Family and Consumer Sciences and schools -- a perfect
partnership for parent education Volume 5, No. 2, Summer 2000
Marilou M. Rochford To effectively reach parents, Family and
Consumer Sciences (FCS) educators must develop strong working
relationships with the schools in their respective communities.
Forging these partnerships takes time, but the benefits produce
notable results and significantly impact the lives of the
parents and children in those communities. In the human
development field, parent education continues to surface as one
of the most important areas of concentration. Family well-being,
along with improved parenting, coping, and stress management
skills, ranked highly as issues that clientele need for enhanced
lifestyles, according to a 1991 survey by the National Extension
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. To effectively
reach parents, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) educators must
develop strong working relationships with the schools in their
respective communities. Forging the