Parent Start

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Dear Parents,

With our course we offer you guidance and assistance on your way to becoming parents. We would like to support you in achieving the best possible start to an exciting new phase of life as parents.

In spite of, or perhaps because of, the abundance of pregnancy and parenting self-help books, we have observed an increasing insecurity among young parents. Joy and uncertainty concerning the upcoming changes go hand in hand. This is where the program "Parent Start – The beginning counts" comes in.

The transition to parenthood can succeed for better or worse; one has to just glance at the press and technical literature to find proof. Prepared parents feel more secure in how they interact with their baby because they have more knowledge about positive interactions with their infant. Moreover, they are able to retain a stable level of marital and partnership satisfaction, and they are able to keep calm even in difficult situations. All this contributes to the positive development of both child and parents.

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