United Way offers April conscious discipline session
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- United Way Success by 6 is offering parents, guardians, caregivers and childcare monthly sessions on conscious discipline.
The next session on the series will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 in the Wyatt Park Christian Fellowship Church Fellowship Hall, located at 2623 Mitchell Ave.
Beth Curry, Chastity St. Louis and Quinci Stewart with Community Action Partnership Head Start will share principles of conscious discipline.
The April session, If I Could Only Find the Right Consequence: Secrets and Myths about Effective Consequences, will cover how the skill of empathy is needed to teach children how to cope with disappointment and minimize whining, foot stomping and back talk.
Attendees will learn how to access their empathy, strengthen empathy in children and help them build a strong internal compass.
Child care professionals in attendance will receive 1.5 Missouri Clock Hours Child Care Licensing credit for attending.
To register, go to stjosephunitedway.org/sb6parents. For more information, contact Bobbie Cronk at United Way, (816) 364-2381 or email bobbie.cronk@stjosephunitedway.org.
Learn more about Conscious Discipline at consciousdiscipline.com.
