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Nurturing Parenting Programs ® (NPP) have been used by Brighter Beginnings since 1998 and build on the foundation that parenting is learned. Two of the agency’s three Family Support Centers currently offer group activities that use the NPP curricula and all focus on increasing parental competence.  Parents are ultimately their children’s first and most important teachers and advocates.

The NPP curriculum’s objectives include stopping intergenerational cycles of child abuse by building nurturing parenting skills, reducing the rate of juvenile delinquency among high-risk youth, reducing rate of alcohol abuse in high-risk families and lowering the rate of pregnancies among teenage girls.

Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D. is recognized for his work in promoting nurturing parenting attitudes and skills for the prevention and treatment of child abuse.  During the past 27 years he has authored and validated family-based parenting programs, instructional aides and training materials to enhance the lives of individuals and families through nurturing.  Dr. Bavolek is president of Family Development Resources and Executive Director of the Family Nurturing Centers, International.  Additional information is available at www.nurturingparenting.com or by calling 800.688.5822.

Brighter Beginnings Presents is a series of quarterly community education events and expands the 2008 Lunch and Lecture series.  The series was renamed to reflect the expanded scope of the series and the focus on presenting world-renowned experts to address issues facing East Bay communities such as poverty and child welfare.

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