Rotorua Young Mothers School.

What a great place to be able to go to for support when you are a young mother! And very well organized too. Some of the mothers already had children and were expecting another, and some were pregnant for the first time. The school has been set up in a disused intermediate school. They have a day care centre, preschool and a kindergarten on the premises, so while the parents are in school the children are looked after. This was a very supportive and empowering environment for the mothers and also a great facility for the community.

I was there to run our 4-Day Personal Development programme for the mothers, which included parenting skills. We had twenty-eight enrolled for the programme. This was the largest group for this type of programme that we have run. We ran the programme on the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The young mothers were very interested and focussed in what the programme had to offer and most attended all 4 days.

Some of the comments form the young mothers.

It’s not against the law to have personal time to myself.
I need to be more organised so I have more time for myself.
I want a good job that I love and to be a good parent.
Motivation! I have always wanted to change the way things are. I just didn’t know how
or where to start. This course has definitely changed the way that I think and look at
myself.