PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TRAINED ON BONDING AND ATTACHMENT AND DISCPLINE OF CHILDREN

 

   Children are born very dependent on their parents and need a loving and secure environment for their growth. Family is seen as a safe place where parents are expected to provide care, attention and guidance for children.  As RIC-NET continues to train parents and care givers on Parenting for Respectability (PFR), the members of Kyakahinda united group, kyakahinda farmers, Oburubgi bwa maligo , Bright group, Kam kam group, Tugoborre group, Tukwatanize group, Tunywane group, Twimukye group and Twekambe group  were trained on Bonding and attachment and discipline of children  two of the modules of PFR  in Kibiito town council.

The main goal of bonding and attachment module is to strengthen family bonds and improve relationships. This module has five sessions and was trained for five weeks. The activities in this module supported parents and caregivers to go through a process of becoming more sensitive and aware of child’s needs, provide loving care for positive child development outcomes. At the end of training this module, the parents had gained skills on bonding and attachment with their children through parent child interaction, parent child communication and parental provision of children’s needs. 

During the bonding and attachment 

Later on the parents were taken through the Discipline module which has three sessions and this was trained in three weeks. This module addressed the harsh disciplining practices and it aimed at supporting parents and caregivers appreciate that the process of encouraging good behavior and practices among children is not a straight line. It requires a lot of consistence, modeling and discipline. The parents /caregiver’s ability and commitment to adapt the non harsh disciplining methods through creating awareness on the positive disciplining techniques was built. At the end of the training, the parents had appreciated and adopted the use of positive disciplining practices of their children.

During the roleplay in resolving conflict with children