Giving you the tools needed to address common challenges with your children is the goal of the Positive Parenting Program, which will return this fall courtesy of the Door County Partnership for Children and Families. The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program uses over three decades of data to create strategies to help parents address frustrating moments like temper tantrums, bedtime and mealtime struggles, homework and chores, lying and swearing, and bullying. In partnership with the United Way of Door County, the Door County Partnership for Children and Families introduced the program two years ago to help parents feel more confident in raising their kids. Community Impact Coordinator Chad Welch said at the program's launch that it teaches parents to be proactive by reinforcing positive behaviors rather than reacting to negative ones.

Welch will offer the Triple P classes at Sawyer Elementary School in Sturgeon Bay on September 24th (Power of Positive Parenting), October 22nd (Raising Competent, Confident Children), and November 25th (Raising Resilient Children). The classes run from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., and a meal and child care are provided. You must register by clicking this link by September 13th.