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PEP Thriving with Teens (for parents of teens ages 13 to 18)

Parenting Teens: The Challenge Continues (For parents who have completed Thriving with Teens.)

Communicating with Teens and Talking About Sensitive Subjects (For parents of teens ages 13-18)

Talking About Drugs & Alcohol with Teens (For parents who have completed Communicating with Teens or Thriving with Teens.)

Talking About Sexuality with Teens (For parents who have completed Communicating with Teens or Thriving with Teens.)

PEP Thriving with Teens

For Parents of Teens Ages 13 to 18

This class applies the concepts and skills taught in PEP I and PEP II to the particular needs and concerns of parents of teens. Learn proven, positive strategies to parent teenagers effectively in the midst of their peers, media, the Internet, and their own adolescent development. Thriving With Teens teaches:

  • An understanding of the role you play in you teen's life
  • How to communicate on topics ranging from school to sex
  • Use of consequences and positive discipline to guide your teen's growing independence
  • Ways to build a relationship with your teen based on mutual respect, cooperation, and responsibility

Course length: Ten weeks

Class Schedule:
    Wednesdays, 1/18/12 - 3/21/12  •  7:30 - 9:30 pm  •  PEP Office, Kensington, MD  • #431
Fridays, 1/20/12 - 3/23/12  •  9:30 - 11:30 am  •  PEP Office, Kensington, MD  • FULL

Course fee: $248/person

Required Text: Positive Discipline for Teenagers by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott  •  $17.97

PEP Members receive 10% off classes and books.

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Pre-registration with full payment required for all PEP programs. See policies for more information.

NOTE: Classes marked as FULL will take a short waiting list. If someone cancels before the second class, we will contact the people on the list, in the order they were added.

Parent Encouragement Program  •  10100 Connecticut Avenue  •  Kensington, MD 20895  •  301-929-8824  •  703-242-8824