parentproject.com

What It Is

Parent Project is a parent training program centered on “helping parents raise difficult children.” The main focus presented on its website is not general parenting education, but family intervention courses for strong-willed, difficult, out-of-control, or high-risk children and teenagers. Its mission is to develop parent training programs, and it claims to have served more than 500,000 parents over the past 30+ years.

Core Courses and Methods

The course system mainly includes three categories: Parent Project Senior “Changing Destructive Adolescent Behavior,” which focuses on destructive adolescent behavior and covers issues such as truancy, drugs, running away, media, early sexual behavior, violence, and gangs; Parent Project Junior / Loving Solutions, designed for parents of difficult children aged 5–10, using behavioral models, cooperative learning, group activities, and workbooks, and including S.O.S. home practice; and Preparing Our Kids for Success, a 2.5-hour, trauma-informed parent course for truancy intervention. In addition, the website also mentions Facilitator Training for professionals and teacher guide resources.

Pricing and Certificates

The website emphasizes that the program is “affordable,” but the scraped text does not disclose specific pricing, packages, refund policies, payment methods, or certificate rules. For schools, community organizations, or Chinese families that need budget approval, this is a clear information gap.

Pros and Cons

Its strength is its very specific positioning: it directly addresses behavioral crises that have already emerged in families, rather than offering broad parenting concepts. It covers multiple settings, including schools, courts/probation, law enforcement, mental health, and community organizations, suggesting that its design has a strong social intervention orientation. Loving Solutions also mentions ADD/ADHD-related content, giving it some relevance for families with younger difficult children. Its limitations are that the website relies heavily on self-description and lacks verifiable research results, instructor lists, a full picture of course duration, and graduation standards in the scraped text. At the same time, its institutional context is clearly based on the U.S. school, justice, and community systems.

Who It’s For

It is better suited to parents dealing with issues such as teen truancy, violence, substance use, running away, family conflict, and worsening school performance. It is also suitable for educators, law enforcement, probation officers, mental health professionals, and community organizations serving high-risk youth. If you are simply looking for a gentle introductory course on parent-child communication, it may feel overly intervention-oriented.

Access in China

The scraped text does not provide information about access from China, Chinese-language courses, or local support, so china_access can only be marked as unknown. Chinese users will also need to consider differences in language, culture, and legal/school systems.