Parents Forever: Pathways to a New Life Educator Guide
Topic
Essential Elements For A New Life
Purpose
To review with parents changes that need to be made in order to move on from divorce
Instructions
- Display Overhead "Essential Elements For A New Life"
- Discuss these elements with parents. Remind them that cultivating each element is a process, and that parents
sometimes find themselves going two steps forward and one step back.
- Emphasize that making each of these elements a part of their lives is a slow process that requires patience and time.
- Refer parents to Parent Handbook, "Letting Go," "Redefining Parental Roles," and "Developing New Social Ties."
Overhead
Essential Elements For A New Life
- Letting go
- Redefining parental roles
- Developing new social ties
About the Parents Forever Program
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