In a March 14 Chicago Tribune article, Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah reported on the benefits that Rettger and others have experienced after attending Parent Universities at various sites throughout the nation:
"Within two weeks the stress in my house, you could feel it come down," says Rettger, 57, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. "Within two months, it was gone. Within four months, I was getting sweet cards from my daughter, thanking me for my efforts."
Many school districts and nonprofit parent groups are holding what they call "parent universities." Structured as seminars and workshops, they're meant to teach parents how to react calmly and effectively, and how to achieve the Holy Grail of parenting: earning your teen's respect. ...
An all-day school for parents in Naperville, Ill., last month drew nearly 300 parents who paid up to $30 each ...
Glenbard High School District 87's monthly parent lectures are free, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Cebrin Goodman Center, a foundation based in Skokie, Ill., that was started by the grandparents of a young woman who died of a heroin overdose.
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