About this event
Connecting with Children
An Nonviolent Communication course for parents, teachers, grandparents, coaches — and anyone who spends time with children.
✨ 8 evenings (+1 free intro) of learning, practicing, and growing together in connection.
Parenting can be so beautiful — and so challenging...
Do you recognize this?
- Power struggles with your child
- Using treats or rewards while you don’t really want to
- Shouting, even though you promised yourself never to do it again
- Thinking: “What’s wrong with me? Am I the worst parent ever?”
You are not alone.
This course offers a warm, supportive environment where you connect with other parents, share experiences, step out of self-judgment, and explore a compassionate way of relating.
You’ll gain skills to parent from your values — and return to them with compassion, again and again.
🌱 What is NVC?
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a simple, powerful and practical tool that helps us:
🌿 See what blocks connection in communication
🌿 Relate from our values instead of demands and threats.
🌿 Transform power struggles into cooperation and understanding
✨ You will learn how to
🌸 Transform anger into connection — from both sides
🌸 Listen with empathy to what your child is truly expressing
🌸 Speak from self-connection so your child can hear and understand you
🌸 Care for yourself while caring for your family
🌸 Stand clearly for your needs — without threats or punishments
…and much more.
🌍 Beyond parenting
The tools you’ll learn ripple into all your relationships — with your partner, friends, colleagues, and even yourself.
🎭 Learning style
This is not just theory.
Through demonstrations, role-plays, and live practice, you’ll learn to embody NVC in your own authentic way.
🥣 A nourishing rhythm
No need to cook or rush dinner. Each evening we pause for:
🥖 Homemade soup & fresh bread
🥗 Vegetarian/vegan spreads & snacks
📅 Practicalities
✨ Course Dates: 8 Mondays, 27 Oct – 15 Dec 2025
📍 Location: Common Ground, Zeeburgerdijk (Amsterdam)
🕠 Time: 17:15 Doors open · 17:30 Start · 19:00 🥣 Soup break · 20:30 End
🍲 Includes simple, nourishing dinner
🚫 Child-free environment — to support focus, relaxation, and learning
💶 Contribution: €340 – €680 (sliding scale, free choice)
You can book your place by making a pre-payment of €111
After the course is over you are asked to pay the remaining course fee within one week after the course is over. We suggest paying at the end so you can contribute with a clear sense of what you have received. In this way, your payment can be connected more to gratitude than to obligation. Of course, if you prefer to pay earlier, you are very welcome to do so.
👩🦰 About the trainer – Marije Roos
“Since 2014, NVC has supported me to live with more authenticity, honesty, and compassion — with my children, my partner, myself, and everyone around me. Sharing it humbles me, as I witness the shifts and connections it awakens.”
My path began with Yoga and Meditation (2009), which reconnected me with my body and inner wisdom. Meeting NVC in 2014 was life-changing: I discovered that feelings are not problems, but an inner navigation system — guiding us to what we deeply value and how to see beauty in all human-beings.
This awareness reshaped my relationships, brought more meaning, and continues to inspire me every day. I feel honored to walk with parents on this path and to witness transformation, empathy, and connection bloom in their lives.
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