Seongbuk-gu Receives Applause for Group Counseling for Parents Exhausted by COVID-19

Seongbuk Innovation Education District Provides Healing 'Group Counseling Program' to Address Parents' Concerns... Group Counseling Expected to Foster Closeness Among Parents and Enhance Self-Esteem

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) has prepared a program to comfort parents exhausted by COVID-19 through the Seongbuk Innovation Education District project.

The 'Parent Group Counseling' is the first program among them and will be conducted together with counseling teachers from the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Education Research and Information Center.

Parents in the COVID-19 era commonly feel anxiety and worry about the future, concerned about learning loss as they see their children, who used to go to school every morning, staying home all day, and they share concerns about future educational methods.

The Seongbuk Innovation Education District believes that positive educational effects will arise when parents, the main agents of education, stand firm, and thus devised an event for parents tired of non-face-to-face life.

In particular, the Parent Promotion Group planned this program by gathering opinions to find psychological stability through counseling techniques, focusing on parents first realizing their own value and restoring self-esteem rather than prioritizing their children.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “Parents have worked hard assisting their children’s class preparations due to online school openings caused by COVID-19,” adding, “Parents need to be happy without stress to expect their children’s happy growth, so I hope many parents will guide their children in a positive and future-oriented direction through various programs prepared by Seongbuk-gu.”

This healing program is scheduled to be conducted in groups of 1:4 from the 24th to July 7th, and a total of 8 groups will be recruited on a first-come, first-served basis starting from the 14th.

In-depth counseling programs will be held for a total of 200 minutes over two days from 10:20 AM to 12:00 PM, and applications will be accepted from 9:00 AM on the 14th through the Seongbuk-gu Office online lecture application page.

Detailed program information can be found on the Seongbuk-gu Office website under the recruitment lectures section.

In addition, the Seongbuk Innovation Education District is preparing various programs such as ‘Parent Humanities through Movies’ and ‘Parent Academy.’

Inquiries regarding this can be made through the Seongbuk Innovation Education District Parent Promotion Group or the Seongbuk Innovation Education District website.

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