{"id":69665,"date":"2016-02-03T14:40:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=69665"},"modified":"2016-02-03T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T23:56:15","slug":"palmdale-to-host-effective-black-parenting-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/02\/03\/palmdale-to-host-effective-black-parenting-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale to host \u201cEffective Black Parenting Program\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-69666\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Happy-black-family.jpg\" alt=\"Happy black family\" width=\"288\" height=\"241\" \/>PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale will host the award-winning <i>Effective Black Parenting Program <\/i>at its Yucca Neighborhood House, beginning Monday, Feb. 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registration is required as space is limited. Call Eddy Faison at 213-222-3306 to register.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Effective Black Parenting Program <\/i>is approved by the Department of Child &amp; Family Services (DCFS) and is geared towards parents, foster parents, grandparents, caregivers and relatives raising African-American children ages 4 through 12.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the DCFS, Children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Effective Black Parenting Program <\/i>aims to foster:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective family communication;<\/li>\n<li>Healthy African-American identity;<\/li>\n<li>Extended family values;<\/li>\n<li>Child growth and development; and<\/li>\n<li>Positive Self-Esteem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <i>Effective Black Parenting Program<\/i> also uses African proverbs to teach a series of parenting strategies and skills, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The pyramid of success for black children;<\/li>\n<li>How to prevent drug abuse;<\/li>\n<li>Pride in blackness;<\/li>\n<li>How to praise effectively;<\/li>\n<li>Modern black self-discipline;<\/li>\n<li>How to use special incentives;<\/li>\n<li>Family rule guidelines;<\/li>\n<li>How to confront effectively;<\/li>\n<li>The thinking parent\u2019s approach;<\/li>\n<li>How to ignore effectively;<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s developing abilities; and<\/li>\n<li>How to use chit-chat times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on CICC\u2019s <i>Effective Black Parenting Program<\/i>, contact Eddy Faison at 213-222-3306.<\/p>\n<h5><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 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. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}