A video-based parenting education curriculum Developed by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the University of Minnesota Extension Service, College of Human Ecology, and the Humphrey Institute's Project Future.

Nurturing and guiding children are the primary tasks of parents.  Guidance requires discipline on occasion, and one of the most perplexing aspects of parenting is the use of physical punishment, or spanking.

"Positive Parenting" is a video-based parenting education curriculum focusing on the consequences of physical punishment and offering parents alternative ways to nurture and discipline their children.

Positive Parenting consists of six lesson units - each consisting of a video segment and parent handouts.  The curriculum is intended especially for parents of pre-school and  elementary school age children.

The programs are offered by Oconto County UW-Extension,
Schools Districts of Oconto and Oconto Falls

This workshop is designed to help you:

Learn positive parenting skills

Meet and talk with other parents

Share practical ideas and real-life experiences

Have fun!

Topics Covered At The Workshop

1. Parenting Tools - Overviews an array of alternative discipline tools.

2. Respect - Offers ways for parents to help their children develop empathy, respect and compassion. Urges parents to model respectful and cooperative behavior for their children.

3. Attention - Emphasizes the importance of attention as a positive force in child discipline, urges parents to "catch their children being good," distinguishes between evaluative praise and descriptive praise.

4. Responsibility - Offers ways for parents to help their children develop responsibility and some perspectives on overindulgence and spoiling.

5. Monitoring - Explains the meaning and importance of monitoring (or supervision) of children and teens and offers some guidelines for monitoring.

6. Siblings - Offers parents effective ways to reduce and to handle sibling rivalry and conflict.