A typical 1.5-hour home-based session follows a consistent format: icebreaker and home practice check-in (10 minutes); parenting skills and self-nurturing activities (45 minutes); home practice exercise (5 minutes); family nurturing time (25 minutes); and infant, toddler, and preschooler activities (5 minutes), and it concludes with a family hug. Although each program covers topics in a different way, parent education is generally designed to build self-awareness, positive concept/self-esteem, and levels of empathy; teach alternatives to hitting and yelling; enhance family communication and awareness of needs; replace abusive behaviors with nurturing behaviors; and promote healthy physical and emotional development.