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Father School: S tep by StepPotential ChallengesYou may face certain challenges when you run a father group (or any other group for that matter).SituationSolutionAggressive behavior of a participant. Let the group react to this.Passive behavior of groupparticipants.Negative opinion of one participanton the session topic.The scenario you conceived for thegroup meeting is not working.Participants are talking with eachother and pay no attention to you.You do not like the group.One of group participantsmonopolizes the right to speak.You feel nervous before sessions.You feel exhausted after a session.Personally pose questions to these individuals, encourageparticipants’ activity and organize an active exercise.Find out whether this opinion is shared by others and modifythe topic, if necessaryAny group meeting is about creative communication and youshould not confine it and yourself to the strict scenario.The discussed topic may be of no interest or participants aretired. Change the subject, do a warm-up exercise or make abreak.You might have formed the group’s image prior to starting thework. You may have excessive expectations about the group. Areal pleasure can be found only if you have a realistic view ofthe group you work with.You should tactfully thank him for his opinion and address thequestion to the other (less active) participant.This is normal. You should focus on the pleasure you can getfrom working with the group.This may indicate a mismatch between the state of thefacilitator and the sate of his group. The facilitator spendsenergy to overcome the confrontation.45