The Book of CORDS Parents Edition | Reference Book: ( A Practical Parenting Skills Workbook for Parents of Youth Tried and Sentenced as Adults )

The purpose of The Book of CORDS Parents Edition is to help you grow as a parent while supporting your child through incarceration.By working through The Book of CORDS Parents Edition, you will be able to:• Build consistent and healthy communication with your child during calls, visits, and letters.• Understand your own emotional patterns, triggers, and habits that may affect your relationship with your child.• Strengthen your skills in listening, conflict management, and emotional regulation.• Learn how incarceration affects youth development, behavior, trust, and identity.• Practice strategies that reduce arguments, yelling, blame, and emotional withdrawal.• Support your child without rescuing, enabling, or excusing harmful behavior.• Create a stable home environment that promotes accountability, safety, and change.• Build a respectful parent child relationship based on connection, honesty, and growth.• Develop a personal plan for your own healing while helping your child move forward. Read more