‘Rely on Family’ campaign in primary schools
On 17th and 22nd May 2013 within the campaign ‘Rely on Family’ in Primary School in Kończyce-Kolonia and Primary School named after Janusz Korczak in Kowala were organized preventive lectures with parents of students from 4th and 5th classes. It was led by Mrs. Izabela Kolanowska, an educator who works in the Community Centre Caritas Pallotyńska in Radom.
The subject of meetings was to promote health, strong, appropriate family bonds. There were discussions with parents about their relationships with children, rules and consequences in bringing up, as well as about ways of managing with family and school conflicts. They paid attention to need of permanent contact with the child, often discussions both about happiness and problems.
The lecturer used a specific examples, thanks to which she showed how the parent should behave in a given situation, how to react in a problem situation, what they can allow children for, how to reasonably put the limits. She recommended parents` coalition as one of the best educational methods. Parents were listening to the lecturer with interest and eagerly took part in the discussion. During the meeting leaflets ‘Do you know?’, ‘Happiness of acting together’ and leaflets which promote campaign ‘Responsible Driver’ were distributed. In September next lectures are planned in other primary schools in the area of the commune. Meetings were organized by the Local Social Welfare Centre in Kowala. Actions are realized by the local Programme of Prevention and Counteracting Alcoholism in 2011-2013.
