Family Education Centre Offers Parenting Courses
- Patrizia Petrolo
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min read
The Family Education Centre offers parenting courses, workshops, Meet Up Groups, and book clubs throughout the Region of Peel and online to educate, inform and support
parents with effective parenting skills to raise resilient, responsible, and caring children. Since COVID-19, all services have been online, and strong partnerships throughout the community with schools, community centres, settlement services, libraries, etc., are maintained to ensure they are reaching parents where they most often connect for information. Recently, a family participated in a parenting program that was offered for families involved with Peel Children's Aid Society. This course specifically focuses on building the skills of parents for effective re-unification of parents with children, as well as monitors the use of effective parenting skills after unification to ensure parent support is consistent throughout the parent-child relationship. This family was in the process of a high-conflict separation and divorce during the COVID-19 quarantine. At the beginning of the course, the parents were hostile in their responses and interactions with each other. By week 4, they were communicating effectively and had learned to problem solve together in the best interest of their children. They began holding family meetings and significantly reduced conflict in their home. Six months later (September 2021), they report still having a civil relationship where they communicate well, problem solve effectively and the children are happily settled with little conflict between the parents. Involved in cGaming since its inception, the Family Education Centre is grateful for the funds raised at Delta Bingo & Gaming Brampton. These funds really help make a difference!
Reading about the Family Education Centre’s parenting courses really resonated with me, not just as an academic, but as someone who’s lived through the stress of juggling responsibilities. I’m currently a PhD student and also work part-time at Affordable Assignments assisting students with their academic work as one of the Professional HND Assignment Writers, and I have a deep interest in helping others because in my college days I suffered a lot from these types of hustles; I was really conscientious about my studies and about supporting my peers, yet often felt overwhelmed by balancing deadlines, expectations, and life outside the classroom. Seeing resources like these parenting courses reminds me how meaningful it is to build supportive communities that empower people…
As a current PhD student juggling research and a part-time role at Academic Editors, I truly appreciate initiatives like the Family Education Centre’s parenting courses. During my own college days, I faced significant challenges balancing academic pressures and personal responsibilities, which gives me a deep understanding of how much support can make a difference. Through my work assisting students with tasks such as Capstone paper proofreading and editing service, I’ve developed a keen interest in helping others navigate academic and personal hurdles, and I can see how structured programs for parents could provide similar guidance and confidence in managing both family and educational responsibilities.