Parent Cafe
Love Is Not Enough Parent Cafés are part of Strengthening Families Illinois’ parent-led public awareness campaign, Love Is Not Enough to Keep Your Family Strong. Parent Cafés are a vehicle for parents to have their own conversations about the things that keep their families strong—because keeping families strong is the same as preventing abuse and neglect, and parents are responsible for keeping their children safe.
Love Is Not Enough Parent Cafés are a way for parents to engage other parents in building six Protective Factors:
- 1. Parent Resilience: Be strong and flexible
2. Social Connections: Parents need friends
3. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development: Being a great parent is part natural and part learned
4. Concrete Support in Times of Need: We all need help sometimes
5. Social and Emotional Competence of Children: Parents need to help their children communicate
6. Healthy Parent-Child Relationships: Give your children the love and respect they need
Parent Cafés take place at early childhood centers and in other friendly environments. Over the course of three evenings, parents discuss three separate themes:
- 1. Taking Care of Yourself
2. Being a Strong Parent
3. Building Strong Relationships with Your Children
These themes incorporate all of the Protective Factors and provide a way for parents to apply them to their own families. Hosting and facilitating Love Is Not Enough Parent Cafés requires in-depth training and ongoing development. Below is some basic information about Love Is Not Enough Parent Cafés.
if you are interested in learning more about training or bringing Love Is Not Enough Parent Cafes to your program.
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