EPIC PROGRAM

We all embark on this journey of life as mere babies, vocalizing our needs through cries, exploring our environment through crawls, and attempting to understand what’s going on through blank stares. But this raises an interesting question – if everyone starts off as babies with the same inherent tendencies and forms of expression, how do we all become so different with age? The very simple answer is the situation that we grow up in, specifically the parental role that is so influential in our lives. The goal of this workshop is to illustrate the various factors involved in the relationship between parents and their children and how to enhance the connection and bond between both sides of a family.

One of the main points that this workshop emphasizes is the role and importance of parental communication in building a strong and long-lasting connection with the child. Communication is an extremely broad term, and this workshop goes into detail about the systematic process of communication that is necessary from the parents to the child so that the message reaches the child in a way that does not impact the child’s self-image or confidence. The main steps to communicate in a way that builds healthy relationships within families are as follows: observing actions/words, recognizing the feeling with regard to the observations made, identifying what the ultimate need is, and communicating the need through these observations and feelings in the form of a request.

Being able to communicate in such a systematic, compassionate, and empathetic way will foster the relationship between parent and child while also resulting in the child responding in the proper way, as opposed to an argument that damages the connection within a family.

Although we all enter this world as infants, it is essential to realize the importance of strong familial relationships and connections, as these connections are the building blocks for the future of the family, especially the child. Not only does the workshop contain the blueprint on how to maneuver through the intricacies of effective parenthood, but also provides hands-on exercises for the audience to employ each of the methods and processes described throughout the presentation for all of the topics such as

Module 1 topics include:

• Children’s Challenges and Parental Roles,

• Compassionate Communication,

• Connecting Empathetically,

• Goaded by the Past or Guided by the Future,

• Focusing on Strengths and Praising Wisely,

• Keeping an Eye on Purpose and Valuing Values.

This workshop is extremely rewarding and useful for all parties involved.

Love to Share Foundation focuses on self-improvement and personal development, which led to the emergence of the EPIC Parenting Workshop which focuses on building a congenial environment for positive, honest exchanges in a household leading to the all-round development of a child. This EPIC Parenting Workshop falls under the Building EPIC Relationships Module, which consists of in-depth sessions revolving around building strong interpersonal relationships at home, work, or a nonprofit one volunteers for. One of the many ideas demonstrated in these sessions is the PERMA model of happiness which conveys how positive relationships are key to one’s happiness. Mr. MK Ramanujam and Ms. Poornima Kumarasami have been working tirelessly on training and guiding the speakers of these workshops.

Second module focuses on Tween and Teen parenting.

Topics covered in Module 2 are:
- Neuropsychology of Adolescence
- Helping Teens Navigate Modern Crossroads
- Social Media - A Delicate Balance
- The Other Side of Protective Parenting
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligence

On July 29, 2023 the Love to Share Foundation held the first module of the Parenting Workshop, exploring how to effectively parent children in challenging times and situations. Second module was held on Dec 16, 2023. Other Building EPIC relationships sessions were conducted in Fall 2023.