Hello! I’m Jennifer Farrell
I’m a parent coach and former primary school teacher with over ten years’ experience working with children and families.
During my time in schools, I saw how much parents care about their children and how hard they work to do the right thing. But I also saw how often families end up stuck in patterns that don’t feel good for anyone — power struggles, frustration, and the feeling that parenting is harder than it should be.
Most of us are simply repeating what we were shown growing up. Not because we want to, but because it’s the only example we had.
The Jentle Parent grew out of a desire to offer something different. My workshops explore children’s behaviour through the lens of child development, relationships, and everyday family life. The aim isn’t to give parents scripts or perfect strategies, but to help them understand their children more deeply and feel more confident in their own parenting.
When parents begin to see what sits underneath behaviour, things at home often start to shift. Conversations become calmer, cooperation comes more easily, and relationships feel stronger.
Why parenting can start to feel so hard
Most of us were raised with parenting approaches built around control and punishment, with the belief that
children learn respect through strict rules.
What we now understand about child development tells a different story.
Children thrive in environments where they feel safe, connected and respected.
Many parents sense this instinctively, yet still find themselves falling back into the patterns they grew up with, not because they want to, but because they were never shown another way.
The Jentle Parent workshops explore that other way by helping parents understand children more deeply and learn practical approaches that support calmer, more connected family life.
Inside the Workshops
Parents usually arrive feeling a bit unsure. They care deeply about their children, but somewhere along the way everyday moments have started turning into tension, frustration, or power struggles.
Often it’s not that anything has gone wrong. Most of us are simply drawing on the parenting we experienced ourselves, without ever really having the chance to step back and think about it.
In the workshops, we take that step back together. We look at what children’s behaviour can be telling us, and why certain situations seem to escalate so quickly at home.
As things start to make more sense, many parents notice that their responses begin to shift too. Conversations feel calmer. Cooperation becomes easier. And family life starts to feel a little lighter.
The workshops are small and relaxed, with plenty of space for reflection, questions, and real conversations about everyday parenting.
How It Works:
Choose a workshop
Select the workshop that fits your stage of parenting. Get in touch if you're not sure.
Join a small in-person group
Workshops are relaxed, discussion and reflection based sessions - no pressure to participate.
Leave with a clearer understanding of your child
and more confidence in your parenting.
