For Parents · Of Pre-Teens, Teenagers & Young Adults
Your child is growing.
So are you.
Whether you are parenting a 10-year-old, a 16-year-old, or a 22-year-old — the need is the same. To stay connected. To parent with intention. To understand who your child is becoming, and who you are in that relationship.
"The parent who knows themselves
gives their child permission
to do the same."
— Nomveliso Mbanga
Our Approach
Instinct-Based
Parenting
Instinct-Based Parenting is the belief that you already carry what your child needs — and that the work is not to add more techniques, but to clear the noise so you can hear your own instinct again. This is an approach rooted in indigenous African wisdom: that parenting is not a performance, it is a relationship. That a child grows best when a parent is grounded in who they are — not in who the school system, social media, or their neighbour tells them to be.
Every offering at Mayine Development Institute is built on this foundation — the Nomveliso Mbanga Teencoaching™ methodology, developed over 30 years of working with African families.
Read more about Instinct-Based Parenting →How We Work With Parents
Four ways
to work with us.
Every path is grounded in the same methodology. The difference is commitment level, format, and depth. Begin wherever you are.
01 Workshop · Founder-led · Entry point
Indigenously Parenting Teens™
by Nomveliso Mbanga Teencoaching™
A half-day workshop that shifts how you see and relate to your teenager — without the long-term commitment. Intimate, activating, and grounded in indigenous parenting wisdom. This is the starting point for many parents who go on to deeper work.
Learn more →"Parents who attended said they had not had a structured space to think about their parenting — not just react to it — in years."
- Also available for corporate & EAP partnerships
- Dates announced per region and season
- Includes a Young Adults edition — coming soon
02 Personal · Ongoing
One-on-One
Coaching
Founder or Licensed Instinct-Anchored Parenting Coach™
A personal coaching journey for parents navigating the teenage years. Minimum three months, renewable, and tailored entirely to your family's reality — your child's stage, your parenting history, your specific pressure points.
Apply for a space →03 Residential · Immersive
Indigenous Parenting™ Retreat
Regional · Weekend · Founder or Licensed Coach
A weekend retreat for parents who are ready to go deeper. Time away from the daily noise of parenting to reconnect with your instinct, be held in community with other parents, and return home renewed. Held regionally across South Africa.
Join the interest list →04 Ongoing · Small Group
Teencoaching Parenting
Circles™
Bi-monthly · Stage-based · Max 8 parents
A continuous support space for parents who want to belong to a community of intentional parents across their child's full developmental journey. Each circle is grouped by your child's stage — pre-teen, teen, or young adult.
Find your circle →What We Work On Together
The themes that
run through everything.
These four areas shape the content of every workshop, coaching journey, retreat, and circle. You do not need to know which one applies to you — that is what our intake process is for.
01
Parenting Teenagers
Authority, love, and clarity when everything feels like conflict. Discipline without power struggles. Communication that actually lands.
02
Reconnecting
Restoring trust and rebuilding the relationship when distance, hurt, or disconnection has crept in between you and your child.
03
Blended Families
Navigating the complexity of merged families — step-siblings, co-parenting, new boundaries — without losing the connection you have with your own child.
04
Parenting Young Adults
Shifting from parenting to mentorship. Staying connected while supporting independence. Renegotiating the relationship as your child becomes an adult.
These themes run across one-on-one coaching, workshops, retreats, and parenting circles — matched to your child's developmental stage and your family's specific season.
Your Journey With Us
Begin wherever
you are.
The door
Indigenously Parenting Teens™ Workshop
Half a day. Max nine parents. A starting point that asks nothing of you except to show up and be honest.
The room
Indigenous Parenting™ Retreat
A weekend that goes deeper. Community. Immersion. Your instinct, restored in the company of other parents doing the same work.
The home
Circles & One-on-One
For parents who want to stay. Ongoing circles by developmental stage, or personal coaching that walks with you for as long as you need it.
"A family is like a forest. When you are outside, it is dense.
When you are inside, you see that each tree has its place."
— African Proverb