Parenting with Love and Logic

Eight-week, Tuesday-evening class starting Sept. 2. It is based on the premise that raising kids who are respectful, responsible and fun to be around is easier when all the adults in their lives are on the same page. Cost is $35 per person for all 8 sessions and is open to parents and other family members such as grandparents, adult siblings, aunts and uncles. The class will give adults easy techniques to teach kids how to make good choices for themselves without lecturing, nagging or power struggles.

The class will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Our Family Services, 3830 E Bellevue St (just Northwest of Speedway and Alvernon). No childcare is provided. Call 323-1708 x 204 or email akienitz@ourfamilyservices.org to register.

Positive Parenting

Free lunchtime class for parents with kids of any age. Effective, non-aggressive parenting techniques to strengthen families, prevent violence at home, and increase safety and communication. Participants may join the group at any time, but those who attend at least five sessions will receive a certificate of completion and a gift card.  No child care is provided -- please do not bring your children. No preregistration is required.

Noon-1:30 p.m. Mondays at 3830 E. Bellevue St. Call Fran Haggerty at (520) 323-1708 ext. 206 or email fhaggerty@ourfamilyservices.org.

Honest Talk About Sex

Talking to your kids about sex is hard. But good communication and strong family bonds can help prevent your kids from becoming involved in sexual activity at an early age. Learn to talk to your kids about puberty, peer pressure, self-esteem, media messages and life goals in this FREE 7-week class open to parents/caregivers of adolescents in Pima County. Raffles, door prizes and gift cards will be given as incentives, and certificates of completion will be given.

The class will be given 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays May 27-July 8 at Every Voice in Action,
2851 N. Country Club Rd. Call 323-1708 x. 149 or email mpalmer@ourfamilyservices.org to register.

This program is made possible in part through the generosity of Every Voice in Action.

Parents of drug-using young people desperately want to help their children but often don’t know how. Their fear leads them to try to control their son or daughter’s drug use by nagging, lecturing, bribing or punishing – strategies that tend to fail.

Starting June 9, Our Family will offer Recovery Together, a twice-weekly program for parents and their drug-using or abusing teenagers that shifts the emphasis toward creating healthy conditions in the family that promote clean and sober living. Young people and parents attend the program together, learning problem-solving skills that reopen lines of communication and help broken or stressed relationships begin to heal. (If the facilitator determines a teen’s drug-use problem is more extensive, clients will be referred to an appropriate provider.) The class is open to teens ages 12 -17 and their parents (or grandparents, foster parents or other primary caregivers) and costs $25 per session per family.

The group will be held 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays starting June 9 at the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, 924 N. Alvernon Way.