Parenting can be messy.

It is easier with support.

The Parenting Success Network and its partners have a variety of offerings to best meet your family’s unique needs. 

Classes begin next week.  Many classes and services are FREE, or scholarships are available. 

Sign up today!

 

 

Tips for Back-to-School

Thinking about taking a class with your child, or growing your parenting skills? 

There are many LBCC Parenting Education class options to choose from.  Registration is open NOW for classes that begin the week of September 26th.

 

Fall 2022 Registration is Open!

Check out the Parenting Success Network calendar for classes and workshops offered by PSN and our partners throughout Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties.

 

Parent Coaching Available for parents in Lincoln, Benton & Linn Counties

What is Parent Coaching?

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Oregon Parenting Together Newsletter 

The July issue of the Oregon Parenting Together Newsletter has arrived and is about building empathy using storybooks.  “Empathetic people have the ability to connect with others on a deeper level and can lead to individuals being
helpful, involved, and invested in others. In a community where we have to rely on each other, empathy is an increasingly important tool to connect with the world.”

To download the English newsletter, please click here.

To download the Spanish newsletter, please click here

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Pollywog is a local program that links families to prenatal education and then later to parenting education, and can also assist with families in need of additional resources.  If you have children in the 0-5-year-old age range, please contact Pollywog and see what we can do to help. pollywogfamily.org

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Remote Parenting Coaching: One-On-One Parenting Support for Linn, Benton & Lincoln County Parents

Cost: FREE

Richard Halpern, M.A. has over 25 years of experience working with families in schools and non-profits. He teaches Parenting Education for Multnomah Family Court and is certified as a Positive Discipline Parent Educator

Parenting can be challenging but it’s better with support! Parenting Coaching can help:

• Promote positive parent-child relationships
• Find your own best way to parent
• Improve communication and problem solving
• Build on family’s strengths
• Support new ideas and provide helpful strategies
• Identify skill-building opportunities for children based on their age and stage of development

Choose to schedule a FREE phone call or Zoom session (over the internet) at this link: calendly.com/coach4parentscall Tell Richard from coach4parents.com that the Parenting Success Network sent you.

 

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Resources for Talking to Children about Race & Equality 

by Parenting Now!

As early as 6 months old, babies begin to notice differences in people, including their skin color, hair, and eyes. It’s never too early to have conversations about race with your child and there are wonderful, kid-friendly resources out there to help guide you along in the process. The Parenting Now! Educators have rounded up some of their favorite resources for talking to children about race and equity. Here are some of their top choices.

Podcasts:

•  “Raising Anti-Racist Children – A Holistic Approach”  by Jane Lansbury
• “Talking Race With Young Children”  from NPR

Articles:

• How Silence Can Breed Prejudice: A Child Development Professor Explains How and Why to Talk to Kids About Race”the Washington Post
•  “These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest To Your Kids”from the New York Times

Read-along Children’s Books about Race & Diversity:

• “We’re Different, We’re The Same” by Bobbi Kates
•  “Whoever You Are” by Mem Fox
•  “It’s Okay To Be Different,” by Todd Parr
•  “The Family Book,”  by Todd Parr
• “The Color Of Us,” by Karen Katz
• “Same Difference,” by Calida Garcia Rawls
•  “All Kinds of Children,” by Norma Simon

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