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Parenting Classes & Support
Attachment Parenting International (API) - www.attachementparenting.org
The mission of Attachment Parenting International (API) is to promote parenting practices that create
strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents.
Children's Rights Council's Info4Parents Website - www.info4parents.com
Wants never married parents and separated and divorced parents to obtain resources, information,
and referrals that will enable you to be what you want to be--better parents for your children.
DC Metro Dads - groups.yahoo.com/group/DCMetroDads or www.dcmetrodads.com
DCMetroDads is a network of stay at home fathers living in the Washington DC Metro area. Our
mission is to reduce the isolation of a stay at home father and to provide social as well as educational
activities for our members. Chapters in Montgomery and Howard Counties, and in the Bowie area.
DC Metro Mommies - groups.yahoo.com/group/dcmetromommies
We are a network of working, stay-at-home, and work-out-of-the-home moms in the Northern Virgina,
Maryland and DC areas. This is a place for local moms to share parenting information.
Family Pride Coalition - www.familypride.org
Members of the Family Pride Coalition represent a wide spectrum of those committed to equality for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their families.
FamilyIQ - www.familyIQ.com
Internet site specializing in helping individuals, couples, and parents learn skills that result in better
personal relationships, happier family relationships, and more effective parenting of children and
teenagers.
Greater Washington Urban League Parent Center, The - www.gwulparentcenter.org
Our Goal: To help parents gain confidence in their child-rearing abilities and increase their awareness
of educational issues and services while fostering the development of parent/school partnerships in
meeting the needs of children.
Healthy Children.org - American Academy of Pediatrics - www.healthychildren.org
Healthy Children.org is the only parenting Web site backed by 60,000 pediatricians committed to the
attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children,
adolescents, and young adults.
International Moms Clubs - www.momsclub.org
MOMs Club Goals: To provide a support group for mothers who choose to stay at home to raise their
children; To provide a forum for topics of interest to mothers; To help children in the community; To
perform at least one service project yearly helping needy children.
DC: www.momsclubdc.org; momsdcnw@yahoo.com
MD: www.momsclub.org/links.html#Maryland (several chapters in the DC and Baltimore-metro areas)
VA: www.momsclub.org/links.html (several chapters in Northern Virginia)
The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) - www.twoofus.org
NHMRC is a national resource and clearinghouse for information and research relating to healthy
marriages. NHMRC strives to be a "first stop shop" for marriage and family trends and statistics,
marriage education and programming, scholarly research, and the latest news and events. In
particular, the NHMRC also provides training and technical assistance presentations and documents
for federally funded Healthy Marriage Initiative grantees.
Parents Without Partners - www.parentswithoutpartners.org
Parents Without Partners provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing
personal growth, self-confidence and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support,
friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques.
DC/MD: www.pwp60.org; VA (Fairfax): www.pwp715.org
Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) - www.parentencouragement.org
Our goal is the development of stronger, more encouraging families, through systematic education,
skill training, and support. Classes for parents of infants through teenagers offered.
Parent Encouragement Program
10100 Connecticut Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895
Phone: 301-929-8824; FAX: 301-929-8834; E-Mail: PEPOffice@aol.com
Washington Parent Magazine - washingtonparent.com/index.htm
Washington Parent has been serving parents in the Washington Metropolitan Area since 1982,
providing family enrichment through education and support. Each month we feature articles written by
professionals in the fields of child development, education, arts, special needs and more.
Phone 301-320-2321; Email: contactus@washingtonparent.net
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families – www.zerotothree.org
Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals,
policymakers, and parents in the lives of infants and toddlers. Zero to Three’s mission is to promote
the health and development of infants and toddlers.
The mission of Attachment Parenting International (API) is to promote parenting practices that create
strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents.
Children's Rights Council's Info4Parents Website - www.info4parents.com
Wants never married parents and separated and divorced parents to obtain resources, information,
and referrals that will enable you to be what you want to be--better parents for your children.
DC Metro Dads - groups.yahoo.com/group/DCMetroDads or www.dcmetrodads.com
DCMetroDads is a network of stay at home fathers living in the Washington DC Metro area. Our
mission is to reduce the isolation of a stay at home father and to provide social as well as educational
activities for our members. Chapters in Montgomery and Howard Counties, and in the Bowie area.
DC Metro Mommies - groups.yahoo.com/group/dcmetromommies
We are a network of working, stay-at-home, and work-out-of-the-home moms in the Northern Virgina,
Maryland and DC areas. This is a place for local moms to share parenting information.
Family Pride Coalition - www.familypride.org
Members of the Family Pride Coalition represent a wide spectrum of those committed to equality for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their families.
FamilyIQ - www.familyIQ.com
Internet site specializing in helping individuals, couples, and parents learn skills that result in better
personal relationships, happier family relationships, and more effective parenting of children and
teenagers.
Greater Washington Urban League Parent Center, The - www.gwulparentcenter.org
Our Goal: To help parents gain confidence in their child-rearing abilities and increase their awareness
of educational issues and services while fostering the development of parent/school partnerships in
meeting the needs of children.
Healthy Children.org - American Academy of Pediatrics - www.healthychildren.org
Healthy Children.org is the only parenting Web site backed by 60,000 pediatricians committed to the
attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children,
adolescents, and young adults.
International Moms Clubs - www.momsclub.org
MOMs Club Goals: To provide a support group for mothers who choose to stay at home to raise their
children; To provide a forum for topics of interest to mothers; To help children in the community; To
perform at least one service project yearly helping needy children.
DC: www.momsclubdc.org; momsdcnw@yahoo.com
MD: www.momsclub.org/links.html#Maryland (several chapters in the DC and Baltimore-metro areas)
VA: www.momsclub.org/links.html (several chapters in Northern Virginia)
The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) - www.twoofus.org
NHMRC is a national resource and clearinghouse for information and research relating to healthy
marriages. NHMRC strives to be a "first stop shop" for marriage and family trends and statistics,
marriage education and programming, scholarly research, and the latest news and events. In
particular, the NHMRC also provides training and technical assistance presentations and documents
for federally funded Healthy Marriage Initiative grantees.
Parents Without Partners - www.parentswithoutpartners.org
Parents Without Partners provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing
personal growth, self-confidence and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support,
friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques.
DC/MD: www.pwp60.org; VA (Fairfax): www.pwp715.org
Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) - www.parentencouragement.org
Our goal is the development of stronger, more encouraging families, through systematic education,
skill training, and support. Classes for parents of infants through teenagers offered.
Parent Encouragement Program
10100 Connecticut Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895
Phone: 301-929-8824; FAX: 301-929-8834; E-Mail: PEPOffice@aol.com
Washington Parent Magazine - washingtonparent.com/index.htm
Washington Parent has been serving parents in the Washington Metropolitan Area since 1982,
providing family enrichment through education and support. Each month we feature articles written by
professionals in the fields of child development, education, arts, special needs and more.
Phone 301-320-2321; Email: contactus@washingtonparent.net
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families – www.zerotothree.org
Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals,
policymakers, and parents in the lives of infants and toddlers. Zero to Three’s mission is to promote
the health and development of infants and toddlers.