Extension
It Starts With Us
| 2032 - Keys to Great Parenting | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2032.1) | 10 |
Number of individuals (parents or caregivers) reporting improved personal knowledge (such as enhanced knowledge of child’s developmental levels relative to averages, developmentally appropriate activities for different ages, health habits for themselves and their children) |
| 2032.2) | 10 |
Number of individuals (parents or caregivers) reporting improved personal skills that stimulate children’s optimum development (such as communication and literacy skills; healthy eating practices; conflict management techniques) |
| 2032.3) | 10 |
Number of people (parents or caregivers) who reported using child-rearing skills and parental self-care (such as developmentally appropriate activities for their children and practicing parenting skills and conflict management techniques to strengthen and sustain family relationships) |
| 2032.4) | 10 |
Number of parents and/or caregivers fostering the optimal development of children and tweens (6 months following the program) |
| 2032.5) | 10 |
Number of parents and/or caregivers who accessed agencies or community resources when needed |
Author: Nicole Gwishiri
Major Program: Keys to Great Parenting
Nurturing Families is one of the seven initiatives of Family and Consumer Sciences Extension in Kentucky. Parenting education is an active component of this initiative. In April of 2016, an estimated 13 percent of children in Kentucky have an incarcerated parent, nearly double the national average of seven percent, according to a survey conducted by Kentucky Youth Advocates. Another study was done that same year states that almost 20 of every 1000 children in the state were abused, according to
