For Parents
Learn more about these key ideas:

• Parents are the most important teachers their children have
• Parent education does make better parents
• Parenting is a learned skill that can be improved
• The parent-child relationship is part of many social and cultural systems
• Both the parent and the child have needs that should be met

 For Educators
Develop your skills:

• Parents are primary teachers of their children
• Parent education is more effective when parents are active participants in and contributors to their parent education programs
• The goal of parent education is strengthening and educating the parent or caregiver so that he or she is better able to facilitate the development of caring, competent, and healthy children

Permission to reproduce the National Extension Parent Education Model and the National Extension Parenting Educators Framework have been generously provided by the authors.

References:

Smith, C. A., Cudaback, D., Goddard, H. W., & Myers-Walls, J. A. (1994). National Extension Parent Education Model. Manhattan, KS: Kansas Cooperative Extension System.

Debord, K., Goddard, H. W., & Myers-Walls, J. A., Bower, D., Mulroy, M., Kirby, J., Ozretich, R. A., & Kobbe, A. M. (2002). National Extension Parenting Educators’ Framework. Cooperative Extension System.