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Why Should I Take a Parenting Class?
- You'll gain access to a tried and tested program developed over many years at the Early Childhood Development Center in New York City.
- We’ll help you monitor the development of your child’s communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal-social skills.
- Every parent needs a weekly forum to discuss their current challenges and find reliable advice from others who are in the same boat!
- Unlike playgroups, we truly focus on the issues you are facing and provide relevant research.
- While family and friends are usually well-intentioned, they are often unaware of current parenting opinions and research.
- Many new moms don't have family nearby, as was the case for earlier generations.
- Considerable research has been done on the importance of a child's early years, yet little of this knowledge actually reaches the parents.
- Our society trains people for every type of work. Isn't parenting the most important job of all?!
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What's in a Parenting Class?
Each week, we discuss age-appropriate topics, such as
- Establishing a schedule for your baby
- Giving your baby a sense of trust
- Ways to stimulate your baby
- Understanding attachment and separation issues
- Highlights of your child's development
- Mother's and Father's feelings about parenting
- Recognizing and enhancing baby's sense of mastery
- Understanding development of motor, communication, and socialization skills
- Setting limits and the beginning of conscience
- Introducing solids and providing healthy choices
- The need for toys, games, and activities
- Differences between discipline and punishment
- Sharing and possessiveness
- Spacing of and reasons for additional children
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