Achieving responsible parenting is a constant challenge that requires the development of personal skills, reflection on parenting styles and problem solving in different contexts. The family environment determines a child’s holistic development, and in particular her emotional development. The need for parents to learn how to be parents is becoming more evident every day. Six out of 10 children in Mexico experience abuse in their families, and this is attributed to lack of parental preparation; it impacts both a child’s school performance and his mental health.

The “I want to, I can” parenting program is divided by age group. It focuses on the development of life skills; first for the parents, as people, and later to facilitate an affectionate, direct and clear communication with their children. The objectives aim to improve, among other things: the parent-child relationship, holistic development, health care and risk prevention, in each of the different stages of education from birth to adolescence.