Feeling the need for a little extra parenting help?
If you haven’t discovered Burnaby Family Life yet, be sure to look up their program offerings for 2016/17.
The organization offers a number of parenting programs, including Nobody’s Perfect, an educational and support program for parents with children under age six. (Some sessions have started up for the fall season, but be sure to check the details for the new year as well.)
There’s also an ongoing Single Mothers’ Support Group, with child care available, on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
And, for lots of family fun, there are regular ongoing family drop-ins at Burnaby Neighbourhood House and Brentwood Learning Centre, and Learning Together Through Play drop-ins at Burnaby Nieghbourhood House, Edmonds Resource Centre and the Burnaby Family Life Metrotown location on McKercher Avenue.
Check out www.burnabyfamilylife.org for the fall-winter brochure to get all the up-to-date time and location information.
BRENTWOOD FUN
If you live in the Brentwood area, then be sure to check out the YMCA’s Brentwood Community Resource Centre.
The centre, at 2055 Rosser Ave., offers a Baby and Me drop-in for parents and caregivers of children up to age 12 months. It’s on Thursdays starting at noon, and it covers various health and development topics related to babies, with presentations from public health nurses and other professionals.
Sessions will cover topics such as breastfeeding, nutrition, postpartum fitness, child development and more. Bring a blanket for your little one to lie on, and hang out to learn more and socialize with other parents.
The information sessions are an hour long, but open drop-in playtime then runs until 4 p.m.
Drop-in play sessions are for parents and caregivers with children up to age six, and they run afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. (starting at 12:30 p.m. on Mondays). Email [email protected] for more details.
PARENTING WORKSHOP
Are you facing the challenges of the “middle years” of childhood?
If you have kids between the ages of six and 12, you may be interested in an upcoming parenting workshop at the McGill branch of Burnaby Public Library.
Parenting in the Middle Years runs Mondays from 10:10 a.m. to noon, from Oct. 17 to Nov. 21.
The course will look at middle childhood development and how to help encourage social-emotional competency and foster positive peer relationships, as well as offering up strategies for effective, positive discipline.
Pre-registration is required, as space is limited. Contact 778-782-3548 or email [email protected].
Check out www.bpl.bc.ca/events for more on this and other parenting offerings at the libraries.
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