Kansas State reached more than 3,500 parents directly through workshops and another 4,000 through a self-study program. About 98 percent of participants said they learned more about discipline, and 75 percent of those who began the program with moderate confidence said they learned new options for dealing with problem behavior. Ohio State reached 29,300 parents with its program, and about 90 percent reported that the information will improve their parenting. When I couldn't help my family, I lost my self-esteem. You gave it back to me, and now my family is back on track.
Programs also are ongoing in Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.
By the book. A program in Kansas will help raise a generation of readers. Targeted to parents of newborns and young children, the Raise a Reader Program includes ideas on instilling reading habits at anarly age and information about how to choose books. More than 3,000 parents were reached, with 93 percent saying they were more likely to read to their children as a result. Better food, bigger babies.