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What is the Parents Forever program?
Goal of the program
Cost of the workshop
How to register
Workshop schedule

 

What is the Parents Forever Program?

Parents Forever is a four-hour parenting workshop for parents who are divorced or in the process of divorce. This program, led by trained facilitators, will help parents understand the impact of divorce on their children and provide specific concrete actions that parents can take to help their children. It is not a counseling or therapy session, but focuses on what to do and how to help children during and after divorce. It will enhance the skills that parents now have to deal with their children with issues raised in the divorce process.

"Two weekends a month, every Wednesday, six weeks in the summer and every other holiday." -- It sounds like a recipe for fairness, but few are happy with the product. The problem for the courts has been and still is what solution is in the best interest of the children and what is the most equitable custody arrangements for the parents?

Most children undergoing divorce have some negative experience. The majority of children experience difficulty in several significant areas including factors relating to the quality of the children's relationship to their parents and their environment. Parents are the only ones with the power to lessen the pain of divorce for their children. A divorce will separate a husband and wife, but not a parent and child. Children will never lose a parent who chooses to stay active in their life.

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Goal of the program

The goal of this workshop is to benefit children whose parents are divorcing by working directly with the parents in an educational setting. Workshop topics include:

	Children's reaction to divorce based on their developmental level
	Helpful behaviors from parents that will assist children in transition
	Effective communication with children

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Cost of the workshop

Cost of the workshop is $55. All participants may request a partial scholarship of $35 on the registration form.

Final cost per participant to attend the workshop is $20.

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How to register

Parents may not attend the same workshop. Registration forms and additional Parents Forever workshop information is available at the Stark-Billings County Extension Office

Also see: registration form

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2008 Workshop Schedule (all times Mountain)

Monday, August 4	5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Monday, September 15	5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 18	9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Monday, November 17	5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 20	9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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The NDSU Extension Service offers its programs and facilities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, handicap, age, Vietnam Era Status, or sexual orientation; and are an equal opportunity employer. Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the Stark-Billings County Extension Office at (701) 456-7665.