Parenting workshops offered for free

NEWTON — Project Self-Sufficiency will offer free parenting workshops beginning in April. The classes will help to create understanding between parents and their children while emphasizing positive discipline and improved communication, officials said, as well as the different stages of physical and emotional development during childhood. A program for teenage parents will be held on Wednesdays, beginning April 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. A course for Spanish-speaking families with children between the ages of 5 to 12 will be offered on Thursdays, April 8 to May 13, 6 to 8 p.m. The Sussex County YMCA will host a class for parents with children up to age 6 on Tuesdays, April 27 through June 15 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. The Sussex Middle School will host a course for parents and their adolescent children on Thursdays, April 29 to June 3, 6 to 8 p.m. Call 973-940-3500 for more information.