What does Behaviour and MisBehaviour tell us?

Next date: Monday, 18 August 2025 | 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

Presented by Mark Le Messurier 2022 SA Senior Australian of the Year

Seminar 3: What does Behaviour and 'Mis'Behaviour tell us?

Understanding and respecting our children’s emotional needs Welcome to a workshop designed to make sense of behaviour and help us respond appropriately to so-called MISbehaviour. Yes, it is a beautifully, real, and practical workshop! From the outset, never assume that the ART of managing your child’s behaviour is easy. It’s not. Managing our own behaviour is hard. Managing someone else’s behaviour is much harder.

In this session I’m offering an invitation to you, to change gears and work with a special technique, “soft eyes and warm hearts.” To feel affection for your child when they are being stubborn, argumentative, even oppositional. It is a call for us to be at our most respectful when, sometimes, they are at their least.

In this space, we hold a child or teen accountable. Yes, we do hold them accountable by using an almost ‘counterculture mindset’. One that connects leadership and strength, directly with kindness and connection. A technique that builds a precious space where children might want to make changes, rather than feeling shamed or forced to make changes.

This technique nurtures a child’s pride and esteem. It safeguards a young person’s emerging spirit because we separate their behaviour (or so-called MISbehaviour) from who they are, and who they might be in the future.

The mission of this workshop is to highlight a few key principles that will help your child develop the best brand of obedience. That is, one that develops from within. The days of imposing obedience ON kids have gone, and no longer work anyway. And now, you have a sense of the STYLE I want to develop with you!

Monday 18 August 2025, 7pm - 8.30pm

Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton

Cost: Free, bookings essential.

For more information contact the Centre on 8372 5180 or email fpcc@unley.sa.gov.au 

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Fullarton Park Community Centre, 411 Fullarton Road, Fullarton, 5063, View Map