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Listening to Parents is the theme for Parents’ Week 2001, and the aim of this national awareness event is to make sure parents’ voices can be heard across the country.

The National Family and Parenting Institute, organiser of the week that runs from October 22 to 28, is hoping that mothers and fathers will take the opportunity to raise the issues that really matter to them, and help improve life for families.

Through its own website, publications, and the work of groups at national, regional and local level, the NFPI is inviting parents to contact them and share their concerns on family life today:
• Are they worried about making ends meet?
• Do they fear their children are watching too much TV, or not taking enough exercise?
• Do they worry that their children might be run over, or might be attacked?
• And do they think they are being judged as having children who are out of control?

The NFPI also wants to know what works for families: despite constant criticism, family life in Britain is thriving. For once, instead of being told that everything they do is wrong, we want to know what parents are doing right, and what they believe works for their family.
• Do they make sure that all household tasks are shared equally with family members?
• Are there relatives and friends close by who make up an ‘extended family’ who can share the load of being a parent?

• Do they make sure that they have a meal together once a day where problems can be discussed and issues raised?
• Do they make sure their children know how much they are loved and cherished, especially when there is a family dispute?

Mothers and fathers can contact the NFPI via its parents’ website, www.e-parents.org, via e-mail on info@nfpi.org, or in writing to NFPI (Parents’ Views), 430 Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, London NW5 1TL. Their views will be publicised to the media, to professionals and policymakers, and will be released with new NFPI research on parents’ in Parents’ Week.

The first week, held in October 2000, focused on making Britain more family-friendly, and sparked lively debate in the media, among policy-makers and the public.

The aim of Parents’ Week 2001 is to put families at the top of the national agenda, and make sure that parents’ voices are heard when decisions are being made that affect them.

The National Family and Parenting Institute is an independent charity set up to enhance the value and quality of family life. It is working to support parents in bringing up their children, to promote the well-being of families and to make society more family-friendly. Visit www.nfpi.org

Parents’ Week 2001 is the second annual awareness event aimed at putting families first. A partnership between family organisations at national, regional and local level, Parents’ Week is about making Britain more family-friendly and putting family issues at the top of the national agenda.

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