Gangnam-gu, ‘the era of family diversification’… Creating a healthy family culture with 57 customized programs

by times news cr

2024-04-13 03:22:46

Gangnam-gu operates 57 customized programs targeting diverse families. Gangnam-gu (City Mayor Seong-myeong Cho), a city where dreams gather and envision the future, plans to operate 57 customized programs for about 60,000 people to support increasingly diverse families.

Gangnam-gu Family Center (617-8 Gaepo-ro) is contributing to creating a healthy family culture by operating family programs such as family education, counseling, and care. This year’s special projects include ▲counseling program for prospective and newlyweds ▲Korean history and career education for children of multicultural families ▲’Grandchild Warfare’ class that teaches grandparents caring for grandchildren how to raise and play ▲Weekday afternoon and weekend children’s school for dual-income families After Nuri Care Class ▲Classroom for male caregivers ▲Monthly special lecture ‘One Pick’ tailored to the interests of various types of families such as single-person households ▲Careful support for difficulties experienced by various types of families, such as coaching programs for emotionally unstable and disabled children do. In addition, we help families form a community and cooperate with each other rather than being isolated through the Family Sharing Marketplace and Joint Childcare Sharing Center.

We also promote family counseling programs that prevent conflicts between families and provide opportunities to understand each other. The center is a counseling professional organization that won the Excellence Award in the family counseling field hosted by the Seoul Family Center for two consecutive years last year and was certified as an excellent family counseling organization by the Korea Healthy Family Promotion Agency. Professional counselors with up to 10 years of counseling experience provide customized counseling. is providing. A total of 10 family consultations will be held, consisting of 6 free consultations followed by 4 paid consultations. The cost of individual counseling is 18,000 won per time and 28,000 won per couple/family counseling, which is cheaper than the market price.

In particular, we are expanding the ‘Discovery of Newlyweds’ program, which was first implemented last year as a specialized family counseling project and involved 37 couples. After conducting an individual personality and temperament test for prospective couples and newlyweds who have been married for less than 7 years, customized counseling is provided over a total of two sessions of 50 minutes each. This year, reflecting the opinions of existing participants, ▲ MBTI test was added from the existing TCI test to the personality and temperament pre-test, and ▲ counseling method was also allowed to choose between face-to-face and non-face-to-face. ▲If the participant wishes, two consecutive sessions of 100 minutes are also possible. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and the participation fee is 10,000 won per person. Anyone who wants to participate in various family programs can visit the center’s website or call to inquire.

Seong-myeong Cho, mayor of Gangnam-gu, said, “Now, the type of family will go beyond the nuclear family centered on blood relations and will be further subdivided into single-person families, multicultural families, elderly families, and community families.” He added, “Through specialized projects, we will provide the necessary services to various families.” “We will proactively provide support to create a healthy family community,” he said.

Queen reporter Choi Hana photo Gangnam-gu

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2024-04-13 03:22:46

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