Parents’ Place is a 28 year old non-profit family resource center dedicated to promoting a community commitment to healthy parenting, strengthening and supporting families and ensuring the well-being of children of all ages.
Parents’ Place offers classes, home visits, referrals, support groups, and supervised visitation to families throughout Cowlitz County.
Parents Place is offering Active Parenting the First Five Years in July. This four week class is for people raising children birth through five years old. Learn about ages and stages, brain development, age-appropriate discipline and consequences, kindergarten readiness, and more. There is a workbook that accompanies the class. It is $15 and is not required for successful completion of the class. The class fee is $20 per week, adjustable upon request. No childcare is provided. If you need to bring children with you, bring snacks and something to keep them busy.
Battles, Hassles, Tantrums, and Tears starts Tuesday June 2 from 6-7:30pm. This is a four week class on parental and children's anger, appropriate discipline, family communication, and more. No childcare available. If you need to bring children to class with you, please bring snacks and something to keep them busy. $20 per week, adjustable upon request.
We are offering the Children in Between class on Saturday April 25 from 8am to noon. This class is on avoiding the pitfalls of co-parenting. If you are filing a parenting plan, this class meets the Washington State requirement of a four hour parenting class on the effects of divorce and separation on children. $40. No scholarships or childcare available.