This episode explores how parents can become confident, empowered partners in their child’s education. Through insights from an educator and head of student wellbeing, we unpack the real challenges both parents and teachers face when trying to connect—and what helps bridge the gap. You’ll hear practical strategies for building trust, improving communication, and creating a…
By Jenny Brown | Parent Hope Blog Classrooms, like families, are emotional places. Children bring their anxieties, resistance, energy, and confusion. Adults bring their values, responsibilities, hopes — and sometimes, their stress and emotional reactivity. In this emotional mix, we are constantly affecting one another, often without realizing it. We’re not just individuals having isolated reactions…
The Influence of the ‘I Position’: A Fresh Take on Teacher-Student Dynamics 📅 Date: Wednesday August 6⏰ Time: 4 pm Australian ESDT💻 Location: Online via Zoho Webinars When classroom defiance arises, it’s easy to get caught in power struggles. This webinar introduces the “I Position”, a concept drawn from our Confident Teacher and Parent Courses…
How do you help teens to raise their own awareness to the impacts of their screen addictions and to motivate them to stop doing it if they’re refusing or denying that the phone’s the problem? In this follow up episode (see Episode 5), Vicki Wilkins and Jenny Brown respond to questions sent in at the…
In this timely episode, facilitator Vicki Wilkins interviews Dr. Jenny Brown — founder of the Parent Hope Project — to explore how parents and educators can reclaim calm, confident leadership amidst the chaos of the digital age. Rather than focusing on fear-based data that leaves parents feeling overwhelmed or caught in rigid control efforts, Dr….
Applying Differentiation-Based Parenting in guiding children’s screen use. Topic: Parenting in the Digital World When: Tuesday 17th June, 2025 (past webinar, recording coming soon to the Parent Hope Podcast) Time: 7 pm Australian EST This webinar will explore: Interesting in what Differentiation-Based Parenting is? Read all about it in our latest blog series.
In this episode, Jenny Brown and Dr Annemaree Bickerton explore how parents can effectively engage with mental health clinicians supporting their children. We discuss what parents can expect in terms of involvement, the different types of involvement that empower parents as key contributors to their child’s recovery, and how shared information builds trust. The episode…
Becoming More Differentiated in the Parent Partnership – Beyond the Parenting United Front “The ‘parental we-ness’ presents the child with a locked-in ‘two against one’ situation which provides no emotional flexibility.” “I began working toward developing an individual relationship between each parent and the child. Nothing but good things have come from this principle. … When…
In this episode, we explore a modern parenting paradox: how to be a supportive parent without overdoing it. Joining us again is researcher and family systems therapist Phil Kelver from Kansas, USA, sharing insights from his 20-year study of 50 families. Together, we unpack his fascinating research about the effects of over-investing in our children,…
Finding Balance in Parenting: Love, Support, and Space Dr Jenny Brown The Parent Hope Project approach draws inspiration from Bowen family systems theory, specifically the concept of Differentiation of Self. Murray Bowen describes this as the ability to: “be emotionally close to members of their own families or to any other person without fusing into…
Discovering that your child is self-harming is understandably fear-inducing for any parent. Drawing on Bowen family systems theory, PHP invites parents to consider first how they are responding when safety fears are raised – rather than focusing on the details of the self-harm and diagnoses. In this podcast Jenny Brown interviews leading Child and Adolescent…
(Goal setting – how parents setting applicable goals helps a family to function) In this first episode of 2025, Jenny Brown interviews Philip Klever, a clinician and researcher from Kansas City in the USA. Philip describes his research and what it reveals about the variations in what goals parents set and together they explore how…
