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What is Triple P?
Triple P is a parenting program designed to prevent – as well as treat – behavioral and emotional problems in children and teenagers. It aims to prevent problems in the family, school and community before they arise and to create family environments that encourage children to realize their potential.
Triple P gives families positive strategies that are proven to work. Hundreds of research studies show its effectiveness. The program can be adapted to suit any situation and it's totally up to you how to use it.
It’s a toolbox, not a rulebook. We provide the strategies and knowledge. You choose what tools to use, and when and how to use them. Parents from over 25 countries have discovered how small changes make a big difference!
What is Positive Parenting?
Positive parenting is simply an approach to parenting that gives parents and caregivers tools and strategies to raise their child in an environment that is safe, loving and predictable. Triple P’s positive parenting program allows each person doing the program to decide what is important to them. So it’s not telling you how to raise children, but giving you the confidence and skills to build good relationships, set boundaries and rules calmly and in ways that kids understand, and follow up with consequences that are not harmful.
To sum it up, Triple P helps you:
- Raise happy, confident, capable kids
- Build and maintain a close, loving relationship with your child
- Understand more about child development to make parenting more enjoyable and easier
- Encourage positive behavior
- Prevent and manage misbehavior effectively, in a way that supports children’s emotional wellbeing
- Have rules and routines everyone respects and follows
- Feel less stressed and calmer
- Feel more able to handle various parenting situations, knowing you’re doing the best for your kids.
Backed By Research
Triple P draws on social learning, cognitive behavioral and developmental theory as well as research into risk factors associated with the development of social and behavioral problems in children.
The Triple P program is evidence-based, with more than 35 years of ongoing research. The body of research includes:
- 650+ international trials, studies and published papers
- 340+ evaluation studies
- 170+ randomized controlled trials
Partners
Children's Home Society of NC
Children's Home Society is a compassionate advocate for families. We specialize in education and prevention programs, family preservation, and adoption and foster care. Ultimately, everything we do is built on our foundational belief that strong families have the power to transform communities.
Learn more at chsnc.org.
Triple P
Triple P is a research foundation based at the University of Queensland’s Parenting and Family Support Centre in Australia. Foundation Director Professor Matt Sanders is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on parenting. Hundreds of researchers in universities and institutions around the globe contribute findings that inform the development of new Triple P programs and form the largest evidence base of any parenting program in the world.
Learn more at triplep-parenting.com.
Guilford County Division of Public Health
The Guilford County Division of Public Health protects, promotes, and enhances the health and well-being of all people and the environment in partnership with the community in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Learn more at guilfordcountync.gov.
The Positive Parenting Program is managed by Every Baby Guilford, a collective action movement building collaborative solutions within the community to disrupt longstanding health outcomes and racial disparities in Guilford County. Learn More
For more information or to get involved, contact our Triple P coordinator:
email@guilfordcounty.gov