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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (DATE)
CONTACTS:
Andrea Schuver, Executive Director, Prepare
Tomorrow’s Parents
1-888-PARENTS schuver@preparetomorrowsparents.org
Experts and local program contacts
available on request.
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PREPARE TOMORROW’S PARENTS LAUNCHES
SIXTH ANNUAL "PREPARE
TOMORROW’S PARENTS MONTH"
Your City. Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents
announces the sixth national "Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents Month"
between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day - a time for teachers,
parents and youth group leaders nationwide to introduce Parenting Education to
young people. Prepare Tomorrow’s
Parents is a national, non-profit organization formed in 1995 to promote
and facilitate Parenting Education for children and teens. This month continues
a campaign to promote the inclusion of Parenting Education in schools and youth
programs for all young people.
"Once a
year we honor Mom by taking her to a crowded restaurant for brunch, and then we
honor Dad by buying him a tie he may never wear," says Suzy Garfinkle
Chevrier, mother of three and Founding President of Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents. "Why not honor
parents’ work by teaching their children and grandchildren what a complex
and heroic effort it takes to raise a child? To honor mothers and fathers and
celebrate effective parenting, we are asking everyone who has regular contact
with a young person to do one activity this month to develop their potential
for nurturing. We also urge people who care about children to explore their
community’s opportunities and potential for children and teens to learn
about parenting, and to advocate where needed. "
Eighty percent
of all Americans become parents, and parenting is the most important job we do.
Changes in American society have made the parenting role more challenging,
while offering fewer opportunities for young people to learn good parenting
solely by observation at home.
The stakes are high. Just under 80% of perpetrators
of child abuse and neglect are parents, and nearly all the rest are relatives
or other caregivers. Lack of knowledge of child development and appropriate
discipline are significant factors in abuse and neglect. Many other inadequately prepared or supported
parents are unable to provide the good parenting that is known to deter teen
pregnancy, depression, addictions, academic failure, delinquency and later criminal
behavior.
According to a
national poll, the vast majority of
Studies have
shown that school-based Parenting Education programs help prevent child abuse
by building understanding of child development and parenting skills such as
empathy, listening, problem-solving, and critical thinking. These skills also
promote academic success, as do the more caring, cooperative learning
environments this programming fosters. Students who understand the enormous
responsibilities of raising a child are also far more motivated to delay
parenting until they are ready.
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are able)
“One of
society's deep-seated assumptions,” offers Dr. Myriam Miedzian, social
philosopher, author, and Co-Founder of Prepare
Tomorrow’s Parents, “is that teaching a skill in school
is the best way for a child to learn it. Isn't it strange that the most
important and difficult task so many people face - raising children - goes
untaught? By making both boys and girls aware of the importance and complexity
of child rearing, classes could bring down teenage pregnancy rates, reduce the
number of deadbeat dads, and promote caring, responsible mothering and
fathering. Regardless of how much detail these boys and girls remember by the
time they become parents, the class has imbued them with a deep sense of the
reality of parenting, of the sacrifices and demands as well as the joys.”
Prepare
Tomorrow’s Parents invites parents, teachers and all adults who care about
children to visit us at www.preparetomorrowsparents.org year-round for ideas for
activities that have been posted for Preparing Tomorrow’s Parents month.
These include simple and engaging steps to take at home, as well as
classroom-ready learning experiences for use by parents, teachers, and youth
leaders from Brownies and Boy Scouts to faith-based youth groups. The website
also lists Family and Consumer Sciences contact information, and over a dozen
flexible independent Parenting Education programs that are already available to
schools.
Founder
Chevrier concludes, "Parenting is not a hobby. It’s the most
important work most of us will ever do. Let’s not leave our
grandchildren’s future to chance." To learn more about the benefits
of Parenting Education for young people and the programs available, visit www.preparetomorrowsparents.org
or call 1-888-PARENTS.
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Prepare Tomorrow's Parents is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating
Parenting Education for children and teenagers. Our goal is to bring parenting,
nurturing and relationship skills education to all children and teens to
improve the quality of parenting in the next generation while creating caring
classroom environments that facilitate learning. Through identifying and
promoting programs, inspiring efforts, advising proponents, and providing
resources and public education, Prepare Tomorrow's Parents works toward
a society in which every child is well nurtured and parenting is a valued
occupation undertaken only by prepared adults.
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