This free program held at the Reading Hospital, offers parents 5 basic parenting tools necessary to nurture the qualities and values that they would like to give to their children. Parents will also discover what is important in creating a happy, productive family, while taking the struggle out of parenting and putting the joy back in. The class is designed to benefit anyone from a new parent to a more seasoned one. The parenting skills learned will help to increase children's cooperative behavior, success in school, and their ability to make good choices while strengthening family bonds. Parents learn how to move from reactive to proactive parenting while becoming aware of how this new parenting style can positively effect their children's values, behavior, and lives.
Child care is available.
Berks Counseling Center. This program, funded and supported by the Council on Chemical Abuse and the Department of Health, offers a parenting program for teen mothers and fathers. Meetings incorporate both education and parenting skills training as well as a supportive environment in which teen moms and dads can socialize and share their experiences with one another. This program is funded as a substance abuse prevention effort and includes a strong focus on teen parents remaining drug and alcohol free. Check to see if child care is available.