Parent Chat Cards

The Good Enough Parenting cards were developed as part of the Communities for Children Southeast Metro program to help parents and caregivers address perceived common challenges within parenting, and to promote positive parent-child relationships.

Use the cards to learn how to enhance parenting skills with practical tools and strategies from the “Good Enough Parenting” cards. This course covers topics such as attachment, active listening, and empathy, inspired by the Circle of Security framework. These concepts promote parent-child bonding and confidence in parenting practices.

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How to use the Parent Chat cards

For Caregivers

The “Good Enough Parenting” cards are a practical tool designed to support and enhance your parenting/caregiving skills. Originating from the Communities for Children initiative, the cards provide strategies based on the Circle of Security framework, around attachment theory (information on this program can be found here Resources for Parents – Circle of Security International ), by helping you as caregivers, address challenges and improve relationships with your children. These resources focus on core areas of parenting, like emotional expression, empathy, and self-care.

For Facilitators

The cards can serve as a guide in workshops or at home, helping parents and caregivers foster nurturing environments and build stronger bonds with their children.

The cards provide a strengths-based resource which focuses on:

Supporting caregivers to increase in confidence with parenting, by providing tools and resources to use during moments of uncertainty.
Foster stronger parent and child relationships based in evidence-based principles, and;
Make theoretical concepts accessible to families from all backgrounds.

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What is attachment theory?

Why can some people form deep, secure connections while others struggle to trust or fear getting close? Attachment theory focuses on relationships and bonds (particularly long-term) between people, including between a parent and child and between romantic partners. It is a psychological explanation for the emotional bonds and relationships between people.

This theory suggests that people are born with a need to forge bonds with caregivers. These early bonds set the foundation for later relationships and continue to influence attachments throughout life.

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What is Circle of Security

The Circle of Security is a visual map of attachment. The “father” of attachment theory, John Bowlby, said this about attachment: “Intimate attachments to other human beings are the hub around which a person’s life revolves, not only as an infant or a toddler or a schoolchild but throughout adolescence and years of maturity as well, and on into old age. From these intimate attachments a person draws strength and enjoyment of life and, through what he contributes, gives strength and enjoyment to others. These are matters about which current science and traditional wisdom are at one.” (Bowlby, J. (1980) Attachment and Loss: Volume 1. Attachment. Basic Books: New York.)

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