[HCCN] PR: Connection Parenting in Ellsworth

[Candy Eaton]

February 3, 2011, FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE...............................................................................*a 
pdf poster is available upon request*
CONTACT:/Candy Eaton, Program Director
Downeast Children's Council, a program of Downeast Health Services Inc.
52 Christian Ridge Road, Ellsworth, ME  04605/
/207-667-5304, ext. 261; //children at downeasthealth.org/ 
<mailto:children at downeasthealth.org>*__*

*_"Connection Parenting Series Offered"_*

The Downeast Children's Council and Maine Families Hancock County, 
programs of Downeast Health Services Inc, will be presenting a FREE 
4-week series beginning Tuesday, March 1^st on "Connection 
Parenting".This weekly series is for parents and guardians of pre-school 
and school-age children.

Cathy Jacobs, Maine Families Director, will lead this weekly series of 
classes on learning parenting practices which develop strong, healthy 
bonds between parents and children.This series is based on Pam Leo's 
book of the same name, "Connection Parenting".A $15 fee will be charged 
to cover the cost of the book, or you may borrow a copy from our library 
to be returned at the completion of the series.

Classes will be Tuesdays, 5:00pm-7:00pm at Downeast Health Services, 52 
Christian Ridge Road, Ellsworth.Please call Candy Eaton at 667-5304 ext. 
261, or email children at downeasthealth.org 
<mailto:children at downeasthealth.org>to register by February 23^rd 
.Everyone is welcome, with early registration appreciated.We recommend 
that you read the first 40 pages of the book prior to the first class.

"Connection parenting is parenting through connection instead of 
coercion, through love instead of fear" ^Pam Leo .Connection Parenting 
recognizes that securing and maintaining a healthy parent-child bond is 
our primary work as parents and the key to our children's optimal human 
development.Our effectiveness as parents is in direct proportion to the 
strength of the bond we have with our child.Connection Parenting 
promotes parenting practices that support a strong, healthy parent-child 
bond.

Connection parenting is proactive and focuses on ways to maintain and 
increase the parent-child bond/connection.Connection parenting is an 
ideal, a navigation star we can look to for guidance.Even if we can't 
parent in the most nurturing ways all the time, the more often that we 
can, the more our children will get what they need, and the better they 
will be able to weather the times when we parent in less nurturing ways.

Downeast Health Services Inc provides for the health, safety, and 
well-being of children and their families in Downeast Maine.Maine 
Families provides universal home visits to families with their first 
baby.Please contact the Downeast Children's Council to learn about other 
parenting classes and workshops available in your community or visit our 
Parent Resource Library at 52 Christian Ridge Road, Ellsworth.You may 
visit our website at www.downeasthealth.org 
<http://www.downeasthealth.org>for additional information on child 
safety and family educational resources available or contact Candy Eaton 
at 667-5304 ext. 261 or email children at downeasthealth.org 
<mailto:children at downeasthealth.org>.



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