Parenting classes in limbo

Parenting classes in limbo

A cost-saving measure for Cornell Cooperative Extension is leaving Washington County in the lurch.

Can a parenting course bring peace to your home?

Can a parenting course bring peace to your home?

Vicious rivalry between her young sons was starting to get Heidi Scrimgeour down. So she signed up for a course that draws on ideas fromneuroscience, epigenetics and psychology...

Push for state-run parenting classes

Push for state-run parenting classes

In the 1970s, the Life Be In It commercials inspired Victorians to get more exercise. Now child protection agencies think we need a campaign to promote better parenting skills.

Abusive Mothers Improve Parenting After in-Home Training, Emotional Support of Therapists

Abusive Mothers Improve Parenting After in-Home Training, Emotional Support of Therapists

A new study has found that mothers in families in which there is a history of child abuse and neglect were able to reduce how much they cursed at, yelled at, slapped, spanked, hit or rejected their children after a series of home visits from therapists who taught them parenting skills.

Parenting classes hitting the mark

Parenting classes hitting the mark

A slight decline in child abuse and foster care referrals is due in part to a series of free ongoing parenting classes, the director of Calworks said last week.

Advocates teach refugees about child abuse

Advocates teach refugees about child abuse

Friday afternoon, several Somali Bantu women stepped from the drizzling rain into a Northwest Side apartment complex clubhouse for a class concerning the toddlers clinging to their brightly colored dresses.