Caring for the Carers is a week-long webinar series designed to support school staff, counsellors, educators, and parents in supporting children and themselves during an ongoing crisis and disruption to schooling and daily life.

The sessions provide practical psychosocial strategies, emotional support frameworks, and guidance for navigating uncertainty, loss, stress, and disrupted learning environments.

Session 2: Parenting Through Chronic Stress: Staying the Parent You Want to Be

Speaker

Dr. Daniel O’Neill

Target Audience

Primarily parents (also relevant to educators).

Key Focus

Helping parents maintain positive, values-based parenting during prolonged stress.

Key Concepts / Goals

•       Understanding the impact of chronic stress on parenting and children.
•       Returning to core parenting principles during crisis.
•       Strategies for reducing the impact of stress on children.
•       Practical techniques:

o   Catching children “being good”

o   Intentional positive attention

o   Quality connection time

•       Maintaining consistency and emotional safety at home.

·        Supporting children through uncertainty with structure and reassurance.