Boys Town Announces Bellevue Public Schools Parenting Classes
BOYS TOWN, Neb. – Boys Town announced today Common Sense Parenting® is available FREE for
parents with children attending Bellevue Public Schools to help with parenting strategies. Starting
Oct. 24, 2013 and running through Dec. 12, 2013, parents with children ages 6 and older can meet
on Thursdays at Bellevue Elementary from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to talk with other parents, receive
award-winning parenting books and discuss strategies, tips and tools with a parenting expert. A
separate class is available on Tuesdays for parents with toddlers and preschoolers ages 2 to 5 years
at Wake Robin Elementary starting on Oct. 22, 2013 and running through Dec. 3, 2013.
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Six-week class
Easy and practical parenting skills
Interactive class presentations
Award-winning parenting book
Professional instructors
“Parenting strategies help to increase positive behavior, lessen misbehavior and create opportunities
to learn alternative skills,” said Bridget Barnes, Boys Town Common Sense Parenting Director.
“Children are more cooperative and parents are less frustrated.”
This class is FREE for parents of children attending Bellevue schools. Childcare is available upon
request. To register call: 402-498-1059.
About Boys Town
Boys Town is a beacon of hope for America’s children and families through its life-changing youth
care and health care programs across the United States. Now more than 90 years strong, Boys
Town’s Continuum of Child and Family Services aims to provide the right services at the right time
based on a child’s or family’s needs. In 2012, Boys Town’s integrated continuum of youth care and
health care programs impacted more than 500,000 children and families across America. This
includes those who received services from Boys Town’s traditional programs as well as those served
by the many varied programs which comprise the Boys Town Continuum of Child and Family
Services, including In-Home Family Services, health care services provided by Boys Town National
Research Hospital and the Boys Town National Hotline.
Media Contact:
Kara Neuverth
402-498-1305
Kara.neuverth@boystown.org