• Time to Parent Assessment

    The P.A.R.T. and S.E.L.F. framework provides a simple way to organize the time balance you need to achieve as a parent in order to bring out the best in your child and you. Consisting of eight quadrants, the framework serves as a practical rudder to be mindful about where your time is going and be purposeful about how you use it.This Time to Parent self-assessment helps parents identify which of the eight quadrants they tend to gravitate toward, and which they tend to neglect, in order to make mindful adjustments in order to feel more balanced, whole and fulfilled.Taken from chapter 5 of Time to Parent, this assessment will help you recognize your current strengths and determine where you need to build skills or pay more attention. The results will guide you toward which specific chapters in Time to Parent to read for practical tips and tricks to make or contain time in the areas that need reinforcement.So, let’s figure out where you stand right now. Retake the self-assessment every time you feel off balance—your answers may change based on the age of your kids, or what’s happening with work, your relationships, your health, and the rest of your life

  • INSTRUCTIONS: For each of the eight quadrants:

    Indicate whether you feel you are spending Too Much, Not Enough, or Just Right amount of time.
    Rank each of the five self statements that follow on a scale of 1 to 5.

  • About You

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  • When it comes to Providing, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • When it comes to Arranging, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • When it comes to Relating, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • When it comes to Teaching, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • When it comes to Sleeping, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • When it comes to Exercising, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • When it comes to Loving, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • When it comes to having Fun, I feel:

    Choose the number that best fits you:

    1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Often, 5=Always

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  • As a parent, I always wondered where the job manual was. How was I supposed to know if I was doing a good job raising my kid without a list of responsibilities and a criteria for success?

    After investing four years completing an extensive review of the research in the field of human development, and reflecting on nearly thirty years of work coaching parents around the world (along with my own experience as a single Mom), I created a simple framework that boils the job down to eight components: four for our kids, and four for ourselves. This combination encapsulates everything we need to juggle our time for the full ride from cradle to college, and brings out the best in everyone.

    Using this framework, I created a self-assessment to help you determine your time management strengths, as well as the areas that need support. Your score will reveal your parent-time profile, and direct you to the chapters that can help you build skills where you need them most. The self-assessment is made to be taken whenever you feel out of balance. As children grow and change and parents lives evolve, it’s a useful marker to check in with how things are going. Please enjoy and take it as many times as you need!

    And feel free to share your results on social media. The more people take the assessment, the more you'll be able to share ideas and learn from one another.

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