The Thousand Oaks Police Department will be offering a free parenting class on Thursday evenings for ten weeks starting on September 12, 2013. The classes will run from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM and be held at the Conejo Unified School District Offices located at 1400 E. Janss Road in Thousand Oaks.
The Parent Project® is a national parenting skills workshop. The program provides activity-based instruction, support groups, and curriculum addressing the most destructive adolescent behavior.
In today’s society, children have several obstacles, bad influences, and distractions. Raising children is not easy. Children sometimes engage in harmful behaviors fueled by negative influences including alcohol, gangs, and peer pressure.
In furtherance of our commitment to the community, Parents with difficult, defiant, or problematic children are encouraged to attend; however, all parents of middle and high school students will also benefit from this course. Our goal is to give parents guidance and to develop more successful children. We are excited to offer these sessions and truly wish to support parents and offer strategies to deal with difficult children.
The classroom instruction will consists of ways to address drugs, sex, gangs, poor grades, runaways and violence. Additional content includes guidance in gaining children’s compliance of house rules, how to never argue with your child again, and how to use other parents for support. Additional information can be reviewed at www.parentproject.com.
If you are interested or know someone who maybe interested you are encouraged to register online on the Parent Project website or by calling Senior Deputy Tim Lohman at (805) 371-8362 to reserve your spot.
