GIFT Parenting
2026-10-03T11:10:00.000Z
About a month ago, I took Vigdis’ course called 7 Little-Known Parenting Skills that Raise Happy, Secure and Confident Children for Life - Without Having to be a Perfect Parent and I wanted to share my experience as a result of learning and applying the course materials.
What I love about this course is the empathy and deep understanding for the inner world of a child that it was built from, Vigdis clearly cares deeply and this is apparent in the material in her course and even more so as I work through what I’ve learned because applying the things are fostering and reconditioning empathy in both me and my kids.
For me what has been particularly helpful has been to “become the observer”. This step alone has allowed me to be able to view my child AS A CHILD. I know this sounds odd to some people but for me this wasn’t how I was operating, I was being triggered and felt reactive. This concept that is built into her framework has allowed me to be able to view behaviour as a symptom and meet my children in a more compassionate way and has given me space to respond where now, the aim is not to control their behaviour but to understand them and meet their needs. What I’ve realized through using the concepts in this course, that she is outlining the basis of reducing SHAME in our children and fostering a healthy self-concept which I really think helps kids feel happy and confident!
As a mom struggling with a self-concept of shame herself, I have been using this exact tool on myself to reparent my inner children. This alone has helped me work through a lot of connection blocks with my children and allows me to work on modeling proper self compassion which I think is important for them to see.
Meeting the needs of my children more directly has also been a focus after taking this course, and it feels easier and lighter and like prioritizing it fuels me instead of drains me. Example: both my kids now have one day a month scheduled where they stay home from school and have 1-1 time with mommy meeting their needs. My kids know this time is coming and school resistance went from a 7/10 level to a 2/10. (10 being very resistant and painful and 0 being no resistance)
I’m really grateful for being able to be a part of this course and am happy to say that the framework and how it’s delivered has increased my level of confidence as a parent, increased my level of connection with my children and myself, “problem behaviours” in my home are no longer a fixation and we’re changing the standard of how to relate to ourselves proactively and it feels hopeful and like relief!
I highly recommend this course to every parent, hands down. I think just the energy it is delivered with is worth being exposed to and that the material is truly key to raise our children.
Thank you Vigdis for being a beacon of light and love for our children, parents and families.