Parenting Resources

Looking for support from fellow parents? Want to know more about food allergies? Or need tips on keeping your home more organized? P&K has assembled area workshops and seminars on all things parenting.


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March workshops

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South Shore Mothers of Multiples will hold their Annual Children' Spring Clothing and Equipment Sale on Sat. March 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 241 Broad Street in Weymouth.  Gently used clothing and equipment, such as toys and bikes will be for sale, from infant sizes all the way up to elementary school aged children. $1 admission. http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/clubhome.html?nclubid=435868472&nsupercity=813015497

 

Planning a Vegetable Garden meeting will be held by MetroWest Boston Mothers  & More March 8, 7:30 p.m., at Whitney Place, 3 Vision Drive in Natick.  An experienced gardner from the Natick Garden Club will give information about how to start a successful garden, as well as where to find helpful resources. This green thumb event is free! http://www.metrowestmothersandmore.org/events.html

 

Parenting Solutions, at 6 Colonial Drive Suite 2, in Westborough, will hold a Secrets of Successful Discipline workshop.  On March 10 from 7:30- 9 p.m. parents are invited to learn about how to discipline their children effectively.  Fee: $30 per person, half price for a second parent to attend. http://parentingsolutionsprograms.com/content/ptw.html

 

On March 11, at Wide Horizons for Children, 38 Edge Hill Road in Waltham, individuals looking to learn more about adopting a child, should check out their free Adoption Information Meeting from 6:30- 8:30 p.m.  Attendees will gather information on how to adopt, the rewards of doing so and even meet families who have been through or are currently experiencing the adoption process. http://www.whfc.org/onlinereg/AdoptionInfo.htm

 

Mount Auburn Hospital offers a Prepared Infant and Childcare class on March 20 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. to educate couples on stages of pregnancy, labor and delivery and newborn after-care.  The session will be held at Clark Lecture Hall,  330 Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge.  Fee: $180 per couple. http://www.mountauburnhospital.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=156&action=detail&ref=707&calendars=3451

 

Families First Parenting Programs invites you to their Working with Parents in Culturally Competent Ways workshop on March 26, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 99 Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge.  The program aims to teach parents how to learn to be more culturally aware and how other societies view family dynamics and structure.  By learning how to break down barriers and become more understanding of other family's beliefs, parents themselves will be able to pass those qualities down to their own children.  Fee: $75 per person. http://www.families-first.org/findcurr-172.asp?s=d&pid=23&lid=