Teddie Van Pelt - Family Life, Discipline & Guidance
Certifications:
Family Life Group Leader; Discipline and Guidance Group Leader
State / Country: Hamilton, New Zealand
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nurturedinseasons.co.nz
About: Kia ora. My name is Teddie. I am a mother to two active, outdoor- loving children. When I had my firstborn, I stumbled on a 10- week parent-infant course that taught parents to build peaceful partnerships with their children through mutual affection and respect. It positively challenged the things I knew about parenting from my own culture and has guided me and my husband with raising our family. Married to a Dutchman, we adapted the 3Rs of Dutch Parenting- Rust (Rest), Reinheid (Cleanliness) and Regelmaat (Routine) but we added another R- Respect… respecting the children’s natural development and giving them the same respect as we would give an adult. Reading the Simplicity Parenting book affirmed the principles we follow in raising our children. It reassured us of our conscious decision to let our children be children… unplugged from all the screens and connected to themselves, family and others, and nature. Fortunate to receive the right information at the right time in our parenting journey, I founded Nurtured in Seasons (NIS) to pay forward the compassion that I received from others as a parent and to inspire mindful, positive parenting through simplicity. NIS is a parenting coach service which provides parents support through the different seasons of parenthood via antenatal and Simplicity Parenting classes, and individual coaching. I am also a registered New Zealand Speech-language Therapist and have completed my post-graduate studies on Family Life and Child Development at the University of the Philippines. When I am not busy baking or gardening with my children, you will find me at the beach- chilling out or freediving, or at the pool- either teaching swimming or playing underwater hockey.
