Meeting Two:

Sharing: Each member shares his or her experience practicing the first week of sessions. When a group of people assemble to discuss their Self-Parenting progress it is usually pretty easy to share experiences. To find that another person’s thoughts, feelings, and experiences with Self-Parroting are so similar to your own is amazing . Plenty of time is available for sharing during this second meeting.

Reading: Group members read Chapter Ten (this is a very short reading) out loud. (If there have been any problems during the week it may be helpful to review or reread Chapter 9.)

Questions: Any questions are asked and discussed.

Homework: Each person does the sessions for Week Two each morning.

Meeting Three:

Each member shares his or her experience with the questions from the second week.

Reading: Group members read Chapter Eleven out loud.

Questions: Any questions are asked and discussed based on the reading.

Homework: The third week of sessions involves each person creating their own questions and sessions each morning. This next week is very important and represents a big step in the practice of positive Self-Parenting.

Meeting Four:

Sharing: Each member shares his or her experiences designing their own sessions as the Inner Parent.

Reading: Group members read Chapter Twelve out loud.

Questions: Any questions are discussed and answered based on the reading.

Homework: Each committed member now has a beginning knowledge of the SELF-PARENTING Program. For further understanding of Self-Parenting read the books recommended in Chapter Twelve. For further sources of questions you can order the beginning modules such as self-esteem or Early Family and Childhood from the SELF-PARENTING Program.

Follow Through: There are several different ways to follow through with a SELF-PARENTING Support Group.

1. You may always keep the first meeting of each month open to Newcomers and follow the same format.
2. Your group may choose to extend your meeting as a closed meeting for two (or more) months and use an introductory or advanced module and sharing as the basis of your meeting. (Each person must have their own module.)
3. You may take a book such as P.E.T., and read one or more chapter a week and discuss the underlying application to Self-Parenting within the group. (This generally takes longer than a month.)