Chicago Launches Free Parent Workshops For Helping Kids Learn

CHICAGO - FEBRUARY 13: Teacher assistant Evelyn Rivera, center, works with young children February 13, 2004 at the Erie Neighborhood House in Chicago. The City of Chicago is launching a series of free parent workshops as part of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's "Born Learning Early Childhood Initiative." The workshops are being offered in community agency locations throughout the city, including the Erie Neighborhood House at no cost to help parents understand and promote the stages of healthy physical development, social and emotional health and language. This is one of several new efforts to support parents of young children by providing resources and information on early childhood development and early learning. Erie Neighborhood House is a community service agency founded in 1870 that promotes a just and inclusive society by strengthening low-income, primarily Latino, families through skill-building, access to critical resources, advocacy and collaborative action. The children pictured are program participants. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)