FREE Parent Workshops: Guiding Good Choices

Parenting tweens and teens is tough and important ... but you don't have to go it alone! JOIN US for five interactive workshops that will assist you.   WHAT IT IS:   Guiding good choices is an interactive series of five workshops designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 9-14. The program works with parents and caregivers to explore the challenges and skills in navigating our adolescents through these important and challenging years. Participants work together and with a certified facilitator to identify opportunities to reduce family conflict, build family bonds, establish clear and consistent guidelines and teach children skills to resist peer influence. The program will help to improve parent-child interactions, reduce adolescent substance abuse and reduce symptoms of depression in teens. In fact young adults whose parents attended Guiding Good Choices are: • 11% less likely to have alcohol related problems • 11% less likely to smoke cigarettes • 16% less likely to use illicit drugs • 10% more likely to be free of all measured substance abuse problems   WHEN: Thursday evenings from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM April 4, 11, 18, 25 May 2, 2013 WHERE: St. Mary's County Government, Potomac Building, Room 14 COST: FREE! These workshops and all materials will be provided at not cost, along with light dinner, snacks, and refreshments HOW TO REGISTER: Please call the Department of Aging and Human Services, Matthew Reisdorph at 301-475-4200, ext. 1681