Instead of having grandchildren come for a visit, many grandparents are raising their grandchildren. According to the 1990 United States Census Bureau, more than three million children are living with their grandparents. This represents a 40-50 percent increase over the past ten years. Participants in the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program will learn about the demographics, burdens and satisfactions as well as other issues affecting grandparents who provide care for their grandchildren. The Cloverbuds program helps to build confident kids.
Children can explore art, plants, animals, science, and their environment.
The learning activities are based on sound child development principles, and on fostering basic values like cooperation, teamwork, and communication. This workshop will focus on factors that promote positive discipline, effective communication in discipline, and consequences. Participants will engage in interactive exercises that promote discussion of their own experiences, successes, and concerns. Participants will leave with an increased awareness of their own ideas about the purpose of parenting and reflect on newly defined goals for positive discipline.