Active Parenting Now
for parents of children ages 5 to 12

by Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D.

Get ready for a powerful tool to help today's busy families. Active Parenting Now is the revision of our award-winning Active Parenting Today program. Designed for parents of children ages 5 to 12, Active Parenting Now helps you teach parents how to raise responsible, cooperative children who are prepared to meet the challenges of the teen years.

Written by Active Parenting Publishers founder and president Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D., this comprehensive new parenting program retains everything that was great about Active Parenting Today and adds the content you need when working with today's families.

Using this program, you will provide parents with skills that will help them develop cooperation, responsibility and self-esteem in their children. They’ll also learn positive, non-violent discipline techniques so they can avoid power struggles.

Evidence-based! Click here for our new summary of 19 studies that span more than 20 years of Active Parenting history and provide strong scientific evidence of the efficacy of the Active Parenting model. Active Parenting Now is also on the SAMHSA list of programs accepted for NREPP review.

Here’s what you’ll be teaching:

Session I: - What our kids will need to succeed - Styles of parenting - Mutual respect - "Method of choice" Session II: - Handling problems - Building cooperation - Active Communication Session III: - Teaching responsibility - Effective discipline techniques - "I" messages - Logical consequences Session IV: - Why children misbehave - Sidestepping power struggles Session V: - Think-Feel-Do cycle - Character, courage, self-esteem - Stimulating independence - Power of encouragement Session VI: - Parents influencing events - Family council meetings

Winner! National Council on Family Relations Media Award First Place in Category 10: Parenting Issues (Active Parenting Now Video Library Tape #3: Effective Discipline)

Active Parenting Now is the revision of the award-winning Active Parenting Today program. We kept the best and added even more!

• DVD contains closed captioning
• added coverage of violence, bullying & peer influences
• lessons arranged so parents see results sooner
• research & measurement tools
• content addressing CSAP protective factors & Search Institute's Developmental Assets
• optional Biblical & Theological Guide makes it easy to adapt the program for a religious setting
• Parent's Guide offered in three formats: regular, easy-read, or audiobook.

What features were kept from the previous edition?

• 6 sessions for a comprehensive approach to parenting education
• based on proven-effective psychological principles
• videos featuring multicultural families
• drug and alcohol prevention
• Parent's Guide offered in regular and easy-reader "Basics" editions (also on CD)
• Leader’s Guide giving you step-by-step instructions on when to show the video and when to stop for discussion.
• humor, warmth, and the most effective skills available

"In this helpful series, parents learn 'communication and nonviolent discipline techniques' that aim to create positive changes in family dynamics."

-The American Library Association's Booklist magazine (referring to the video library format of this program)