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Fall Parenting Programs 2025
Discipline is Not a Dirty Word: Virtual Series
Thursdays: Oct 2, 16, 30 and Nov. 13
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
This is a four week program
You must register using this link
What will you learn?
Understanding Your Child
Child and brain development, temperament, and why kids misbehave.
Understanding Yourself Better
Parenting styles, co-regulation, resilience, and self-care.
Communication Strategies
Active and reflective listening, I Statements, and empathy.
Tools to Support Gentle Parenting
Five practical tips and ways to enhance your relationship with your child.
$40 per family of 2, $0 solidarity price (for those that cannot pay at this time).

Parenting a Related Child (PaRC) online series
Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County is providing an online, self-paced series to help folks in this new role understand and better equip themselves at:
- Current parenting practices
- How children exhibit trauma, grief and loss and learn ways to help them manage it
- How to navigate difficult relationships with adult biological parents
- How to manage this new role of parenting and how to gain support from others
- And More!
This online series runs from Sept. 22 to Nov. 10 and is a free program.
Register at: https://bit.ly/4mvj071
For more information, contact: Caitlin O’Brien: cmo223@cornell.edu or 845-344-1234Cornell
