Parenting class provides a fresh start for families

The Children & Family Resource Center offers some opportunities for those of you who are parenting young children to gain a fresh start in 2019. Years ago, I was struggling to parent a child who was whining. I was talking about an episode at work one morning when my boss (a far more experienced mother) looked at me and stated that if the whining wasn’t working, it wouldn’t continue to be a problem. The truth stung.
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