Journey through the Parenting Garden
developed by Hettie Brittz
Tiny Trees
focus on parenting babies to toddlers of 5 years old.
Tween Trees
Focus on parenting primary school children from 6 to 11 years old.
Teen Trees
Focus on parenting teenagers from 12 years and up.
An exciting announcement!
For the first time ever, Hettie Brittz are training facilitators to equip parents and educators with The Parenting Garden course.
Hettie’s work on Christian parenting topics has been published in four books. All topics are covered in this course and there is a very specific focus on each age group. Accredited Evergreen Parenting Facilitators guides you on this journey to better parenting.
Convenient with pre-recorded videos to watch and live contact sessions with your facilitator.
Is this course for you?
Whether you are a parent, teacher or youth worker of a baby, toddler, child or teen, this course is for you.
Maybe you find yourself in-between stages and are worried that you can’t fulfill every child’s needs?
You can flourish in every season. It is easy to feel discouraged or overwhelmed in our role to prune the children in our lives. Be inspired and encouraged with this journey to improvement. Even if you feel that you have everything under control with the task at hand, but just need confirmation that you are on the right track, this course can equip you to make the most of this important task.
Celebrate your natural abilities and natural gifts.
Growth is always a possibility and we will guide you in how to tweak what needs to be corrected to raise healthy, happy children with character. Together we will learn from our mistakes, forgive and adjust so that we can celebrate growth in your child and yourself. Raising and educating children is complex. So many aspects can affect well-being: temperament (yours and the child’s), the child’s developmental phase, and your natural parenting style all have an effect. Hettie does an amazing job in addressing it all in this course and the trained facilitator will guide you to apply the principles in your family and situation – each family is unique.
Choose to walk away from being anxious and feeling that you are not good enough, or even messing things up.
This course will give you a new perspective and you will be able to take a deep breath and start a new chapter with new insight and practical skills for your parenting toolkit.
“The most important work you’ll ever do is within the walls of your own HOME / CLASSROOM /
CHURCH.”
Journey with us
Join a group course in 2025.
The content:
(Click on the headings for more details.)
Children go through different developmental phases. Get cues on physical, mental, emotional, and moral development in this section of the course. We also focus on the psycho-social milestones of the child. Learn what your priorities should be at a particular age.
God is the ultimate example of the best parent. We will unpack God’s parenting examples and learn how you can implement it in your own home. We also look in the mirror at our own reflection and do the hard, but necessary, work to make adjustments.
We all have a natural parenting style and there are a season for every style. Discover if your natural style is a fit for the season you are in, and if not, learn the skills to easily adapt.
Hettie uses the tree-type analogy to explain the different temperament types. We believe that temperament is a God-design and that the personality of each member of the family plays a role. Identify the characteristics present at your child’s age to discover if you are raising a Palm tree, Rose bush, Boxwood or Pine tree. Hettie also shares child rearing secrets for each tree type
Your own temperament has an effect in how you raise your child. Discover what your temperament strengths bring to the garden and get tips on where you need to grow.
In this section we talk about norms and values in you home. Discover important strategies to implement to create an environment that can grow children into healthy, responsible and mature adults with character.
In this section we discover what your child needs to flourish, according to their age and temperament.
We discover the necessary building blocks to build a relationship that acts like a wall that will protect you children from influences.
Have you ever felt frustrated with communication problems? It might be as simple as learning the ‘tree-dialect’ your child speaks. We unpack the best way to talk to children according to their temperament and age.
This discipline section is jampacked with everything you need to understand about different types of misbehaviour typical of your child’s age. And, more importantly, how to handle it in the correct way to develop character.
We need to stand still and look back every now and then to celebrate the small victories. In this section we re-evaluate what success looks like in the parenting journey .
Just when you thought you figured everything out your child enters a new phase. It is crucial to look ahead and be pro-active. That is exactly what we will discuss in this section.
Ready to take this amazing journey with us?
There are many advantages to this guided journey:
Convenient
Pre-recorded videos
Access videos by Hettie Brittz to watch in your own time. Listen or watch via streaming while cooking, jogging or driving.
Guided
Trained facilitator
Your Evergreen Parenting Garden Facilitator will guide you on your parenting journey. Meet up in person or jump on a Zoom for contact sessions with your facilitator.
Effective
Learn
Pause, rewind and rewatch as many times as you need. Download a journal and workbook for those that learn while taking notes.
Connect
You are not alone
Get to know other parents that face the same struggles and grow together. Connect with like-minded individuals.
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Would you prefer to journey on your own?
Not to worry. We get it. You can choose the self-help journey.
