Family Life Council: Parenting Young Children (0- 5 Yrs.)

Trained staff and volunteers of the Family Life Council have served 660 parents with these valuable programs during the past 2 years

Parenting Young Children

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Survival Skills for Healthy Families

Family connections are as important as ever, but hectic schedules and life stresses can get in the way. Parents with children of all ages are invited to learn new strategies and practice old ones more intentionally to build stronger relationships in your family.

This program can last for 3-5 sessions. Topics include:

Preserving Family Strengths

Effective Rules and Boundaries

Clarifying Attitudes and Expectations

Raising teenagers can be a frightening and challenging experience for parents. It can also be rewarding and fun. The Family Life Council provides the Active Parenting of Teens series to help parents get the cooperation and respect from their teens that can make family life more enjoyable and less stressful. Active Parenting of Teens is a highly successful, video-based parent education program for parents of 12-18 year olds. Parents of teens who attend this 5-week series report improved communication and more responsible and cooperative teens.

1-2-3-4 Parents

This video-based program is from Active Parenting Publishers. Using discussion and video, participants learn basic strategies for effectively and safely parenting toddlers and preschoolers. Groups need to meet for 3 sessions for 60-90 minutes each time.

Topics include:

Ages and Stages of Development

Parenting Styles

Discipline Techniques

Choices and Consequences

Power of Encouragement

Common Sense Parenting of Toddlers and Preschoolers

Common Sense Parenting is a discussion-based program with a video supplement. Parents address common issues that come with raising preschool aged children. Topics include:

Understanding Child Development

Setting Expectations for Your Child

Ways to Nurture Your Child

Your Role as Teacher

Using Consequences to Change Behavior

Giving Reasons Kids Understand

Using Praise Effectively and Often

Teaching Social Skills to Kids

Teaching Before Problems Occur

Dealing with Your Child’s Misbehavior

Making a Plan to Stay Calm

Teaching Your Child Self-Control

Enhancing Family Life

"You taught us a new way of parenting. Through your program we learned that by changing our parenting style, our child changed his response to us and we began to communicate."

Active Parenting of Teens participant

Revised 11-15-07