Children are now becoming more and more adept with using technology and parents are having trouble keeping. This is why Fresno State University is now offering a parenting university program to learn how to use various technological advancements.
"Technology is the language of my children, and I need to learn the way they are learning," Argentina Cueto says, a parent of a student in Fresno State. She was one of the first parents to complete the university's parenting program, according to a report by ABC 30. At first, she said she was surprised that homework could be done over the Internet, but now she says that her technological knowledge has come a long way.
Cueto says that attending the program has proven to be a priceless investment. "My dream for my children, they're going to a university. Any place they want, but my goal is they get a career and be happy and successful," she says.
"We help lay a foundation for digital literacy and they're able to learn more for themselves," says John Gonzales, one of the proponents of the program. When parents are starting out with the course, they are first taught how to use parent portals and how to help their children research for school projects.
Fresno State's Parenting University Program is a 9-week course with classes happening twice a week. These classes usually last for 2 and a half hours. One of the best things about the course is that it is free if people complete a majority of it. It is also taught in both Spanish and English, so the language barrier is not much of a problem.
"An involved parent means a child that does better in education," Gonzales says. "So, if a parent is able to be involved, email the teacher, see how the student is doing in their class assignment or tests then the students will be better equipped to do well in school."
