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title: Parenting in Recovery | Overcoming Challenges and Building Trust | Brighter Path
description: Learn effective parenting strategies in recovery, focusing on rebuilding trust, emotional regulation, and communicating about addiction through evidence-based practices and supportive resources.
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# Parenting

Parenting doesn't come with a manual, and parenting in recovery brings its own challenges. This module is about progress, not perfection.

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## *What the module covers***. **

The module works through the parenting issues that actually come up in recovery: overindulgence as a coping mechanism for guilt, discipline and healthy boundaries, rebuilding trust with a child who has understandably lost faith, overcoming stigma for both parent and child, parental absence, emotional regulation, co-parenting, and worries about substance use continuing into the next generation, along with the protective factors that reduce that risk.

The second half is forward-looking. Participants learn the five principles of positive parenting from the evidence-based Triple P program, practical ways to strengthen their parenting, and how to talk with their child about addiction, including the 7 Cs from the National Association for Children of Alcoholics: I didn't cause it, I can't control it, I can't cure it, and I can help take care of myself.

## *Topics***. **

- Overindulgence, guilt, and showing love without giving things
- Discipline, healthy boundaries, and how setting limits shows you care
- Rebuilding trust through consistency and showing up
- Overcoming stigma, with destigmatizing language for parent and child
- Co-parenting, emotional regulation, and support systems
- Talking to your child about addiction, including the 7 Cs

WHAT'S INCLUDED

#### Module package contents

- Facilitator deck (correctional version)
- Facilitator deck (community version)
- Implementation guide
- Activity list and required materials
- Discussion prompts
- Print-ready handouts and worksheets

SETTING VERSIONS

#### Adapted for context 

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## How it's *delivered.*

The module blends video (including a child's-eye view of parental addiction and a guide to explaining addiction to kids), group discussion, and reflection. Activities include the Parenting Values Tree worksheet and a storytelling exercise where participants write their recovery journey in language a child could understand. Participants leave with resources like Triple P Parenting and the National Parenting Education Network.

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