Re: Parenting education in schools is long overdue
Recently the Ontario Coalition for Mandatory Parenting Education wrote a letter advocating mandatory parenting education for all high-school students and for the teaching of effective and prepared parenting concepts in both elementary and secondary school curricula. Read our letter to the Toronto Star in support of this initative. (more…)
You’ve seen them everywhere, the T-shirts kids wear that say things like ‘World’s Best Mommy’ or ‘Born to be Bad’. They’re cute, and they’re funny. Now imagine if those shirts said something else. How about ‘Protect me, teach me, encourage me, educate me’? Or ‘Don’t hurt me because you’re angry…you may forget tomorrow but I will remember for years to come’? Those are the sayings behind Empowered Voice of a Child, which creates T-shirts emblazoned with phrases that teach and support positive parenting skills. Read the whole article at empoweredtshirts.pdf
“Overall it was a good teamwork experience and I learned a lot.”- Young artist
Our central office recently got a lot more colourful. Thanks to the creativity and skill of a group of youth from PARC (Pape Adolescent Resource Centre) and Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre we now have a mural designed specifically for our youth centre. (more…)
