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United Family Services
601 East Fifth Street, Suite 400
Charlotte NC 28202
Phone: 704.332.9034
Fax: 704.373.1604 info@ufsclt.org |
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UFS Helps Parents Learn How to Manage their Children’s Behavior
For many parents, disciplining their children can seem like a daunting task. How do you deal with a child who talks back? Or one who refuses to follow your rules?
Fortunately, there are techniques available to help parents learn how to manage their children’s behavior through positive discipline.
“It’s so important not to feel like you are the only parent struggling with your child’s behavior,” said Mrna Dibble, a Counseling and Education social worker at United Family Services.
In January, UFS began a partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to offer a series of parenting classes through the school district’s Parent University.
Parent University was developed by CMS to help increase parents’ ability to support their children’s academic success and well-being.
This spring, the program is offering more than 60 course topics that include Internet and cyber safety, building study skills and avoiding homework headaches, and transitioning to kindergarten, middle school and high school.
The free classes are offered to parents, grandparents, and caretakers of CMS students who want to take on an active role in their children’s educational experience. And the classes are held at various CMS school sites from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
At the beginning of each class, Dibble said, she asks the participants to compose a list of what they hope for and how they define discipline.
“There’s a fear that we’re going to tell people what to do and that’s not what the class is about at all,” she said. “It’s a solution-focus, fun, and interactive time to learn new skills.”
Dibble said the idea behind the parenting classes was created at the agency to help parents develop working strategies to discipline their children without yelling or spanking.
“We develop practical solutions using natural and logical consequences for misbehavior and we help families help their children think about their behavior,” Dibble said. “Parents are teachers and we need to teach our children how to think. We want our children to think before they act.”
Dibble added that bad behavior, such as showing a lack of respect for others, can affect a child’s conduct at school. However, those behaviors can be corrected.
“Parents have to be patient with that process,” she said. “Your child is not the worst child in the world. They will solve the problem and they will grow up.”
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