Parenting isn’t easy. With love, limits, and lots of involvement, parents can have a major influence in developing happy, healthy and well-behaved children. Parenting education is the key to raising successful children, creating competent, confident parents, and building strong families and communities. We focus on parent-child communication, nurturing relationships, setting limits, and respectful discipline practices. Our parenting education materials benefit families of infants, pre-school, and school-aged children.

Our program also assists professionals who work with families. Our research- and skill-based educational materials and professional development training prepare them to educate parents to properly nurture and discipline their children.

Parenting Education Resources

	Feature
	Building Family Strengths - A Tool Kit for Families The basics every family needs to weather the hard times and make the good times even better.
	Positive Parenting Effective parenting tools and strategies that will benefit families of infants, school age children, and teenagers. For parents and parenting professionals.

	Program Hot Topics
	Resources about Responding to Disaster — How adults can share information and feelings with kids. Family Education Network — A forum with resources, research, and training for family professionals. Children Moving Between Two Households — Tips on relieving stressful transitions for kids.

Contact Information

Kathleen Olson, Family Relations Specialist Extension Regional Center, Rochester 863 30th Ave SE, Rochester, MN 55904 Email: kaolson@umn.edu Phone: 507-536-6306 Fax: 507-280-2872