Pal for Parents Program
Being a parent, new or experienced, is not an easy job. It is so much more than just producing offspring. We invest physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy into being a parent. Being a new parent, especially, can be overwhelming.
That is why the Pal for Parents Program was created. It is our mission to empower parents. We are here to educate. We are here to help you prepare. We are here simply because we are your pal.
We offer free virtual classes for parents to provide support and education. Our classes include yoga, nutrition, newborn care, breastfeeding, and life skills. We also have Mommy to Mommy support groups and Dad’s corner to give parents an opportunity to form a community of support.
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Provide evidence-based classes and training for parents on preventive healthcare.
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Alleviate stress for parents during this overwhelming phase of their lives.
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Learning together to further enhance wellness in our community.
Featured Pal for Parents Classes
Childbirth Education
Basic and Prenatal Yoga
Basic and Prenatal Yoga
Childbirth Education is a class for parents that will help them to prepare for pregnancy, stages of labor and birth. Education will encompass hopes and fears surrounding the birth of their baby; tips to alleviate pain during labor; physical activities that will help moms deliver a healthy baby; and much more.
Basic and Prenatal Yoga
Basic and Prenatal Yoga
Basic and Prenatal Yoga
Prenatal Yoga is an integrative approach encompassing poses, breathing, and meditation. This method is used to prepare pregnant women for childbirth, create a bond between mother and baby, reduce anxiety and stress, and increase endurance, flexibility, and muscles needed for labor and delivery.
Nutrition Classs
Basic and Prenatal Yoga
Newborn Care Class
Nutrition Class is a class that teaches parents how to create a healthy lifestyle for them and for their babies. It includes learning how to read nutrition labels on food packages, how to enforce a proper and healthy diet for pregnant and breastfeeding moms and much more.
Newborn Care Class
Newborn Care Class
Newborn Care Class is a class that encompasses the preparation of the baby’s arrival. This class includes but is not limited to safe sleep education, how to change diapers, mother-baby bonding, breastfeeding, how to change the baby’s clothes, how to bathe a newborn baby, how to play with a newborn and much more.
NICU Support Group
NICU Support Group
NICU Support Group is an emotional as well as educational support group for mothers with babies in the NICU. This group is composed of parents sharing their roller coaster emotions and a facilitator offering non-judgmental emotional support and education. The education includes the importance of skin-to-skin bonding and more.
Life Skills Class
Mommy To Mommy Support Group
Mommy To Mommy Support Group
Life Skills (Parenting Skills, Budgeting, Time Management, Stress Relief) is a class that helps parents learn how to handle the stress of becoming a new or recurring parent, how to manage their time with the baby around household chores and work, how to acquire resources within their surrounding community, and much more.
Mommy To Mommy Support Group
Mommy To Mommy Support Group
Mommy To Mommy Support Group
Mommy Support Group (Peer-to-Peer) is a support group for both prenatal and postpartum moms where they can gather around, share, support and learn from each other’s experiences. This class may be offered under various titles with the same premise, healing.