The Project… Learn About APP

THE PROBLEM
Children who are disrespectful, dishonest, lazy, crybabies, whiners, spoiled, throw temper tantrums, exhibit violent behavior, lie, steal, refuse to communicate, have a poor self-image. Then, let’s not forget teenage pregnancies, drugs, gangs, truancy, and high school dropouts.

THE SOLUTION
Aloha Parenting Project (APP) is a grassroots non-profit organization that educates, supports, and helps parents raise children to become responsible, productive members of our community. APP serves as a statewide clearinghouse for parents who are interested in learning about and improving parenting skills and techniques.

WHY APP?
Many of us are concerned about how our culture is losing its focus on the importance of child rearing, and how this impacts our society, our culture and our government. Because we have moved away from the traditional parenting standards of our parents and grandparents, we now have many young adults (and children) who have never experienced failure, feel entitled without having to perform, don’t know much about taking responsibility for their actions, and have little or no respect for legitimate authority.

We’re hoping parents and educators who want to learn some new tools for doing something about this pervasive problem will take advantage of resources that we have available. Acting as a clearinghouse, APP will connect people with available workshops, resources and parent support groups in our communities. Our hope is that parents, once trained or educated in the new “old” methods of parenting, will want to start or be part of a group of like-minded parents in their community to support one another in their efforts to change and be the leaders in their families.