Parenting
Online courses:
Parenting in the Age of Overindulgence online course
Developed in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension, this free online course guides parents in ways to minimize overindulgence and improve family relationships. The course includes five "Take and Teach" modules professionals can use to assist parents and caregivers.
Parenting with a Good Heart online course
Developed in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension, this free online course guides parents in ways to parent with "a good heart" while avoiding overindulging children. This course's research-based information will be useful for parents looking for guidance to raise responsible, accountable children.
Visit the Parenting with a Good Heart online course at the University of Minnesota website
Developmental Parenting Highway online course
Developed in collaboration with University of Minnesota Extension, this free online course provides parents, teachers, and professionals who work with children research-based information on the concept of a "developmental parenting highway," and how to stay in the middle of that road rather than fall into the "ditches" of overindulgence.
Visit the Developmental Parenting Highway online course at the University of Minnesota website
Video Courses
Let's Talk About Discipline
Parenting can be hard, we can all use new ideas or strategies along this journey. Montana State Extension and University of Minnesota Extension have partnered together to develop brief videos with strategies for parenting and caregivers for all ages based on the current parenting research.
Let's Talk About Discipline
Creating a Safe Space for Exploration
Modeling Tricky Situations
Responsibility
Request Parenting Information
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