What can people expect from a Parenting with Dignity session?
Quite simply, what I hope that people will get out of the visit with our Parenting with Dignity curriculum is that, whether or not they want to admit it or not, their children will make all of the big decisions in their lives. I want people to understand that this is an inescapable fact of life because when their kids make almost all of those big decisions the parents will not be physically present to make them for their kids. The question of using drugs (and contrary to what some have fooled themselves into believing, alcohol is the most dangerous drug used by teens in America) will be made by the kids because when the drug is offered the parents will not be present! Kids will also make the decision about sex. Parents could preprogram their cell phone to dial home on speed-dial and at the moment of decision they will not get a call from their children asking for advice! We want parents to understand that at the moment of making decisions what the kids will use are the ideas in their h
