DWD is a kind of ‘GPS’ for raising happy, emotionally balanced children.

Our GPS means Great Parenting Strategies

It helps adults respectfully guide them toward attitudes and behaviors that truly make the world a better place. We to do this with a set of ‘tools’ that are based in ‘best practices’ and advanced brain science.

And, while the tools are simple, they produce profound results...
...the kind you have always wanted for your children.

Most adults who have children in their lives -- parents, teachers, club leaders, etc. -- try to provide a good a life for their young.

What we fail to properly understand, however, is the damage we can do to a child with the use of language and negative motivational methods and punishments that we have brought with us from our own upbringing.

DWD is your key to a long-term positive experience with your children. It is a coordinated system of communication and management that is both technically sound and user friendly.

It offers practical methods of positive interaction that, when applied correctly, produces the results you are seeking. The experience of thousands of people around the world provide a very clear witness that, regardless of your culture, DWD can make a huge positive difference in the lives of you and your children, both now and in the future.

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Take Five, Inc. offers the core DWD course in three formats.

  • As a live event, DWD is presented in six 2-hour sessions in one-week intervals.
  • A weekender version of DWD uses 10 hours of class time over parts of three-days
    -- Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
  • The Home Study Course version covers the same basic material with 10 audio CDs in about 9 hours.

In addition to the formal DWD course, this website offers dozens of single lessons in the everyday management of children, all based in the same DWD approach.

As you explore, you'll find lots of help here without purchasing a thing. On the other hand, you may find yourself resonating with what you find here. If so, we welcome you to contact us for some extra guidance in selecting the best materials for your situation.

 

Our MISSION

To train adults in the use of positive guidance tools that encourage the inner growth of children.

Learning to communicate with and motivate children to make decisions with their heads and hearts.

Our LOGO

The Heart represents the inner child, which is our primary focus.

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The Arrow shows the outward flow of a balanced child’s energy & awareness.

Our TAG LINE

"... from the inside out" defines the foundation of true character development.

OUTSIDE-IN is how almost all adults teach children until they learn the skills of DWD.

Our FOCUS

  • To help children balance the ‘all about me’ syndrome of childhood.
  • To raise children to be authentic at their core instead of superficial.
  • To guide children to use respect as their basis of interaction with others.