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Palmdale to host “Effective Black Parenting Program”

by The AV Times Staff • February 3, 2016

Happy black familyPALMDALE – The city of Palmdale will host the award-winning Effective Black Parenting Program at its Yucca Neighborhood House, beginning Monday, Feb. 8.

The classes will be held on Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Feb. 8 through May 16, at 503 East Avenue Q-3 in Palmdale.

Registration is required as space is limited. Call Eddy Faison at 213-222-3306 to register.

The Effective Black Parenting Program is approved by the Department of Child & Family Services (DCFS) and is geared towards parents, foster parents, grandparents, caregivers and relatives raising African-American children ages 4 through 12.

Sponsored by the DCFS, Children’s Bureau, and Department of Mental Health, the nationally-acclaimed parenting skill-building program was created by the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (CICC). It teaches parents and others how to raise African-American children to become healthy, proud and capable adults.

The Effective Black Parenting Program aims to foster:

  • Effective family communication;
  • Healthy African-American identity;
  • Extended family values;
  • Child growth and development; and
  • Positive Self-Esteem.

The Effective Black Parenting Program also uses African proverbs to teach a series of parenting strategies and skills, including:

  • The pyramid of success for black children;
  • How to prevent drug abuse;
  • Pride in blackness;
  • How to praise effectively;
  • Modern black self-discipline;
  • How to use special incentives;
  • Family rule guidelines;
  • How to confront effectively;
  • The thinking parent’s approach;
  • How to ignore effectively;
  • Children’s developing abilities; and
  • How to use chit-chat times.

For more information on CICC’s Effective Black Parenting Program, contact Eddy Faison at 213-222-3306.

[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]

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7 comments for "Palmdale to host “Effective Black Parenting Program”"

  1. AVer in Idaho says

    February 4, 2016 at 5:06 pm

    By the very nature of its title, isn’t this program racist? Black people can’t parent? White people can’t attend?

  2. JimBob says

    February 3, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Effective is not having 5 kids with 5 different dads…. have kids that you can afford to raise without government support…. is that going to be discussed…..? that is for all people, as color is a none issue for me, effective parenting starts before sex!

    • Tim Scott says

      February 3, 2016 at 8:48 pm

      LOL…hey, my racism is showing! Better throw in a quick “color is a non issue for me” that only I will believe but will make me feel better.

    • D. Duke says

      February 3, 2016 at 8:52 pm

      Did you write and design Rex’s hit mailer that cllwdJohnathan Ervin a gang candidate? Uncanny similarity.

    • Now What? says

      February 4, 2016 at 4:01 pm

      I know many non black’s who have multiple kids by multiple men… God forbid black people for attempting to find positivity in this valley. Let’s discuss all the non black children in the foster system, or all the non blacks not on public assistance. Trust me, if blacks were the only race that needed public assistance there would be ‘no’ public assistance.

      • Kay says

        February 4, 2016 at 4:29 pm

        You’re right about that!

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