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Welcome to the Center for Parenting

Announcements

The Eastern Region Parent Education Conference will be held in Knoxville, October 20. For more information about the conference, click here.

About Us

The Center for Parenting (C4P) is a collaborative effort between the Department of Child and Family Studies and UT Extension Family & Consumer Sciences, co-directed by Drs. Heidi Stolz and Denise Brandon.

Mission

The mission of the Center for Parenting is to strengthen parent-child relationships by coordinating and enriching existing parent education efforts in Tennessee.

Objectives

  • To link parent educators and parents to each other and to resources.
  • To translate current parenting research for multiple audiences.
  • To facilitate and recognize best practice programs and practices.
  • To professionalize parent education in Tennessee.
  • To educate UT students in family programming and research.
  • To conduct basic and applied research on parenting and parent education.

Directors

Denise J. Brandon, PhD, CFLE
Family & Consumer Sciences
Co-Director, Center for Parenting
University of Tennessee Extension
119 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4501

Ph: 865.974.7193
Fax: 865.974.3234
E-mail: djbrandon@utk.edu

Heidi E. Stolz, PhD
Child & Family Studies
Co-Director, Center for Parenting
University of Tennessee
1215 W. Cumberland Ave., JHB 115
Knoxville, TN 37996-1912

Ph: 865.974.5316
Fax: 865.974.2742
E-mail: hstolz@utk.edu

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