The Mayoralty of Education, Culture, Equality, Youth and Sports of the Municipality of Agia, with the Deputy Mayor Mrs. Potoula Georgia and the Department of Social Protection, Education and Culture in collaboration with the Community Centre and the responsible special educator Mrs. Deli Georgia implemented this year for the first time in the Municipality of Agia the School of Parents.

Specifically, a cycle of four meetings was held in which public bodies participated with the aim of providing information in an experiential way to parents of children of all ages, approaching a different thematic unit in each meeting.

On 22 May the first meeting with KETHEA EXODOS took place and the speakers were Mrs. Gennoudi Virginia and Mrs. Dafouli Evangelia, who referred to the role of the family as a body for the prevention of addictions. On 29 May the second meeting was implemented in cooperation with the Centre for the Prevention of Addictions and Promotion of Psychosocial Health Thessaly -OKANA with responsible speaker Mr. Pitsilkas Christos. During the meeting the topic “Adolescence and the Parental Role – Changes, communication and boundaries between family members” was discussed. The parents were informed about the characteristics of adolescence of young people , the alarming behavioral patterns at this critical stage of their age , while it was suggested in an experiential way what attitude should be followed by parents so that they can respond to their complex role. On June 5, the parents’ meeting was held in cooperation with the Mental Health Centre, during which Ms Rasiou, psychologist, Ms Amanatidou, health visitor, as well as the Mobile Unit for Children with Gountroubis Konstantinos and Aivaliotou Chrysoula spoke about the role that parents are called upon to implement on a daily level in the modern digital age, as well as about the limits they should set for their children.

The last scheduled meeting on June 12 with the Self-Help Promotion Center did not take place due to the extreme rise in temperature.