Raise kindness, not bullies

A call for greater parental involvement and accountability took centre stage at the launch of National Parent Month 2026, as education and child welfare officials urged parents to use the available resources to raise emotionally secure and socially responsible children.

As Jamaica continues to record a worrying level of violence among peers in schools, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education Dr Kasan Troupe urged parents to play a more active role in shaping their children’s behaviour, while also bettering themselves at parenting with the provided support.

“We have active parenting programmes in collaboration with the NPSC (National Parenting Support Commission). We have parenting mentors out there who are building parenting skills; [this is] what we call positive parenting throughout our communities. They are in the communities and they are reachable.