This document is a systematization of the experience lived with a mothers' knitting group in a local community in Bogotá.It contains reflections on the introduction and application of some tools of Positive Discipline and Restorative Practices to help mothers build citizenship competencies such as assertiveness and empathy with their children.This is a retrospective systematization of experience that used observations during the knitting group meetings, reflective notes while planning content for the sessions, and semi structured interviews with mothers at the beginning and the end of the program.Results demonstrated that building community is a key starting point to develop assertiveness and empathy.Several elements from approaches of Positive Discipline and Restorative Practices are useful to foster citizenship competencies.