The job of parenting is one of the most challenging and rewarding opportunities we have in life. Childhood and adolescence are a period that is defined by change. These shifts in development can result in multiple joys and trials for parents, who recognize they are responsible for shepherding their child emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
This can be a daunting task because parenting is not done in a vacuum! We may have other children and work, relationships, personal challenges, and journeys we are managing at the same time we are training our children.
From the moment we learn we will become parents or stepparents, we begin receiving advice about how we should parent. We have never had so much information about parenting and children at our fingertips, which can serve as a blessing and a curse – the curse is the anxiety and fear that can come with all that knowledge!
Counseling can be the support individuals, and couples need to help them on their parenting journey. Receiving counseling can help parents prepare for parenting in general, or navigate change, a shift in development, or a crisis. If you want a Christian perspective in your parenting support, Restoration Counseling is able and willing to support you.
Common Parenting Concerns
At each stage of development, parents experience a shift in their child. These shifts can occur very rapidly, leaving parents to believe they have a stage figured out, only to have another one emerge! Additionally, the personality of a child is individual; if you have more than one child, you will have more than one personality to parent.
Parents often report feeling overwhelmed by changes that occur in the family when there is a new baby, a blending of families, early childhood, and teenage years. Parenting support is also frequently needed when there has been a major life transition, change, loss, or crisis.
At Restoration Counseling of Atlanta, we understand commonly discussed parenting worries and are prepared to help you
Examples of Parenting Concerns:
- Helping soon-to-be and new parents prepare for the changes that emerge with a new or additional baby
- Early child development concerns
- Helping children with fear and anxiety
- Assisting couples when deciding parenting decisions
- Discipline at different ages and stages
- Technology
- Friendship and social concerns
- Connecting with a child
- Communication
- Sibling rivalry
- Navigating teen years
- Blended family concerns
- Trauma, grief, and loss
- Life transitions and change
- Single parenting
Please reach out to us to schedule an appointment with one of our counselors experienced in helping parents with any of these concerns.