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| 2031 - Nurturing Parenting | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2031.6) | 278 |
Number of individuals (parents and caregivers) reporting improved personal growth |
| 2031.7) | 381 |
Number of individuals (parents and caregivers) reporting improved personal knowledge (such as developmental stages of a child, techniques to encourage positive development, positive discipline techniques for children, healthy ways to promote children’s success in schools, and signs of abuse and neglect) |
| 2031.8) | 299 |
Number of individuals (parents and caregivers) reporting improved personal skills (such as skills to prepare child for life; use positive discipline techniques; use of empathy, concrete support and proper family rules; effective self-care techniques) |
| 2031.9) | 310 |
Number of people (families) who reported using preventative and positive discipline techniques in response to child’s misbehavior, and setting and enforcing logical consequences for children’s behaviors |
| 2031.10) | 275 |
Number of parents and/or caregivers who practice effective parenting skills, such as parental empathy, proper ways of establishing family rules, and concrete support to their child, to develop a sense of self-worth |
| 2031.11) | 275 |
Number of parents and/or caregivers who accessed community resources when needed |
Author: Tracy Cowles
Major Program: Nurturing Parenting
According to the 2018 Kids Count County Data Book, Butler County has 2,905 children between the ages of 0-17, with 259 of them living in out of home care. To begin with, children need safe homes and loving families in order to thrive. When children cannot remain in their parents’ care – due to parental substance abuse, incarceration, or child maltreatment – grandparents, other relatives or foster care homes often step up to raise them. This has become even more true as the addi
