ILLINOIS 2007 PETITION

PREPARE TOMORROW’S PARENTS MONTH

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Print the petition below or from this Word File to gather signatures to let CT’s Commissioner of Education and Governor know their constituency supports and urges Parenting Education for children and teens in CT schools.


The Illinois Campaign to Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents

 

TO:      Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich

Illinois Interim State Superintendent of Education, Dr. Christopher Koch


Parenting is the most important job we have to do as humans and as citizens…If we offer (high school) classes in auto mechanics and civics, why not parenting?  A lot of what happens to children that’s bad derives from ignorance…Parents go by folklore or by what they’ve heard or by their instincts, all of which can be very wrong.”

 

Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, Professor Of Psychiatry

Harvard Medical School

 

Preparing young people to become caring, competent parents may be the single most effective way to prevent child abuse and other violence, increase mental health, advance school preparedness, and achieve academic success for future generations.

 

The Illinois Campaign to Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents and the national organization Prepare Tomorrow's Parents have launched an annual campaign to ensure that all Illinois children and teens are prepared for the responsibilities of future parenting.  Governor Blagojevich and Dr. Koch, we urge you to consider seriously the value of parenting classes for children and teens in Illinois schools.

 

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Please return original signed petition copies to:           Carol Lewke, Co-director

The Illinois Campaign to Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents

360 East Randolph, #3101

Chicago, IL  60601

carolewke@preparetomorrowsparents.org

 


 

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