Family planning services and quality prenatal, natal and postnatal care should be easily available. All children should be immunized against preventable disease. Interventions for families coping with substance abuse should be therapeutic and family-supportive. Schools should be centers of learning for all children. Developmentally appropriate education should be afforded to all children.
Parents are the primary teachers of their children.
A partnership between parents and schools should be promoted and encouraged. Communities and governments have the obligation to support parents in their role as educators by providing parenting education, child care and early childhood education. Education systems should support families by offering full access to early childhood education, education for special needs children and educational opportunities for adults. School districts should meet Arkansas goals and strive to meet the national education goals. All schools should establish discipline policies that preclude corporal punishment.