Putting Kids First

Putting Kids First mission is to help parents learn how to structure their family and renew their parenting skills to provide a secure, supportive, comfortable and structured environment to help their children blossom and grow. All children deserve happy childhood memories. For the child’s benefit we favor parenting education before and during marriage, as well as for parents who are unwed, separated, or divorced.

The Putting Kids First Parenting Class creates an opportunity for parents to shift their attention to the needs of their children. By using a psychoeducational approach, our Parenting Class focuses on the enhancement of the children's ability to function within their families and how to improve the parental relationship to provide a nurturing non-threatening home environment. The Parenting Class is suited for all parents, stepparents, grandparents, or others that directly or indirectly influence decisions about children.

The Parenting Class Benefits Children by:
- Creating respectful attitudes
- Teaching independence skills
- Building high self-esteem
- Creating a more relaxed home atmosphere
- Assurance of safety

The Parenting Class Benefits Parents by:
- Providing life management tools designed to help families
- Teaching effective communication skills
- Fostering sensitivity to the child's needs and feelings
- Creating discipline that works
- Establishing the long-term benefits of parenting
- Establishing structure for the family

The Parenting Class will cover:
- Effective parenting
- Teaching children responsibility
- Parenting issues relating to specific developmental stages
- Building self-esteem
- Communication skills
- Discipline issues
- Stress
- Depression