The Osage Nation Childcare program is excited to get these classes back underway. The response in the first two series of classes has been overwhelming! Last session found us with a waiting list of people trying to get in. It is a wonderful curriculum and is going to give our parents we serve a very rare opportunity to heal and work on their families. What can be more exciting than building a long lasting healthy family. This program will provide the tools to help do that as well as help rebuild a broken family. So many parents don’t know where to turn when communication is lost between them and their children, they don’t know the correct and proper way to discipline their children without hurting them physically and/or emotionally. We are truly excited about the opportunity to share this program with the public. It provides such a wonderful set of tools that parents of today can use and their children can relate and understand the tools we give the parents. It works!

Attendance, dinner and childcare is still free of charge. (Childcare spots have to be reserved 24 hours in advance). There is a new development this time which is each parent has to purchase a $15 workbook for the series. Don’t fret, some scholarships are available so be sure to ask one of our facilitators about criteria for qualifying. Classes are held at the Osage Nation Head Start building located at 15th & Grandview, Pawhuska, OK 74056.

Some of what the Nurturing Parenting Program touches on is discipline, morals, values, family rules, praise, nurturing touch, empathy, why parents spank, understanding and handling stress, choices and consequences, recognizing feelings, “I” vs. “You” statements, Helping Kids Handle Feelings, Problem Solving, anger/rules for fair fighting, criticism and confrontation, bodies, sex, touch and personal space, families/alcohol/drugs and many more topics in between. The scope of this curriculum is so much broader and it touches on the actual problems that families face today.