So I've never told it to my child. That's where we had to start. As the sessions went on, the participants often became so close that they didn't want the classes to end. Some participants of classes continue to support each other in self-help groups. That was great because their children saw that their parents were disciplining themselves to do something with their lives.
Some sessions are touchy.
I remember one on spanking, which is a very sensitive subject, especially for African American parents. Two or three weeks later the woman stopped arguing and started listening. She told us a child had been taken away from her because of child abuse. And she had just found her first paying job.