Online Parenting Class FAQs

Do you offer in-person classes?
How do I decide which class is best for me?
Are your parenting classes guaranteed to be accepted by the courts?
Why Positive Discipline classes?
What if my children are in different age brackets?
How do the parenting classes work?
Can I complete the 8 week class more quickly?
I want to teach a parenting class, do you offer facilitator training?

Do you offer in-person classes?
Our classes are offered exclusively online. They are affordable and convenient for busy schedules. If you need an in-person class you can try contacting your local social services department or the YMCA.

How do I decide which class is best for me?
You can take an 8 week class where you will have a personal coach during the entire class. Since these classes last several weeks, you have the time to actually put into practice what you are learning and have an expert to help you as you go through the material.

We have three Premium 8 Week Online Classes that a feature a No Test to get a certificate. All you need to do is complete brief weekly feedback forms to receive your certificate.
Parenting Young Children: Appropriate for a family with preschoolers ages 3-6.
Respectful and Effective Parenting: Appropriate for a family with children between the ages 6 and 12 or for families with children in varying age brackets.
Parenting Teenagers: Appropriate for children over the age of 12.
Stressless Single Parenting: For parents raising kids alone. Appropriate for all ages

Premium 8 Week Online Parenting Classes Earn a Certificate Without a Test
• 100% Online. Start Immediately
• Your login and password sent immediately, no waiting for access to your class material
• Read class material, complete brief feedback forms each week and receive a certificate
• Certificate of Completion accepted by courts or your money back. Guaranteed
• Live help during business hours with our toll free number

Plus Only at LifeMatters.com. Not Available Anywhere Else!
You get personal coaching from an Marriage and Family Therapist and expert Parent Educator 24/7 DURING the entire 8 week class.

Rapid Certificate Online Parenting Classes
If you need to get a Certificate of Completion in a hurry, we offer 4, 6, 8 and 10 Hour Rapid Certificate Parenting Classes. In these classes read your class material online, pass an online test and receive your certificate immediately. As quickly as you can read the material and pass the test you can print your certificate.
Rapid Co-Parenting Divorce- 4 hours: Appropriate for parents/partners currently divorcing or recently divorced with children of any age.
Rapid Parenting Young Children- 4 hours: Appropriate for a family with preschool age children.
Rapid Respectful and Effective Parenting - 4 hours: Appropriate for a family with children between the ages 6 and 12 or for families with children in varying age brackets.
Rapid Parenting Teenagers - 4 hours: Appropriate for children over the age of 12.
Rapid Parenting Skills All Ages - 6, 8, and 10 hour: Parenting help for all ages

Rapid Online Parenting Classes with Certificate of Completion
• 100% Online. Start Immediately
• Your login and password sent immediately, no waiting for access to your class material
• Read the online class material and pass the true/false and multiple choice online test
• Your online test is available 24/7 and scored immediately
• Pass the test and your FREE Certificate is available immediately for printing
• Certificate of Completion is accepted by courts or your money back. Guaranteed
• Live help during business hours with our toll free number

Online Parenting Class Guarantee
If you have completed a parenting class, received your Certificate of Completion and it was not accepted by the courts, we will refund you in full the cost of the class, (you keep the parenting book) with written documentation that the class was declined.

if your Certificate of Completion is for legal purposes it is your responsibility to confirm with the courts that an online distance learning parenting class will fulfill your requirements

If you require a printed certificate to be sent to you by mail, there will be a $10 administration fee. Please contact us so we can assist you in providing us with documentation that your class was not acceptable so we can issue a refund.

Why base the online classes on Positive Discipline?
With our experience of working with families, a parenting style based on the principles of psychologist Alfred Adler like the Positive Discipline books is the best system available for effective, respectful parenting. We base our online parenting classes on the Positive Discipline books because:
Positive Discipline books continue to be updated and revised
Positive Discipline uses examples that are current with today's culture and problems
Positive Discipline promotes discipline that focuses on solutions rather than logical consequences
Positive Discipline challenges the idea that children need to feel bad to do better
Positive Discipline redefines time-outs as positive rather than punitive
Positive Discipline emphasizes kind and firm discipline without being permissive
Positive Discipline is non-punitive and non-violent principles is an ideal for those parents with a history of domestic violence
Positive Discipline emphasizes understanding why adults are responsible for many behavior problems
Positive Discipline gives us resources to enhance our online classes with audio and video
Positive Discipline author, Jane Nelson, Ed.D. continues to write, lecture and present workshops

What if my children are in different age brackets?
If you have children that are preschoolers and teens or school age and teens, take the Respectful and Effective Online Parenting Class. It gives you the "basics" of Positive Discipline that applies to all ages.

How do the parenting classes work?
Just go to our parent help page for that information.

Can I complete the Premium 8 Week Class more quickly?
The 8 week class takes a minimum of 8 weeks to complete. You will receive one lesson each week and only one. This gives you time to put into practice what you are learning. This allows this class to be accepted by the courts that require parenting classes. If you need a faster way to get a certificate take one of the rapid certification classes.

I want to teach a parenting class, do you offer facilitator training?
At this time we do not offer a "train the trainer" program. We have a Developing Capable Young People-Complete Leader's Package for leading parenting classes but we do not train or certify trainers at this time.

The online Parenting Classes are educational in nature and the classes are not intended to be psychotherapy. If you feel you have specific mental health needs please consult your health care professional.

Would your agency like to refer clients to parenting classes that provide ongoing support, the ability to track the progress of participants, The parenting classes teach focusing on solutions and are based on kind and firm parenting not corporal punishment and are an excellent model for families with a history of domestic violence? If so please contact us.