Are you overwhelmed by the damage substance use may have caused, worrying about whether you can regain trust and provide stability? With the right support, you can replace shame with confidence and hope.
Odyssey House is committed to helping you turn it around through our parenting skills program, so you feel determined and motivated to break the cycle of negative behaviors and have the confidence to heal and nurture your family.
Our Nurturing Parenting Program is a family-centered initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills as an alternative to abusive and neglectful parenting and child-rearing practices.
What are parenting skills?
In the context of substance abuse treatment, parenting skills refer to the strategies and techniques that help individuals in recovery build healthy, supportive relationships with their children. These skills address communication, discipline, emotional regulation, and creating a stable home environment. Many parents in treatment face challenges related to past trauma, instability, or strained family dynamics, making parenting education and support crucial.
Programs often focus on bonding, positive reinforcement, stress management, and setting healthy boundaries to promote both child well-being and parental recovery. Strengthening parenting skills fosters resilience, enhances family stability, and reduces the risk of intergenerational substance use.
What are the Goals for a Parent in Recovery?
The long-term goals are to prevent recidivism in families receiving social services, lower the rate of multi-parent teenage pregnancies, reduce the rate of juvenile delinquency and substance use, and stop the intergenerational cycle of child abuse by teaching positive parenting behaviors. It is built on the principles of relational development, which emphasizes the impact of the parent-child relationship on the individual and on each other. Therefore, curriculum activities are designed to help participants learn how to nurture themselves as individuals and, in turn, build their nurturing family.