PARENTING 101:
Get back to the basics of good parenting!!
“Discipline doesn’t break a child’s spirit half as often as
the lack of it breaks a parent’s heart”
**Being a Parent is a rewarding and gratifying responsibility. It can also be difficult, discouraging and demanding.
Bay Area Children First is pleased to offer a parenting education series that reviews and clarifies the foundations of effective parenting.
This program is designed to help you:
- Reduce arguing and yelling.
- Create more time for yourself.
- Encourage responsibility and initiative in your children.
- Enhance self-esteem.
- Start relating more effectively with your children.
- Expand your parenting tool box in a supportive environment.
Are you frustrated or at a loss for how to intervene when your child misbehaves?
LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY UNDERLYING GOALS OF MISBEHAVIOR AND HOW TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY.
Do you feel that you are engaging in “verbal fistfights”?
LEARN HOW TO TALK SO YOUR CHILDREN WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO THEY WILL TALK.
Have your discipline tactics become ineffective and exhausting?
GAIN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DISCIPLINE TECHNIQUES THAT ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE CHOICES.
Are you falling into the trap of stifling your children by making all the decisions for your family members?
LEARN HOW TO IMPLEMENT FAMILY MEETINGS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS & ENCOURAGE SELF-RELIANT CHILDREN.
**BACF’S Parenting 101 is a comprehensive six- week, pscho-educational support group, which includes a phone intake prior to the support group, as well as a free in-person consultation following the six-week comprehensive parenting series.
Thursday Evenings In Berkeley
Beginning April 2009
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Bay Area Children First
1400 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 7
Berkeley, CA 94709
• ½ hour intake required
• Free hour of consultation offered upon completion of program
• $50 intake, $45 per session (includes Parenting Handbook)
For more information and to set up an intake please contact the facilitator: Carolyn Whear, LMFT @ (510) 496-6003.
