No not at all, you can join from anywhere in the world. You can post your questions at any time, and they’ll be answered as others are online and you can monitor notifications. We change around the times that we offer webinars to facilitate different time zones, and also people can send a question in ahead of time and then watch the replay after the event.

From the time that Genevieve’s following started to become increasingly international through people accessing the website and later the facebook page, she began developing the online resources that equip parents and teachers with the kinds of information and support that people gain from live workshops and seminars.

Those who seek the support of the Peaceful Parent Institute present a huge range of questions and issues relating to all the different stages from pre-conception to parenting adult children or grandparents bringing up their grandchildren. You can also contact the admin team by email or posting a question to gain prompting on the best resources in the Village that meet your particular needs. As specific answers are given, we often package that response into a Q&A for others to avail of in the future.

Although many of our participants have found the support in the forums to be very healing and therapeutic, we need to be very clear that online therapy is not the intention of the Village.

Genevieve, Tabitha, Meg and Wendy, Gauri, Julie, Michelle, Debra and the other administrators each bring a huge richness of experience and passion to this community.  We each have different skills that we bring and all share a passion for reaching as many families and schools as possible with these connection based approaches.  Between us we have a lot of experience in counselling, family therapy, teaching, special needs, sensory issues, mindfulness, occupational therapy, the healing of trauma and childhood wounds.  And yet none of us are offering to be a primary support person to a Village member.  We can support people to reach out and gain the support they need in their world and gain extra support in the Village.

This is a great time to join a community like this and engage in the learning and sharing.  It’s a fact that having the support of others you share values with is one of the biggest resilience factors in preventing problems (including mental health issues).  We love that parents feel equally as free and uninhibited to share their enjoyment of their child and their wins and their pride, as they do the tough stuff.  And when things are going well, it can be very satisfying to play a part in encouraging and supporting others who are needing that friendly comment or even clicking that little love button.

Yes absolutely!  You’ll still see my daily page posts in your newsfeed and new people will continue to learn about peaceful parenting through my and other people’s parenting pages.

I’ve wanted to bring to more people some of the advantages that course participants and clients gain from me, which is what spurred me to start developing the membership site; increased privacy, security, a range of special interest groups, teleseminars and a more sustainable system of moderating.  And for clients and course participants, this is a place to gain ongoing interaction and support with like minded others.  The Q and A is a great place for parents to seek the advice of a large group of members working towards more peaceful parenting.  However, giving satisfactory responses to all the questions that come in daily is beyond our admin capacity, so although we still moderate this group and help to maintain emotional safety, we prioritise answering questions in the Village membership or member’s only Village Participants facebook group.

This system has taken a long time to set up, but in the village, we can be much more confident about safety and security.  Only logged in paid members can view or read any of the content in the discussion forums.  Being the internet, we can never fully guarantee 100% safety, but can reassure you that we pay a lot for very high quality hosting with layers of security.

We ask members to respect the confidentiality of others who post here and avoid ever copying and pasting another's words to share without their permission (as in guidelines).

You can gain a full refund in the first 30 days.  The only conditions that apply is that we’ll first send you a couple of questions to make sure that you’re not leaving because you didn’t access the help you needed finding the materials that most relate to your situation.

As a safeguard, we also check at our end that a member hasn’t already downloaded lots of the material. This is for our protection knowing how valuable the content is and not wanting it to be misused or repackaged.  But if you’ve downloaded 3 or 4 items to see if it’s a good fit for you and you decide to leave, we absolutely respect that and will be happily give you a refund!

If you joined more than 30 days ago and signed up for a year, you can cancel or downgrade to basic (free) membership and you'll still have access until the full year has passed, at which point you'll lose access to all premium Village areas.

We understand the insecurity of joining discussions on facebook or other open forums as it increases the chances of you situation being commented on or judged by those lacking understanding of Peaceful Parenting.

We aim to moderate in a way that greatly reduces advice is given that lacks empathy, sensitivity and encouragement.  If this does happen, our skilled admins intervene sensitively to ensure a safe outcome for all involved.

It’s a big deal to expose your personal questions, struggles and vulnerable feelings relating to personal situations.  The admin team will prioritise moderating the Village forums and aim to moderate as gently as possible, by bringing a member’s awareness to the guidelines and inviting them to edit comments or responses to help maintain a more level, mature and emotionally safe space.

We also understand that everyone is learning and hope to support that learning in a compassionate way.

No your annual fee includes the webinars and any other resources that are added during your term of membership.