Building Tomorrow’s Youth
How To Get Your Kids To Attend Empower U
Life skills and personal development tips for teens and young adults from the team at Empower U.
The Fact Is
Not All Teens Are The Same
Some teenagers hear about Empower U and are gagging to go. If you think your teens are like that, great. You can skip this page!
We know that’s not the case with every teen.
In fact, one of the first things we ask at the event is “Who did not want to come today?” and they’re surprisingly honest with their responses!
Some teenagers find life difficult. They seem to spend all their spare time in their room, with the door closed and their devices on.
They communicate in monosyllabic grunts. When they’re not picking a fight with another family member, or brooding in silence.
If you’re sick of having your ideas shot down in flames, sick of the confrontations and arguments …
If you’re just not sure how to talk to your child about Empower U, then this page is for you!
We’ve put together loads of simple ways to help you to get your child to an event. We’ve asked parents in our audience, we’ve asked teens who attended (even when they didn’t want to) and we’ve drawn on nearly 25 years of our own experience.
So scroll down and look around.
Try a couple of options, or give us a call on 1300 039 662. We’re here to help!
Starting Simple
Let Us Do It For You!
Not sure how to tell your kids about Empower U? We can send them a text like this from Brent!
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25 WAYS TO GET YOUR CHILD TO EMPOWER U
Not all the ideas will suit you, so pick a couple that you think are worth a shot, and give them a go!
Success Strategies
FROM OUR COMMUNITY
Bozena says: I got quite a few kids to attend. What I did, I actually bribed them, but in a different manner.
I said to them “I will pay you $100 if you attend this course, but there are conditions. You have to stay the whole weekend and participate fully in every activity and if, at the end of the weekend, you believe that you did not get anything out of this weekend and it was a waste of time, I will give you the $100”.
To date, no kid has asked me to give them the money 😀
Karen says:
My daughters were “no way!”
We knew how important it was for them so we bribed them with things they would have ended up getting anyway.
Grant says: Find someone your child admires—whether it’s Taylor Swift, a pro surfer, an actor, or anyone they look up to.
Often, you can find interviews or content where these role models talk about their own growth, having a mentor, or doing hard things. Use that content to frame the conversation.
There is a reason advertisers use celebrities to endorse products, so use the same principle to endorse growth mindset.
For example, number of kids who watch Mr Beast. Yet what he shares about work ethic, learning, growing, trying thing, experimenting etc.
For example: “Hey, I found this video where [role model] said [insight]. It reminded me of this program I’ve heard good things about, which is built on the same principles [role model] talked about. As your parent, it’s my job to help you live your best life. After hearing [role model] say that, I thought this might be worth considering. Would you be open to checking it out?
The reality is, a lot of people end up sitting in traffic, working in jobs they hate, studying things they don’t love, or in relationships that don’t fulfil them. Like making a cake, there’s a recipe for a good life. A three-day program out of the 20,000 or so days you have in this world isn’t going to make life magically easy, but the decisions and actions you take every day will. I think this program could help make those 20,000 days better than if you didn’t do it.
I want the choice to be yours.
I know you want x, so here’s the deal: attend the first day, and it’s yours. If you don’t like it, you make the choice and you don’t have to go back. I’m confident you’ll be interested because I’ve read these comments from other teenagers who’ve done it / watched this video about their experiences.
Would you like to read them / watch the video as well?”.
Manisha says: I told him he only had to stay for the first evening if he wanted to leave after then he could.. and that it was a session for teens who were ready to go places.
Then Brent Williams worked his magic and that was the start of a three year relationship.
Sue says: I told them that they had no say in it. I believed it would be good for them and sometimes parents know best so they needed to trust me on this occasion.
Both boys were very sceptical but I said I’d already paid a substantial amount of money and it was not negotiable.
At the end of the weekend both of them loved it so much I signed them both up to the 2 yr tuition and they are half way through and still loving it – even my 19 yr old!
Jodie says: My son was 14 when he first went.
I showed him the videos. He thought it looked interesting. I asked again a couple weeks later, was a maybe. About a week before I said I need to pay do you want to go.. he watched videos again and said yes.
Has been 3 times. Going for a4th time in January.
Gail says: We just took our 2 younger daughters. One was reluctant to go in, but a chat with an assist and she decided to go in. There was a bit of resistance from her throughout the 1st day, but she did turn a corner.
Both were looking forward to day 2. That was 4 years ago (I think). Miss Reluctant has since been to a few others and camp. She is now a Senior Assist. 💥
Our other daughter only went the once. They each found what they needed from the program and it was then their choice to continue or not. Very proud of both of them.
Arion says: My son wanted to. My friends son ordered him to.
They both LOVED it!
My 16yo son is available to chat to any teens if they want inside info.
Carolyn says: I told my son that I was paying for him to attend a weekend event that I felt would help him set his path for life and as a parent it was my responsibility to do everything I can to ensure he grows up happy and has what he needs to create a good life for himself.
I told him whether he chose to attend anything further with EU was up to him. The first weekend though was non negotiable.
I then booked it in, on both days walked in/checked in with him and on the 2nd day attended the parent session as recommended.
5 years later he had attended 12+ weekends, 3 camps is a senior assist and pays for his own flights, accommodation and food to assist at events across Queensland, NSW and ACT. After the first weekend he has chosen each time to go back.
Petra says: I showed my daughter the videos and she said yes although wasn’t super motivated.
Then she asked to go the second time which prompted her brother to go as well.
They are both very different individuals and both got out of it what they needed.
They’re only 14 and 13 .
Debi says: Pretty much had to cajole and bribe our girl into it. She came on a free ticket from a friend of mine, she was unsure, uncertain and most definitely self conscious, lacking confidence and really didn’t want to be there.
Her first day was spent sitting back not really warming up to it until the board break. Wow! Something shifted for her after that and she was bouncing off the walls at the end of day two.
Signed her up for the two years tuition and haven’t looked back. Engages regularly with All Stars and absolutely loved the camp and looking forward to her second year 🥰
Cate says: Hack their feed. You can hack your teen’s Instagram feed by tagging them into several of the Empower U Instagram posts, like this one from a participant or this one where several people share their experience.
This plants the seed. From there, you can start a discussion, or they may just ask you to attend!
My two were totally different. I told the eldest to watch “the videos by kids, for kids, not the videos by parents” and she came back with eyes as wide as saucers and said, “I’d SOO love to go!”
My younger child wasn’t keen, and said she didn’t need to go. I said that I was concerned that they were very comfortable, and wondered what they were capable of if they could get outside that comfort zone and stretch themselves a little….
Here we were 4 years later and they’re an EU Assist and just love the community!
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