And ultimately, these skills build self-esteem and open communication, helping to prevent abuse within the family network. The Parent Guidance Center believes that prevention begins with the parent and the small child. The PGC helps adults parent respectfully and effectively-clearly prevention and education are far more cost efficient than treating the symptoms of dysfunction after they have boiled to the surface and threatened our schools and communities. Families Families are changing and along with that change comes more and more blame. Community needs often focus only on the poor and the disenfranchised, but given the past school killings, it is clear that middle and upper class families are not exempt from the need for help.
Every parent needs help at one time or another.
Many families shield dysfunction within their family walls. Everyone could use more help in listening to their children, communicating more respectfully, and teaching responsibility and accountability. The PGC does not tell parents the right way to parent. We believe parents do know how to parent, but many learned habits and retained past experiences often block natural tendencies. The PGC teaches parents skills for responding instead of reacting to their children so that their children, in turn, will learn to do the same.