Show Parenting Classes Classes- Improve Family Relationships Teach Parents How to Use Love Logic and Win Win Tami Chubbuck 1 Contributor WHERES S 'S my baseball Wheres Where's my baseball glove When Beth son would ask her these questions she used to get frustrated with him completed a parenting parenting parenting parent parent- ing class at to improve her communication skills with her son She used to scream when her son would depend on her to know where he had left his toys Now shean she an answers ers her son calmly and shifts the responsibility back to him Parenting with Love Loye and Logic is a week six-week course took to help with problem solving thinking responsibility of children hildren and control issues The course is offered free through the drug and alcohol pro pro- gram The next course will begin January 19 and wi will be held every Wednesday from 1230 pm p.m. to 1 30 pm p.m. at said the control issues issues is issues is- is sues were very important for her to learn and understand because she had a hard time keeping calm caIrn with her son The control issues taught to take a deep breath and rel relax before she ans answers ers any qU questions her son might ask If you change your reaction to their comments it changes their behavior and makes y you different as a parent said By changing her comments and tone of ot voice her son has learned to have ha more respect for her Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore and her son dont don't argue as much as they used toI to I have to let my son be a kid He doesn't have to be perfect all the time tinier said She learned how to explore different al alternatives such as leaving the responsibility of remembering where her son put his toys up to him By working and sharing ideas with others was able to learn parenting guides from her on hands-on experience and class participation participation par participation par par- at said communication skills acquired with this class are not limited to the immediate family but can be beneficial with coworkers coworkers coworkers co- co workers other students s and personal personal personal per per- relationships f We use the win win approach to parenting said Marie Shepard the teacher of Parenting with Love and Logic Shepard said this approach approach ap ap- ap- ap teaches parents to solve the problem in their head before they start yelling at their children Sh She said if your child st starts accusing you of putting their baseball bat somewhere you calmly say Where did you leave it last Maybe it is still there By making your ch child d become responsible to where she he left their baseball bat they will become more respectful toward you as a parent Shepard said Some parents take the parenting course course before they even have children One of them is Nicole Long a student at who is seven months pregnant with her first child She said she wants to have a good relationship with her child as it grows I II want to know how to communicate cate with my children Long said aid She said the parenting course has made her realize that she needs to be patient with her children and let them become responsible on their own Ill want to do everything g I can for them but I have learned tl that t I cant can't jump at everything they want me to Long said In the parenting course because she has learned to feel better about herself and is ready to help her child become a responsible ible person personas as s he she he e grows rows |