Stop Enabling & Start Empowering Kids

Helping Kids Be Sensible, Safe and Secure
Part of the Parenting for Prevention Information Series

The skills are simple, easy to learn, and can be used by married or single parents, grandparents, step-parents, foster parents, teachers, and other caregivers.

With this pamphlet you’ll learn:

• What parental enabling is and how it can hurt your child
• How to identify some common parental behaviors that lead to enabling
• Whether you might be enabling your child
• How to empower your child