Teach parenting skills.
Programs for parents can include academic classes, literacy training,
career preparation, early childhood education, childrens health,
and assistance in finding helpful services in the community. When
adults become involved in parenting education, parent-child communication
improves and children with developmental delays in speech, social
skills, and other areas overcome these challenges more readily.
High-quality parenting programs engage parents early, sometimes
even before their childs birth, and focus on the critical early
years of a childs development.
A recent study of family literacy found that economically at-risk
preschool children whose parents received significant amounts of
parenting education performed better on vocabulary testan important
measure of literacythan children whose parents received little
| Combat Alcohol and Drugs | Teach Parenting Skills
| Provide Mentor Programs | Enlist Volunteers
| Offer Summer Programs | Support Preschool