Parenting Wisely Young Children:

Parenting Wisely Young Children is a CD-ROM laptop based parent education program for parents with children 3-9 years of age.

Many of us have never received formal training in parenting skills because they are rarely taught in our schools, communities, or families. What we tend to do is repeat the kind of parenting which was used by our parents. Unfortunately, few of our parents were taught to use appropriate parenting skills in raising us.  Thus, it is not surprising that we are often frustrated when our attempts to discipline and teach our children good behavior are ineffective and lead to family disagreements.

This program will teach you methods for improving family relationships. The methods shown have been proven effective for a wide variety of family situations.  They not only build respect among family members, but they also reduce the number of fights and arguments.  Since these skills help promote good, healthy relationships, you will also find them helpful to use at work and with friends.

Parenting Wisely Young Children demonstrates the most common problems reported in families by illustrating nine typical family problems and the common ways in which parents handle them.

Using these materials, you will learn the following skills:

• Active Listening

• Assertive Discipline

• Chore Compliance

• Contingency Management-Point Systems

• Contracting 

• Specific Commands

• I Statements

• Managing Sibling Conflict

• Supervision

• Role Modeling Behavior

• School and Homework Compliance

• Single Parent Issues

• Stepfamily Conflict Management

• Praising 

• Problem Solving

Problem Situations Include:

• Interrupting Telephone Calls

• Refusing to go to Bed

• Acting Up in Public

• Homework and Poor Marks

• Conflict with Other Children

• Getting Ready for School

• Sibling Conflict

Parenting Adolescents Wisely:

Parenting Adolescents Wisely is a CD-ROM laptop based parent education program for parents with children 10-18 years of age.

Many of us have never received formal training in parenting skills because they are rarely taught in schools, communities, or families.  What we tend to do is repeat the kind of parenting which was used by our own parents.  Unfortunately, few of our own parents were taught to use appropriate parenting skills in raising us. Thus, it is not a surprising that we often feel frustrated when our attempts to discipline and teach our children good behavior are ineffective and lead to family disagreements.

This program will teach you methods for improving family relationships.  The methods shown have been proven effective for a wide variety of family situations.  They not only build respect among family members. but they also reduce the number of fights and arguments. Since these skills help promote good, healthy relationships, you will also find them helpful at work and with friends.

Parenting Adolescents Wisely demonstrated the most common problems reported in families by illustrating nine typical family problems and the common ways in which parents try to handle them.

Using these materials, you will learn the following skills:

• Active Listening

• Assertive Discipline

• Chore Compliance

• Contingency Management-Point Systems

• Contracting

• Specific Commands

• I Statements

• Managing Sibling Conflice

• Supervision

• Role Modeling Behavior

• School and Homework Compliance

• Single Parent Issues

• Stepfamily Conflict Management

• Praising 

• Problem Solving

Problem Situations Include:

• Helping Children to Do Household Chores

• Getting Child to Do Chores --Doing Dishes

• Getting Child to Do Jobs Correctly -- Lawn Mowing

• Solving Stepparent-Stepchild Conflicts

• Solving Conflict: Children Fighting One Another

• Helping Children to Do Better In School

• Dealing with a Friend Who Is A Bad Influence

• Getting A Child to Obey Requests and Speak Respectfully to Parents -- Loud Music

• Getting Child to Obey Requests and Speak Respectfully --The Phone Problem.

Consider these materials as a beginning.  To best learn and become comfortable with these parenting and communication skills, you must practice them in your current relationships. 

Although the skills taught in this program will likely help to improve family problems, they will not cure serious family problems.  If your family problems have become more severe, we encourage you to seek professional help from the Axis 1 Center counseling staff.

For more information regarding the "Parenting Adolescents Wisely: contact:  Pam Rush, Director of Prevention Service, Rachel Estok, Prevention Specialist, or Honafay Brown, Parenting Coordinator.