Bringing Up Great Kids (BUGK) Resources

The Thoughtful Parenting Kit has been designed to offer an important set of resources for parents/carers to think about what is important to them about their parenting. It aims to generate discussion between parents and carers. It includes a set of nine chapter videos and a guide. Each chapter explores a specific theme that is relevant to parenting –the issues, the joys and the challenges.

This Kit is not just for parents. Many people are involved in parenting or caring for children these days, including grandparents, uncles and aunts or foster carers. This kit is for all people who have caring roles with children. At the end of each chapter, there are questions that can be used to generate discussion about the experiences of parenting.

It is free to watch and download and can be used with parents/carers at no cost.

The Mindful Parenting Book offers parents strategies to do things with their child without having their attention drawn away from what is happening between the two of them right then and there. Mindful parenting is like a pause to take a small breath. It is a pause that allows parents to reflect on what they are feeling. Mindful parenting resources parent to be in a place and time that connects them to their children in small and powerful ways.

It is free to download and can be distributed to parents at no cost.

The Connected Parenting Book explores a number of important topics about being a parent or carer. It encourages parents/carers to think about the role of parenting in modern times and how they can provide children with experiences that are attuned, supportive and mindful.

It is free to download and can be distributed to parents at no cost.

I Need You – Baby Book invites parents to see the world from a baby’s point of view. It encourages them to think about their relationship with their baby and all the amazing ways that they support babies to grow and develop.

It is free to download via the button below and can be distributed to parents at no cost. It can also be purchased in bulk for parents/carers.

I Need You – Cards is a pack of 26 double-sided cards for every letter of the alphabet. The cards invite parents to see the world from a baby’s point of view and then to reflect don’t themselves. It encourages them to reflect on their child and themselves and the other has questions for parents to reflect on the love, care and support they can give their child as they grow and develop. The questions ask parents to reflect on the feelings, words and actions they may experience with their child.

The cards can be purchased individually or in bulk via the button below.

This cute poster reflects the words of babies if they could say things for themselves. It is written simply as an A-Z of ways in which babies need our love, care and support as they grow and develop.

It is free to download via the button below and can be distributed to parents at no cost.

The Bringing Up Great Kids Reflective Parenting Cards have been developed for parents and carers of children of all ages to facilitate reflection about the needs of both children and their parents/carers. Each card has been designed to allow the parent to reflect on their own experience of being a child and being parented and then reflect on their own child and parenting approach. The cards can be used in group or individual sessions. Parents may even like to use them on their own.

The Bringing Up Great Kids – Behaviour Buster Cards are designed for professionals to use in their work with parents and carers. They help them to explore the feelings and needs that drive a child’s behaviour. Each card supports a greater understanding of how parents and carers can adapt their responses to meet the needs of their children at the moment.

As part of the Bringing Up Great Kids Program, facilitators support parents to practice mindful parenting strategies. Parents are encouraged to use the ‘Stop, Pause, Play’ mindful parenting strategy in daily life with their children. The Remote Control reminds parents to STOP (Stop what they are doing) PAUSE (Take a breath) and PLAY (Interact with their child in a calm and mindful way).