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The Parenting Resource Center is a non-profit organization serving Mower and Freeborn Counties in Minnesota. We serve people of any race, creed, gender, ethnic background, age income or geographic location.
105 1st Street SE, Suite A
Austin, MN 55912
Phone: 507-437-8330
Fax: 507-434-7554
Parent WarmLine is an outreach service provided to parents who need options to questions or concerns about child raising
Toll Free:
1-800-714-1416
Línea de Apoyo y Comprensión Paterna de los Condados de Mower y Freeborn:
1-877-434-9528
Office Hours are
Monday through Friday,
8:30am-4:30pm
The Parenting Resource Center Mission:
The mission of the Parenting Resource Center, Inc, is to provide resources, services and prevention education to promote healthy, safe lifestyles for families within communities.
Is Your Teen a Textaholic?
How many text messages is your teen sending and receiving per day? According to the Nielsen Company, the answer is about 80. Yep! Eighty text messages in one day…not in a year…but just one day! To make matters even scarier, a study by AAA reported that 46% of teens admit texting while driving. Ouch!
The Mower County Safe Communities Coalition would like to remind you that April 19th is Distracted Driving Enforcement for Minnesota Police Officers. If you are caught being inattentive to driving, you will receive a ticket. For more information to help you talk to your kids about distracted driving, contact the Parenting Resource Center. Also available for loan from the PRC library is "Hormones and Wheels", a CD aimed at helping parents navigate teenage trials.
"Texting doesn't belong on the field."
"... or on the road."
Imagine a football player texting on the field. The quarterback flings a pass that rebounds off the distracted player's helmet an instant before opposing players smash him to the ground.
That's what producer Alex Emmons, 18, shows in his winning video, "Football," which took top honors in a statewide contest about distracted driving among teenagers.
In the past five years, 192 teens were killed in crashes in Minnesota, said DPS spokesman Nathan Bowie. The winning teen-produced TV spots can be seen here: www.rockthebelt.org