Parenting for the 21st Century is a comprehensive, practical, hands-on educational course for parents and other childcare providers. This dynamic course is designed to empower any childcare provider with skills, techniques, principles, and tools to make them more effective with their children.
The curriculum explores the following topic areas:
- Preparation for Parenting
- Building Children with Character (teaching the 4 C’s: compassion, cooperation, consideration, and courtesy.
- Effective Discipline (involves clarity, consistency and appropriateness)
- Communication (listening to our children; asking the tough questions)
- Negotiating & Resolving Conflicts
- Financial Management
- Education and Protecting Your Children from Drug Abuse
- Utilizing Neighborhood, Community and Family Services as a Support Network
- Modeling Values for Your Children
- Special Challenges of Single Parents
