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Communicating with Grandkids the Way Their Parents Want
You can honor your experience and respect a different way of parenting.
Explore how to talk with grandchildren in ways that support their parents' choices. Drawing on family-systems thinking and emotion coaching, practice curiosity, clear agreements and repair across generations.
Next session
Thursday, February 18 at 10:00 AM PST
60 minutes · $79
- Format
- Live online workshop
- Duration
- 60 minutes
- Facilitator
- Sabrina Briceño, LPCC
- Price
- $79
For grandparents and parents navigating relationships across generations. Come on your own or together.
Does this sound familiar?
Your child asks you not to say something you thought was harmless.
You want to help, but your advice seems to land as criticism.
You aren't sure how to respect a parenting choice you would have made differently.
What we'll explore
- Asking parents how they want you to talk with their children, without turning it into a debate.
- Noticing inherited phrases about feelings, behavior and obedience.
- Replacing dismissive or shaming language with curiosity and clear limits.
- Discussing disagreements privately rather than undermining parents in front of grandchildren.
- Repairing when a well-meant comment causes hurt.
The research behind it
This curriculum draws on established relationship research, not generic advice. A few of the findings we build on:
Family-systems theory examines how patterns move through relationships and generations, offering a way to reflect on inherited responses rather than repeat them automatically.
Murray Bowen, Family Therapy in Clinical Practice (1978)
Emotion coaching offers a shared language for acknowledging children's feelings while setting limits, a useful starting point for conversations between parents and grandparents.
John Gottman, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child (1997)
What you'll leave with
- A conversation guide for agreeing on language, boundaries and expectations.
- Alternatives to familiar phrases that dismiss children's feelings.
- A way to raise differences respectfully and reconnect after a misstep.
Plus a reflection workbook, one concrete action to practice, and a seven-day follow-up exercise by email.
Meet your facilitator
Sabrina Briceño, LPCC
Licensed professional clinical counselor · Founder of Chapter
Sabrina turns current relationship research into plain words and practical skills, with warmth and without jargon.
She holds a Master's in Professional Clinical Counseling with a focus in social justice from the University of San Francisco, and has practiced in public and private settings in San Francisco and Denver.
Her work draws on the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy and attachment research, and builds goal-setting and accountability into the work. She is licensed in California and Colorado, and holds space for clients of every identity.
Practical details
Each workshop is capped at 10 people max, so there is room for real conversation.
On your own or with someone
Come by yourself, or bring your partner, a friend or a family member. Nothing in the session assumes you're a couple.
Camera on or camera off
Keep your camera off if you'd rather listen than be seen. You can still type, and no one will single you out.
Participation is optional
Speak when you want to and pass when you don't. You're never called on.
No judgment
This is a room for learning, not performing. Share as little or as much as you like.
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