Our newest program, Brighter Beginnings Child’s Play, is a program geared to teen parents and their children.  We offer special parenting groups, combining activities from the Nurturing Parenting Program (www.nurturingparenting.com) with fun movement and play groups.

Alameda Parenting Partnership  - Child’s Play Program

Teen parents learn and practice a range of effective parenting techniques focusing on the four constructs.  They learn to adapt their parenting style to their child(ren)’s individual temperament. 

Benefits for Parents and Children

Parents, including adult parents of very young teen parents, typically experience increased relaxation, self-confidence, and ability to manage stress, anger and other troublesome feelings. Children will experience healthier physical, intellectual, early language, and social-emotional development, and children of teen parents age 15 and younger will experience reduced confusion and stress.

Community Collaboration

Our Child’s Play program will operate in collaboration with Horizon High School’s Cal-SAFE program for school-aged parents, in Pleasanton, http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/horizon/.  We will also be developing groups at our Brighter Beginnings Family Support Center in Oakland.

Program Funding

Brighter Beginnings Child’s Play program is funded by Every Child Counts, First 5 Alameda County. 

Program Contact Information

For more information, contact Monica Medellin at 510-903-7524, or toll-free at 877-427-7134.  You can also email mmedellin@brighter-beginnings.org

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