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parents or a doting auntie
nearby to ask advice, so
“there has been no model
influence and for them
child-raising is completely
new.’*

It is difficult enough ad-
justing to the idea of being
responsible for another
human life, but it is con-
fronting the realities of rais-
ing that newborn child
rather than the myths that is
creating a need for parent
education.

But parent education is
not a new phenomenon.
Parenting was taught as far
back as the 1850s in the
States, says Greenberg.

An author, Catherine
Beecher, wrote a popular
how-to guide on domesticity,
called Treatise on Domestic
Economy, which devoted
several chapters to paren-
ting. Another popular period
for ‘parental guidance"' was
the Twenties.

“Once again, we are
witnessing parents desire for
more information on child-
bearing,"’ Greenberg said.

“With the influx of
studies on children, the
Message has filtered down to
parents today that raising a
child is a serious enterprise.’’

Despite all the expert ad-
vice and the wealth of self-
help books, most child care
specialists, including Brenda
Greenberg, say there are
“many right ways’’.

The Positive Parenting
program, the course which
North Shore Family Services
offers in an eight-week, 16-
hour series, promotes that
philosophy based on

Californian psychiatrist

Thomas Gordon’s thecries.
Less structured than many
parent education programs,
Positive Parenting ‘helps
parents discover the values

_ they want to pass on to their

children, develop open lines
of listening and a positive
attitude towards being a

“parent.”

But Greenberg, who has
taught the program, says it’s
also beneficial because the
parents can draw on a reser-
voir of common experiences
among the members.

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is quite common,
Greenberg says, to have
parents who attended the
same workshop to form their
own support group after the
course has finished.
Positive Parenting
workshops provide skills and
mutual support, but even
without that plenty of love,

affection and respect can go
a long way in raising
children.

Fees for Positive Paren-
ting workshops are $30
single and $50 couple. For
more information, call
North Shore Family Services
at 988-528! or 926-7851.

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Diane Bentley
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