{"id":374,"date":"2009-01-20T03:35:36","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T03:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=374"},"modified":"2016-08-11T15:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T23:01:47","slug":"how-to-become-a-parenting-coach-accountability-coaching-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/how-to-become-a-parenting-coach-accountability-coaching-training\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Become a Parenting Coach \u2013 Accountability Coaching Training on the Front Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\">What do you need to do<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to become a parenting coach<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">? <\/span>A great niche market. There are a lot of parents out there, and anyone who has watched any of those nanny shows can see there are a lot of parents who need help. Perhaps &#8220;Super Nanny&#8221;\u00a0is the British version of the accountability coach. What does it take\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to become a parenting coach<\/span><\/strong><\/span>? Anyone who has ever had kids, or taken care of them for extended periods of time has at least some instant credibility. If you are a certified accountability coach, or have\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">coaching training<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in accountability\u2026even better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The first thing to do <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">become a p<span style=\"color: #000000;\">arenting coach<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to your client<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">?<\/span> You need to teach the parent to &#8216;model integrity&#8217;. The parents need to understand that what they value most\u2026perhaps a more peaceful home, kids that follow instructions and have good manners, is directly related to their own ability to honor their word and their commitments. Children get a lot of certainty and security knowing that their parents are actually in control, rather than circumstances. Children may try to get their parents to back down from what they just said, but they actually thrive on having limits placed on them, as long as the limits are consistent. Give them a little accountability\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">coaching training<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0lesson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">How do you teach parents to model integrity? Think\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">coaching training<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">You&#8217;re really just training your clients to become coaches themselves!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Awareness. If you have decided\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"to become a parenting coach\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/01\/become-a-parenting-coach\/\" target=\"_self\">to become a parenting coach<\/a><\/span>, you need to lead the client into an awareness of how they are being powerful with their commitments, and where they are breaking their commitments. This can be the \u201ctough love\u201d phase. Don\u2019t step over anything, yet don\u2019t go out of your way to make them feel punished. You are the role model for their behavior as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Impact.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"to become a parenting coach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parentcoachinginstitute.com\/\" target=\"_self\">To become a parenting coach<\/a><\/span>\u00a0you need the skills to get the client to connect their word with what they value most, and connect breaking their commitments with what they want most to avoid. This is really <span style=\"color: #000000;\">c<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">oaching training<\/span><\/span>\u00a0101. For example, if they are not following through with what they say they will do, their children will pick up on that and use that as an excuse to do the same. Also, children will not take their parents seriously when parents don&#8217;t walk their talk. It\u2019s a little like the gambling mentality. If a parent folds or gives in, even if it\u2019s only 1 out of 10 times\u2026the child will see that as an opportunity. \u201cIf I push the issue, it might just work.\u201d The resultant behavior can be subtle sulking to tantrums on the floor of the store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The Leadership Converstation.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To become a parenting coach<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026a good one\u2026this is the moment of truth. This is where your\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">coaching training<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0pays off.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you able\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>to become a parenting coach<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>who can empower parents to make a true possibility-based (rather than past-based) choice in terms of their commitments and being their word?<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you able\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to become a parenting coach<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0who can train the parent in creating a powerful relationship of integrity between their words and their actions?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you able\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to become a parenting coach<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0who is able to help set up positive conditioning and reinforcemen<\/span>t systems for the new relationship that the client has with their promises?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\">Once a parent has begun to have power with their word, they will start seeing amazing results with their children. Integrity is NOT natural or easy, but it can be trained. And who better qualified to give them the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>coaching training<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0they need?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Colette Seymann<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Accountability Coach, JTS Advisors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you need to do\u00a0to become a parenting coach? A great niche market. There are a lot of parents out there, and anyone who has watched any of those nanny shows can see there are a lot of parents who need help. Perhaps &#8220;Super Nanny&#8221;\u00a0is the British version of the accountability coach. 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