Parent education in Canada: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. (Features: Dossiers).

From: Canadian Home Economics Journal | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Skrypnek, Berna J. | Copyright information

Abstract

Parent education in Canada today includes a wide range of programs, supports, and resources to assist parents with parenting. This article reviews the history of parent education in Canada, describes the current scene, and identifies directions for future development of parent education policy and programming. Parent education and support programs have grown out of three distinct movements in Canada: home economics, public health and child welfare, and early chi...

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