Parenting Courses

Why Learn about Parenting

Parenting styles are more than just your personality. The way you handle your child's development can affect their mental health, well being, and self-control. The stakes are high whenever we take on child development, but parenting seems to be one area where we're supposed to "know what we're doing" naturally. There are lots of parenting theories and lots of books, but it can be tough to know if you're making the right choices. Parenting tips in one place may contradict the information elsewhere. No one wants a child with behavioral problems, but the answer could be a lot more complicated than we give credit for. Parenting is hard work, but there are resources out there to help provide additional information and creative solutions to some of the issues that you may face as a parent. The problem is always knowing who to trust, but (luckily) there are a few sources that may be able to help.

Learn about Parenting

Whether you're already working in the field of children or you're becoming a parent yourself, edX.org offers courses designed to introduce different concepts and shed light on some common questions. Classes are offered by leading institutions and thinkers around the world that have dedicated time and research to methods that protect and nurture the whole child. Whether you're looking for new tips for positive parenting or you're studying how different child-rearing styles affect later behavior, courses at edX.org are available on your own time and from the comfort of your own home.

Parenting Courses

UC San Diego offers a comprehensive overview called The Science of Parenting that provides insight from the latest research into effective parenting techniques. You'll learn what parenting skills seem to produce thriving children and how parents handle things like tantrums or self-esteem. Other choices include Michigan's overview of Injury Prevention in Teens and Louvin's When I Grow Up, a course designed to explore how to support children's aspirations. You can even take a course designed to provide an overview of the vaccine issue from KU Leuven.

Understanding the World of Parenting

Parenting is a complex issue, and good parenting styles seem to change with each generation. Whether you're a first-time parent looking for direction or you're hoping to work in a field with children, these courses can help uncover how early development could affect lives down the road. A healthy child is more than just physical. Well-being and mental health play a huge role in development and family life, but with edX, you can find tools to help make the process and the decisions of parenthood a little easier.