Partners In Parenting

Relationships End… Parenting Your Children Does NOT

Partners in Parenting is sponsored by Piedmont Mediation Center, Inc. and is offered to Iredell, Alexander, Davie, and Davidson counties.  It is a 3-4 hour course for parents who want to protect the physical and emotional well-being of their children. Parents are taught by Masters level facilitators using award winning content how to continue being parents to their children after ending a relationship with one another.

National Statistics from the Family Research Counsel of Children of Divorce

• At least one of every three children experiencing a parental separation demonstrate a significant decline in academic performance

• Children in disrupted families are nearly twice as likely to drop out of high school.

• Children in single-parent families are two to three times more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems

• Children from broken families may experience lower levels of self-esteem, confidence, and motivation

• Divorce is almost always more traumatic for the children then the parents

• 60% of children from disrupted families will feel rejected by at least one parent

Participants will learn:

• How to help their children adapt to and recover from the end of their parent’s relationship

• How to reduce children’s feelings of confusion, split loyalty, depression, and anxiety

• How to ask and answer questions that will encourage and support children

• How to quickly recognize and respond to behavioral problems

• How to develop a future-focused orientation with children

• Why it’s so important that children maintain close relationships with both parents

How to have a “good” relationship with a former spouse

Program Content

• The impact of divorce on children

• The grief and recovery process

• Children’s reactions and perceptions to broken families

• How to know when your child needs help coping and adapting

• Introducing new intimate partners and step-parents

• Creating a reliable partnership between parents “for the sake of the kids”

PROGRAM SUCCESS

In similar NC programs parents report:

• 92% said the class increased their understanding of how divorce affects children

• 91% said the class helped them effectively recognize and respond to the needs, concerns, and problems of their children

• 90% said that taking the class inspired them to reconsider their parenting priorities and methods

• 86% said the program was extremely worthwhile 

Register by calling or on-line

(Click here to register on-line)

Iredell – 704-873-1865
All others – 1-866-873-1865
To reach Piedmont Mediation, call  704-873-7624

Classes Held Monthly

Saturday mornings 9am to 12:30
Thursday evening 6pm to 9:30pm

Lexington (Saturday Morning)
Statesville (Thursday Evening & Saturday Morning)

 For registration by phone via automated system, call: 1-866-873-1865

or register by email using this form:

If you need to be in a separate class from your ex, please give his/her name: 

We will notify you by mail as to the date, time, and location of your class.

Mail to:  PO Box 604, Statesville, NC 28687

NO PERSONAL CHECKS

SLIDING SCALE FEE

Annual combined family gross income               Program Cost Per Participant

 No income                                                     $0
Less then $9,000                                             $15.00
$9,000 to $18,000                                           $30.00
$18,000 to $25,000                                         $40.00
$25,000 or greater                                          $50.00