Understanding how the little people react and why they react that way. It has also taught me to be less impulsive with my responses. ”
– Parent
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Self-guided, online course
Learn strategies to reduce power struggles, build cooperation and strengthen connection.

Self-guided, online course

Learn strategies to reduce power struggles, build cooperation and strengthen connection.

Introducing...
Less-conflict, more cooperation
Strong-willed kids are impressive! Bold, passionate and determined - but often, a LOT extra to parent, especially in those younger years from ages 2-12.
In this online self-guided course, Jenny Hale (Parent Coach of over 25 years) will teach you practical strategies to get onside with your strong-willed child and find your calm in the midst of their storm. Learn how to take the heat out of those big moments, build connection and affection, and parent in a way that brings out the best in your child - and in you. What to expect:
Turn power struggles into connection
Getting to know the strengths and struggles of your strong-willed child
Taking care of yourself, so you can parent from a positive position
Discover what's going on behind the behaviour
A strong, warm relationship as the foundation
Strategies and tools to use in the moment - or to get ahead of the moment.
Jenny has been on the team at Parenting Place for over 25 years. (She is setting a record!) Once upon a time, Jenny was a teacher and an educator for Parents As First Teachers. Her lifelong passion is working with families and helping them find solutions to the tricky everyday challenges that come hand-in-hand with parenting.
Experienced Parent Coach, author of Kind, Firm, Calm: Simple Strategies to Transform Your Parenting, and presenter of Strong-Willed Child, Jenny has worked with hundreds of parents and families in New Zealand, helping them to understand their kids better and grow deeper, life-long connections.
Jenny enjoys writing as well as travelling around the country speaking in preschools, schools, churches and community organisations. Jenny has been married to Stuart for 47 years and adores being a grandma to their three grandkids. Addicted to buying books for her grandchildren, she’d love to write her own children’s books one day, as well as raise free-range chickens and perhaps even take up horse-riding again.

Strong-willed doesn’t have to be a struggle. Get onside with your strong-willed child and parent in a way that builds connection – not resistance.


Strong-willed doesn’t have to be a struggle. Get onside with your strong-willed child and parent in a way that builds connection – not resistance.
“Understanding how the little people react and why they react that way. It has also taught me to be less impulsive with my responses. ”
– Parent
Strong-Willed Child“The videos and resources from downloadable links [are] very informative. ”
– Parent
Strong-Willed Child“I guess understanding what's really going on helps my patience grow. ”
– Parent
Strong-Willed Child“[I'm] starting to connect better with my boys and remembering to look below the surface when they are being emotional.”
– Parent
Strong-Willed Child“Good information to process. The workbooks are good saving your work and thoughts.”
– Parent
Strong-Willed Child“Very helpful.”
– Parent
Strong-Willed Child“[I've learnt to] be kind to myself and my daughter, promote self awareness and her own development by making her own choices. ”
– Parent
Strong-Willed Child