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Common Sense Parenting® (CSP) is a practical, skill-based parenting program that can be applied to every family. The program’s logical strategies and easy-to-learn techniques address issues of communication, discipline, decision making, relationships, self-control and school success. These classes incorporate proven methods that were researched and developed at Boys Town, and are used in all Boys Town youth care programs. Each skill and technique parents learn can be adapted and applied to any home environment and will help build and reinforce healthy family relationships.

Common Sense Parenting® offers training for parents who want to build on their existing skills or learn new ways of dealing with their children’s difficult behaviors. CSP adapts Boys Town’s proven child-care methods for troubled children to meet the needs of just about any family. A six-session workshop (12 hours total) allows parents to learn, practice and demonstrate new parenting skills. These skills will enable them to learn to nurture their children's development and combine affection and discipline to decrease their children's negative behaviors and increase their positive behaviors.

Program components involve instruction, videotape modeling, role-playing, feedback and review. Professionally trained parent trainers teach the course and provide instruction, consultation and support. Parents are taught positive alternatives to physical punishment. The program can be used alone or as a component of a more intensive family treatment program.

Common Sense Parenting® classes help parents:

  •  Reduce children’s problem behavior
  •  Improve parent and family satisfaction
  •  Build strong, healthy relationships

Common Sense Parenting® gives parents the tools to:

  • Correct and change problem behavior
  • Minimize problems that disrupt family life
  • Raise responsible, caring children

This six-week class teaches parents valuable skills, including how to:

  •    Communicate effectively
  •    Avoid power struggles
  •    Give positive attention
  •    Control your emotions
  •    Balance discipline with affection
  •    Praise your child’s good behavior
  •    Be a better, more engaged and caring parent

For more information about Common Sense Parenting®, contact Jane Fry at 402-498-1059 or jane.fry@boystown.org.