The Unplugged Parent

The Unplugged Parent explores ways in which parents can use positive strategies to nurture their teenage children to become resilient global citizens in a rapidly changing world. A world which offers no guarantees about the present or the future. A world whose outcomes cannot be easily predicted with any form of certainty. What obtains in many homes today is that parents find themselves trying to put out fires started by their teenage children whose heroes and avatars on social media have little resemblance to our teenage children's lives at home. This often creates a discordant relationship between parents whose upbringing had predictable outcomes and their teenage children who are enticed to live a life of make believe.

The author has designed a practical course based on the concepts of attention, attunement, acceptance and action which are firmly anchored on the principles of Emotional Intelligence. The course will require each parent and their teenager to set aside one hour each of any three weekends of their choice to engage in activities that will help the teenager develop into a resilient, empathetic, well rounded individual who can interact with other people with confidence and take independent decisions based on sound EI principles. A must read to all parents who feel lost on how to train their teenage children in a world where social media has become the all knowing elephant in the room.