Happy Parenting: Joyful Parenting Program Booklet (English/Urdu/Nepali/Hindi)

This booklet aims to support parents to foster positive parenting by providing effective and easy-to-understand parenting guidelines. Apart from introducing some basic principles, 10 common parenting pitfalls and 20 parenting strategies have been outlined in the booklet. Heep Hong Society has been working with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Hong Kong since 2014 to develop “The Happy Parenting Training Program”, which is the first evidence-based local parenting education program specifically designed for parents of preschool children with special needs in Hong Kong. “The Happy Parenting Training Program” and the “Train-the-trainer Workshop” have been implemented for many years. The team has collected feedback from the program facilitators, parents and professionals, as well as taken reference from different guidelines and parenting courses abroad. In 2020, the program content was revised to include the elements of expression and management of emotions, and the program was formally renamed as “Happy Parenting: Joyful Parenting Program”, in the hope of meeting the needs of parents comprehensively.  

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Happy Parenting Programme - Summary

Heep Hong Society has been working with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Hong Kong since 2014 to develop a localised "Happy Parenting" programme written for parents of children with special needs. In addition to introducing basic theories of parenting, this book also outlines the top 10 common parenting traps and 20 parenting methods to help parents achieve "happy parenting."

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Mindful Parent Project Handbook

In the past decade, many studies found that mindfulness exercises significantly reduce pressure of parents, foster children’s health and increase families’ happiness. So, what is mindfulness? How do we apply it to parenting? The book is sponsored by Zonta Club of the New Territories. Parents will learn about theories and studies of pressure, stress management, mindfulness exercises and the application to parenting in this book. Parents can better manage their emotions and also their children's emotions, as well as reduce pressure derived from parenting. Book Illustrations by Ah Ko make abstract concepts easily understandable.

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Walking Hand in Hand with Children

Please refer to Chinese version.

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Walking Hand in Hand with Children

The second edition of this book has collected articles from 36 parents, who shared with readers their thoughts and feelings in bringing up children with special needs.

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Hope Stories

From the perspective of psychology, ‘HOPE’ is not ephemeral emotion or personal expectation; it is the perceived capability to view barriers as challenges to overcome and use their pathways to create new routes to achieve their desired goals. Hope Stories is the first parent self-guidance book of its kind in Hong Kong. Parents of children with special needs featured in the 13 family stories of the book exemplify how people of high hope steadily accomplish their goals with resilience. Hope theory suggests that every person can acquire higher levels of hope through learning and practice. Professional guidance included serves to help readers develop their hope skills. The publication was sponsored by Eu Yan Sang Charitable Foundation Company Limited.

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The Fathers’ World

While most fathers of children with special needs respond in silence in the face of family problems and find themselves under tremendous stress as a result of that, over ten members of the Fathers’ Club shared their views on the way to become a blissful and responsible father. The book is concisely written for fathers or any readers who are interested in the thoughts of fathers.

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Bringing Up Your Children Easily

Many parents are perplexed by various kinds of problems exhibited by their children in the growth process. In a bid to let parents have an understanding of children’s developmental stages, grasp the principles and methods in tackling children’s developmental problems, and seek help from support services available in the community, Heep Hong Society published this booklet to share some useful tips with parents. The publication was sponsored by the Sham Shui Po District Council.

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