Northern Home focuses on improving parent-child relationships, preventing child abuse and neglect and decreasing delinquency. The Advanced Parenting Seminars at Northern Home for Children help caregivers cultivate a positive attitude towards parenting.

Through the six session education program based on the Girls and Boys Town Common Sense Parenting (CSP) Model, parents and caregivers learn ways to increase positive behavior in their children and discover alternative approaches to dealing with problem behavior.