This paper describes the implementation of three major parent education programs and their strategies. Following an introduction to the efforts made in the Philippines to empower parents, the paper briefly describes the Programme of Cooperation and the Education for All National Plan of Action. Three case studies, all of which use different parent education strategies are described. Parent Effectiveness Services (PES) provides parent education and family empowerment by using community or home-based strategies, such as forming neighborhood parent groups, and training parents through home-visits and radio broadcasts. Positive changes in child rearing practices were recorded by the program, and the radio was found to be an effective medium for communication. The Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP), the program in the second case study, adopts a strategy of teacher-child-parent networks to strengthen health and nutrition education in primary schools; its success has resulted in its adoption in other countries. The last case study deals with the Non Formal Education/Female Functional Literacy (NFE/FFL) project, which integrates parent education and literacy programs, particularly of mothers. This strategy devises functional literacy material that relates to parent education. The three programs and strategies described make important contributions to the broader World Summit Goals for Children and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. (BAC)