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In response to this research, the ARKGroup has created the ARK (Adults Relating to Kids) Program. Utilizing a small group, peer-mentoring format, ARK combines cutting-edge self-esteem research with the very best in current parenting and teaching theory. The result is a learning environment in which adults can appropriate new parenting and teaching skills and can increase their ability to give young people the love and the nurture that allows children to value themselves. ARK helps parents and teachers to address the practical aspects of parenting and teaching--dealing with topics such as homework, sibling rivalry, and bully-proofing. Meeting once a week, ARK Groups encourage humor and compassion as adults learn to discipline the behavior while still affirming the worth of the child.
Parenting behaviors typically are passed on from generation to generation within families, usually without anyone stepping back and evaluating those behaviors and deciding upon new and more appropriate ways of relating to their children. ARK helps adults learn how to discipline the behavior while still affirming the worth of the child.
The program is a tool for encouraging a process of evaluation, thereby enabling families to set in motion new parenting patterns that will enhance the lives of their children and their children's children for generations to come.
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