| Educating parents has been developing over the | | | | fact the parent education movement especially |
| last couple of decades. In many places in the | | | | aims at making the best of information available |
| world, today, there is a widespread intensive | | | | to those belonging to low income families. |
| effort to support parents through educational | | | | Everyone has recognized the importance of |
| programs. It is not only the government or | | | | family and is working towards strengthening this |
| society that has given impetus to this movement | | | | unit. It offers parents expert knowledge and the |
| but parents themselves. | | | | latest research to help equip them to be a better |
| There is so much material available on parent | | | | parent for their children. All groups that work with |
| education; for starters you can find material on | | | | children have realized the dire need and that the |
| the internet, at your library, even CD's and DVD's. | | | | education of the parent is essential. The essence |
| There are also several parenting programs | | | | of parent education and support are the ideas of |
| available, many of them are voluntary staffed or | | | | what makes effective parenting, which differs |
| agencies being funded by government. | | | | from culture to culture. |
| Many recent changes have been made in the last | | | | Efforts to organize education of parents are |
| few decades in parent education; one of the best | | | | relatively recent although the need to prepare for |
| changes has been the recognition of the family | | | | the duties and responsibilities of parenthood is |
| rather than the individual child as the main concern. | | | | eternal. Tradition still remains the best guide in the |
| The courses now view parents as individuals and | | | | method of preparation for parenting although in |
| not only tools to mind children or for them to | | | | many western and other cultures the breakdown |
| polish their skills. They recognize parents as people | | | | of the traditional family model hinders the passing |
| also having problems within relationships. | | | | on of parenting skills from generation to |
| Parent education aims at educating parents both | | | | generation. |
| rich and poor on the best ways to raise a child. In | | | | |