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What do Miami, Philadelphia and Boston have in com­mon? All offer par­ents of new­born and school age chil­dren classes and work­shops on par­ent­ing skills. Because par­ents are the most impor­tant teacher in a student’s life, they must be engaged in their children’s edu­ca­tion. Classes that teach every­thing from math lit­er­acy to eti­quette are free to par­ents wish­ing to par­tic­i­pate. Parent pro­grams that are the most suc­cess­ful tar­get fam­i­lies in need and rein­force lessons over a period of time. Time mag­a­zine shares infor­ma­tion about Miami’s Parent Academy in its arti­cle dated November 8, 2009. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1931170,00.html?artId=1931170?contType=article?chn=us