Proactive and reactive parenting are both necessary tools in successful family management.
Proactive parenting is planning a structured policy for how you are going to parent, then implementing it. The parents agree on core values, a framework for behavior, and policies which implement, monitor, and reward or assign consequences for child behaviors.
Reactive parenting addresses when life throws a curve. This is not knee-jerk parenting but a model in which parents can remain unified when dealing with the unexpected and the confusing.
Parents should come away from the seminar with the basics for setting a family framework and some key introductory points for staying in unison.
The concepts come from Cecil's new book, "Unison Parenting: A Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Christian Parenthood with One Voice." The book delivers proven parenting advice based upon Cecil's experiences in teaching and testing concepts with parenting classes attended by 700 families over 15 years, his 30 years in youth ministry, and his own experience raising three children (one adopted) to adulthood.
