Parent education classes and family support initiatives are growing in popularity. Professionals providing parent education programs and resources include parent educators, teachers, counselors, psychiatrists, ministers, parents, extension personnel, nurses, doctors, law enforcement professionals and social workers. Families today are mobile and often do not live close to familial support systems that used to provide information and support for parents. Our culture has changed and the needs of parents and children are different.
Most mothers are now in the workforce.
Television and the Internet have introduced ideas and lifestyles that are often in conflict with parental values. These issues have created changes in parenting. Parent education can provide the support and information that parents want and need. Parent education assists parents in increasing their skills and success in childrearing. Funding sources should be provided for parent education and requirements that parent education and parent involvement programs be included in legislative packages for education, juvenile justice, and protective services should be considered.