Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Immigrant parents learn new approach to raising niños

Immigrants must be taught that the ways they treated their children in their own country might get them in legal trouble here. This new class is teaching them American parenting skills. - - Donna Poisl

BY JOSEPH TREVIÑO, FOR THE YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

YAKIMA, Wash. -- To Alfredo Reyes, it's real simple: If you are an immigrant parent who spanks his kids, you could easily end up in trouble with the law.

That is one of the main reasons why the 44-year-old father of four wholeheartedly believes in "Los niños bien educados" (Very well-educated children), a parenting program designed for Latino immigrants.
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