Enjoy small intimate conversations around building a stronger relationship with your child. Feel free to bring a friend! FREE supper and child care provided with pre-registration.
Date: Thursday, February 23rd
Time: 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Host Site: Washburn County Head Start -851 Northland Dr. Spooner, WI 54801
To Register: Please call Judy at Lakeland Family Resource Center to R.S.V.P - 715-635-4669. Registration required by February 20th
Research from the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) and Strengthening Families ™ of Illinois shows that when Protective Factors are present in a family, that family is stronger and those children are safer. Through Parent Cafés, parents are working to build these Protective Factors in their families.
Over the course of 3 evening sessions, parents will discuss 3 separate themes:
- Taking Care of Yourself
- Being a Strong Parent
- Building Strong Relationships with Your Children
These themes incorporate the Protective Factors and provide a framework for parents to relate them to their own lives. Parents gather in small groups at individual tables to explore questions and have a discussion, which is facilitated by a Parent Host. Parent Cafés are unique in that every parent’s voice is heard. These Parent Cafés are an avenue for parents to come together to talk, to listen, and to support others with stressors, worries and challenges that many have struggled with alone. The Parent Cafés support parents in building friendships and a strong network of families who help each other stay strong!
The Five Protective Factors include:
- Be strong and flexible
- Parents need friends
- Being a great parent is part natural and part learned
- We all need help sometimes
- Parent need to help their children communicate
This service is made possible by Supporting Families Together Association with funding from the Mary Alphonse Bradley Fund
Last Update: Feb 16, 2017 8:56 am CST
