The Counseling Unit of Brac University hosted a seminar on Parenting titled “Reconnecting with your offspring in the post-pandemic period” on Saturday, 25 June 2022 from 2 pm - 5 pm. The seminar was held at the BracU Auditorium (UB 02).
The objectives of this seminar were to define the meaning and purpose of parenting and explore where parents can bring changes to manage psychosocial issues among their children. It also aimed to enhance a harmonious and joyful relationship between parents and children. The session was open for the parents of Brac University’s students.
Professor Mehtab Khanam, the Adviser of the Counseling Unit of Brac University facilitated the seminar. Ms. Tahsina Rahman, Joint Director, Campus Life of Brac University also enlightened the seminar by her insightful presentation.The seminar focused on exploring parents’ challenges while communicating with their children. Later, psycho-education was provided about the meaning of parenting, adolescents’ mental health, and barriers of effective communication. In addition, some healthy ways to deal with such challenges were also shared. In the seminar, the significance ofparents’ mental well-being, and its impact on parent-child relationship was also discussed.
Total 127 parents attended the seminar. As the session progressed, the parents spoke about their issues. From their valuable sharing, it was apparent that they had insightful thoughts about parenting and how they can act differently while reconnecting with their offspring(s). At the end of the session, many parents expressed their need to join such seminars in future. They have suggested arranging sessions on mental well-being with the students as well. They appreciated the effort of Brac University to address parents’ mental wellbeing, and parent-child connection. In addition, they also shared that the seminar was beneficial for personal growth, and showed interest to be connected with the team of the Counseling Unit for their child’s wellbeing.
Overall, the seminar was supervised by the Advisor of the Counseling Unit, Professor Mehtab Khanam and the Joint Director, Campus Life of Brac University, Ms. Tahsina Rahman.