Parent Education
Parent education is an integral part of the LifeWays approach, supporting mothers and fathers in their parenting. It occurs both formally and informally and is sensitive to the diverse social, cultural and economic backgrounds of the families being served. LifeWays caregivers and programs are resources for parents and can help build community, bridging the isolation of so many parents today.

LifeWays Centers
LifeWays Centers may be comprised of a combination of offerings. Usually there is a child care component. There may also be a Parent-Child and/or a Parent-Infant program, as well as a Pre-School or Kindergarten. It is our hope that some LifeWays Centers will also have community ties that bring senior adults into the daily activities with the children, as well as times when adolescents and youth can participate.

For a detailed description of LifeWays programs click here.

 

"Children and old people are penned up and locked away from the business of the world to a degree without precedent... without children and old people mixing in daily life a community has no future and no past, only a continuous present. ... It is absurd and anti-life to be part of a system that compels you to sit in confinement with people of exactly the same age and social class. That system effectively cuts you off from your own past and future, sealing you in a continuous present much the same way television does." - John Taylor Gatto