Parent Coaching From Caroline Maguire

“My child doesn’t get invited to parties!”

We all know this child… the one who is often alone, sometimes awkward, sometimes super cool, sweet and yet can’t keep friends. Is this your child? The child of a sibling, dear friend or neighbor?

Our hearts break for this child – and her/his parents. Life is tough enough, but without friends or a network, it can be downright cruel.

Although it’s difficult for parents to face the realization that their child is not making friends, I want to reassure you that with tailored parent coaching, there are many ways you can help. Social skills, much like any other skill, can be learned – at any age.

How can you help? My book Why Will No One Play with Me? addresses this painful challenge that can affect any child (actually anyone), anywhere. Social isolation is universal, it is a Human Problem. Social isolation can lead to other, devastating consequences too including a decreased ability to deal with stressful situations. This is where parent coaching comes in.

We don’t arrive in the world knowing how to make friends,
but we arrive wanting to make friends.

Getting to a Better Place

As a parent coach, you will better recognize the extent of the situation, how it impacts her experience and how to work together collaboratively to develop the skills needed to foster change and growth. 

You’ll learn in the parent coaching process that calming conversations – the foundation for transformation – will be the beginning of thoughtful reflection, goal-setting and skill-building. 

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Praise for Caroline Maguire

Caroline’s voice made me feel as though she was next to me coaching and sharing hands-on lesson plans and easy to use activities.
I have always believed that his social struggles were holding him back in school and while his teachers have been empathetic, they do not have the background or bandwidth to focus on helping him connect socially. I am so excited to finally have a resource and guidebook to take on that role and help him myself!
It's never too late however to learn have meaningful connections and friendships. This book is a bible on how to help your children (and yourself) manage socially. THANK YOU Caroline!
If they could, they would." That sentence has changed my whole understanding of my child. She is so smart, it's hard sometimes to believe that there is nothing she can't do. Yet, reaching out when she is lonely, seeing something I see that she doesn't... these are things she just can't do yet. This book has helped me understand this, and given me a way to talk to my daughter about it.
I've recommended this book to every parent I know that struggles to help their child sort out social difficulties. It not only educates us on what is going on for our kids, but it give practical, detailed plans to help these kids move forward.
This book is for everyone who has ever been asked that heartbreaking question!!! When a child comes to a trusted adult with this weighing heavily on their minds, they need a clear path forward….. I have had success using these techniques both with my own children and the children I work with. This book is a must read for any parent of a child with social concerns!
The “tools” in this book could be for anyone- not just children. My favorite part was Caroline reinforcing the importance of developing a relationship with your child based on trust. But there is so much more and so many strategies. Great tool!
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