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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.
Support Groups for Parents of Multiples - a listing of local groups dedicated to supporting parents with twins or triplets
2009 Parents and Kids Rookie Guide - our guide to the latest trends and services for parents
May
Chelmsford mothers' club: Using Encouragement to Build Self-Esteem
In this workshop, participants will learn specific ways to foster self-esteem and develop children’s natural strengths, for instance using praise versus encouragement. Our speaker, Lynne Laffie, is an educator who is well known throughout the North Shore and Merrimack Valley as an early childhood and professional development consultant who helps parents, educators, and childcare providers learn and apply positive ways of dealing with the negative behavior of children and teenagers. The meeting is on Wednesday May 19 at Greater Visions Children’s Center (St. Vartanantz Church) located at 180 Old Westford Road, Chelmsford, MA. The meeting starts with social hour at 6:45pm and speaker at 7:30pm. General meetings are free and are open to mothers of children from birth to age ten. Both non-members and members are encouraged to attend.
Dental Care Is For Babies. Dr. Mel Ehrlich will be sponsoring his monthly “Wee Care Infant Oral Health Program” on May 5 at 10 A.M. Children under three years of age are invited to register for this free seminar with examination designed to help parents assure a cavity-free child. The informal format assures that all parents’ questions will be answered by this pediatric dental specialist. Space is limited. Call Dr. Mel at (508) 875-KIDS to register.
Engaging Cooperation from your Strong-Willed Child
May 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Parenting Solutions, 6 Colonial Drive, Suite 2, Westborough
$30 for one parent, 2nd parent 1/2 off
Parenting Teens
May 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Parenting Solutions, 6 Colonial Drive, Suite 2, Westborough
$25/parent, 2nd parent free
Jordan’s Furniture, a long-time champion for children in state foster care, is hosting A Walk Home: the Walk for Adoption on Sunday morning, May 16 at the Jordan’s Furniture’s Taunton facility.
The Arthritis Walk includes the option of a one-mile or three-mile route, activities for non-walkers and a post-walk party. Help fight arthritis, the nation’s number one cause of disability. To register or for more information, visit www.metrowestarthritiswalk.org or contact Mike Blazek at the Arthritis Foundation at 1-800-766-9449 ext. 120 or mblazek@arthritis.org.
Rent Party to benefit the scholarship fund of the Neighborhood School in Jamaica Plain - Saturday, May 15th 5:00-9:00pm at the Covenant Church (455 Arborway - next to the courthouse, a short walk from the Forest Hills T station) . All ages welcome! There'll be good food, great music, and awesome people. There'll be children's activities and a silent auction. The music line-up includes jazz & world music with keyboard player, Winfred Meadows; Brazilian music by Rosana Peixoto, Scott Farrell-Forstein’s hip hop/spoken word stylings, rock & pop from the school’s band, Area 34, a kids’ jam with Jonathan Leaning, and more! Musicians, student performers, and benefitting families come from Dorchester, Roslindale, Roxbury, Hyde Park, Brookline, West Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain. Have a great night out and learn more about the Neighborhood School (kindergarten - 6th grade). Tickets are $15 adult; $5 children; and $35 for a family of 3 or more. Questions? Call 617-522-0880.
“Mom’s Nite Out™,” which will be held at 12 Simon malls across New England on Thursday, May 6, 2010 from 4 – 8 PM. The nationwide event, billed as the “Ultimate Celebration of Motherhood,” is an evening of free pampering, fun and giveaways for moms and moms-to-be.
The 12 participating Simon malls in New England are:
§ Auburn Mall – Auburn, MA
§ Atrium Mall – Chestnut Hill, MA
§ Burlington Mall – Burlington, MA
§ Cape Cod Mall – Hyannis, MA
§ Emerald Square Mall – N. Attleboro, MA
§ Crystal Mall – Waterford, CT
§ Mall at Rockingham Park – Salem, NH
§ Northshore Mall – Peabody, MA
§ Pheasant Lane Mall – Nashua, NH
§ Mall of New Hampshire – Manchester, NH
§ Solomon Pond Mall – Marlboro, MA
§ South Shore Plaza – Braintree, MA
The Allston-Brighton Early Childhood System of Care invites fathers and father figures, regardless of the age of their children, to a free Community Breakfast for Dads on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 from 8-9 a.m. The workshop will be held at Jackson Mann Community Center, 500 Cambridge Street, Allston, MA and includes a complimentary light breakfast. John Badalament, a father and educator who directed the film “All Men are Sons,” will lead the breakfast discussion. To register, please contact Vickie Shalian at 617-469-8554
Sibling Preparation Class
May 15, 2010
4- to 6-year-olds: 9:00-10:30 am
2 ½- to 3 ½-year-olds: 10:45 am-noon
$20 for one child, $25 for two or more
For more information on any of these classes, contact Lisa, program coordinator, at 978-287-3268.
