Nice Things People Say

This class has been a relationship saver for my family. I now try to solve problems together instead of doing it myself and forcing it on my family.

Kelly has a knack for coming up with the right explanation that brings clear understanding to complex ideas. She “gets” parenting and it shines through in her class. It’s one thing to understand something, it’s another to successfully integrate into your life. This class was able to do that for me.

Some of the simplest things Kelly taught in class have helped my kids talk to me so much more. I have found it to be an amazing experience to stop correcting or teaching, and to just listen to my children. And when I do so the more our relationships improves, and they are happier and more trusting.

I have had several personal coaching sessions with Kelly and I am now able to understand what is going on with my kids so much better. I always thought they struggled with empathy, but once I was able to start listening to them differently, I saw it was there all along. Kelly’s delivery and sense of humor make you feel like you’re talking to an old friend, even when she’s helping you with your blind spots.

I learned more in just a few hours of PET training with Kelly than I did taking an entire Redirecting Children’s Behavior (RCB) parenting course! The methods are particularly well-suited to meet the challenges of parenting gifted children. Their sensitive and highly perceptive natures respond well to this positive and respectful approach to parenting.

My husband and I took the parenting class taught by Kelly Meier and we wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone we know. Kelly’s respect for children is so sincere and palpable… it gives me chills to talk about. I look forward to her future classes.

I met Kelly at our children’s school. She’s a wealth of knowledge and I love the honest and direct (yet empathetic and loving) way she communicates with her own children.

I know this may seems like a simple principle, but it was diving much deeper into this philosophy that was a major take-away for me in Kelly’s class. The idea that some “problems” are things that I need to own was really a breakthrough. I know that using Kelly’s active listening techniques from P.E.T. work. It’s not parroting key gentle parenting phrases like things I have learned in the past either. It’s really listening to understand, which as it turns out is a pretty rad two-way street with my child. I wish I could carry Kelly in my pocket everywhere and can’t wait to take the next class in the series.

In the past few weeks, both boys are asking for more family time because they want to be together. To me, that is a perfect illustration of harmony. The very thing I set out to obtain.

Kelly is very open and real, she brought examples and stories to teach and she modeled the skills in class constantly. This course helped open my eyes to how to listen, which has completely changed my relationship with my kids.

After our consult, I just can’t believe how well he is responding. It’s like he is saying, “FINALLY YOU GET IT – THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!”

“You know I’ve had calls with other parent coaches, and they all told me I needed to be ‘more’ or ‘less’ *something*. You just listened to me and you helped me see how I can get what I need by just being who I am with my kids. I don’t need to change and that’s so freeing.”