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Greater Child Involvement
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i. Increased Accountability of Children
“Take it one step further… if the kids were a little more involved along the way… something child-focused, so they can feel even more proud of their accomplishments and share amongst their peers too.” (Participant 1, female) “I think it would have been even more powerful to have … the child around the table with you to set those goals right because there’s a bit of a lack of commitment when they just don’t have that information coming right from the source.” (Participant 1, female) “I just think the kids were too excluded. Everything we took away from here was delivered by the parent… but if like the goal setting was done in a group environment…. I came up with the goals, we asked the kids, like what are some things we can do, but it’s just not the same right?” (Participant 2, male)
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ii. Hands-on Activities for Children
“There’s a lot of information sessions that were great for parents, but it would almost be great if you had one week information session, the next week you did a little lab session with the kids. Presented the information in that way, so you did information and then the practical.” (Participant 2, male) “We put [our] kids in the cooking class at the [grocery store]…. maybe that could’ve been a finale where the children got to make something and be proud of that accomplishment using key ingredients.” (Participant 9, female) “He [my son] wants a recap to see what we talked about and of course I do like a small summary just so that he is aware of what we talked about, but we also talked about the day that we had the chef came in… and he thought it would be a cooking class to teach him how to cook. He wanted that involvement, he wanted that extra piece…. He wanted to be a little more involved in the program.” (Participant 11, female)
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iii. Peer Support and Interactions Among Children
“I like the idea of exchanging numbers, not just for the parents, but for the children, like you guys make friends within the program.” (Participant 3, male) “If a peer group similar to this could be made for kids. The parents can get together and find useful solutions, while the kids play and make friends. They’d probably all go to different schools, but they’d have the exact same issues and they won’t judge.” (Participant 12, female) “Bring them together. We’re doing our thing, but they’re doing something on a different level…. That brings the kids together at their own language and pace, and builds some friendships too.” (Participant 9, female)
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Practical Information and Strategies
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i. Other Topics of Interest to Parents
“You could have a time management type of component too.” (Participant 8, male) “Emotional intelligence so that we know what words to say.” (Participant 11, female) “Have a social worker come in and… connect with the schools and see what kind of support there is.” (Participant 11, female)
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ii. Missing the ‘How’
“I’ve learned something… everything was great but I just felt like how to implement it.” (Participant 12, female) “We are more aware of what we need to do, but … we are missing that ‘how’.” (Participant 11, female) “I never got a clear idea as of how to talk to my kid and if there was somebody that came in that said, ‘When your kid reacts this way, you can say this, here’s a strategy to deal with certain answers.’ You know like salespeople they know, if you say, ‘Oh no, not right now’, then they have something ready.” (Participant 3, male)
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