Name: Parent Support Group Child Care Provider
Item: Parent Support Group Child Care Provider
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Parents Helping Parents (PHP)

Children Education Life Skills

Phone (617) 926 - 5008

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Our mission	Empowering parents to nurture children and build stronger families.

Opportunities	Parent Support Group Child Care Provider Parents who attend weekly Parent Support Groups do not have the time to provide for their children. By volunteering as a Child Care Provider you can help these parents attend their weekly meetings while also gaining experience in child care. If you love children and wish to stop child abuse in your local communities. Child Care Providers must be at least 18 years old and must provide references. Commitment is 2 hours per week. Weekly 55+, Adults Individuals Indoor Formal Weekdays, Evenings Parent Support Group Facilitator As a facilitator you are given the responsibilty of fostering a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment. Volunteer facilitators must demonstrate an adequate understanding of stressors which could potentially trigger child abuse and/or neglect. Volunteer facilitators must also have previous experience with parents and families. Weekly, Monthly 21+, 55+ Individuals Indoor Formal Weekdays, Evenings Parental Stress Line Counselor Parental Stress Line Counselors offer help to parents who call in the event of an immediate crisis. This is often the first place that parents in need of help will go to. Weekly, Monthly 55+, Adults Individuals Indoor Formal Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

How you help	Volunteering for Parents Helping Parents has allowed me to personally take part in ensuring that a valuable resource for Massachusetts parents will be there in the future.

About us	Parents Helping Parents (PHP) had its beginnings in 1972 when Mike Turner and Joan Wheeler, both affiliated with Parents’ and Children’s Services, started the first parent support group in Massachusetts based on the Parents Anonymous model. This model was first developed in California by Jolly K. and her therapist, Leonard Lieber. The concept was to bring parents together in a supportive and safe environment to talk about problems they were having with their children and to learn new parenting strategies from one another. In 1979, Parents Helping Parents was incorporated under its original name Parents Anonymous of Massachusetts. In that same year, the Parental Stress Line (1-800-632-8188) was established as a 24-hour helpline for parents. From the outset, volunteers have provided all of our services and the Board of Directors has been led by Parent Leaders who have attended our parent support groups. Today, PHP continues to provide parent support groups across Massachusetts based on our mutual support model. PHP also operates the Parental Stress Line that caregivers can call for any issue related to parenting.

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