Family Night at the Mid Town Family Resource Center

Last night's family night had a chicken and noodles feast, and as a program, a preparation for transitioning to middle school for parents and students. Two teachers and our very own truancy diversion worker at Vandevender, came to talk to the parents and students. This critical transition is often cited as a specific stressor for families, as children undergo this big change, while also being in a critical developmental stage. Parents often feel this is when they begin to "lose" their adolescents or pre-adolescents. We feel having sessions like this, as well as supporting individual parents at this time is an important part of our Mid Town FRC work, and our child abuse and neglect prevention, and our delinquency prevention efforts.