ABC’s for Parents and Their Children
5 to 8 Years (Part of the Nurturing Parenting Programs)

Parents and children entering Kindergarten meet in separate groups for two hours, once weekly, for seven consecutive weeks. Parents learn about nurturing parenting skills and ways to encourage their children’s success through good communication and life skills.
Discipline, communication, helping children express their feelings, strategies for building self-worth and personal power are included in the program. (Parents receive a handbook which is theirs to keep.)

Children learn comparable skills at age-appropriate levels through puppets, role-play, music, art activities and leader-led discussions. Children close the session by parading into the parents’ room proudly displaying their lesson projects.

In 7 sessions, families learn to:

• Establish discipline through family rules, rewards & alternatives to spanking and yelling.

• Praise themselves and their children.

• Express their anger and stress in healthy ways that do not hurt themselves or their children.

• Promote school success through relationships with teachers.

• Problem-solve and negotiate.