Parenting & Pregnancy Education

Our Place: Helping Families Thrive from the Start

Parenting & Pregnancy Education

Our Place: Helping Families Thrive from the Start

Welcoming a baby into the world is a joyous, life-changing moment – but this new adventure can bring along many questions and challenges. Becoming a parent – whether your first child or your third – can feel overwhelming, especially for families with inadequate support systems, parenting knowledge or limited resources.

Our Place is here to help families through an array of parenting support and safety education. We provide parents with essential one-on-one support, car seat safety education, and group classes, helping them develop a strong foundation where their child can thrive in a safe, nurturing, and healthy home.

CONTACT OUR PLACE

You can benefit from Our Place if you are:

  • Currently pregnant or have a child under 6 months old.
  • Parenting a strong-willed toddler or a child under 10 years old with challenging behaviors.
  • Unsure how to install a car seat, when your child may be ready for the next car seat, or looking for connection to car seat information and resources.
  • Feeling overwhelmed, questioning unknowns, or wanting to ensure the best outcomes for your child, and need support navigating your parenting experience.
  • A parent or caregiver seeking guidance, resources, or just someone in your corner.

Locations:

Our Place at Trudy’s Center for Family Support
16 Oak Street, Manchester, NH 03104
603-647-2244

By appointment only

Our Place Services

Nurturing Beginnings

One-on-one parenting education for expectant mothers or families with babies under one month old. We help build confidence and understanding of various topics around preparing for a baby, newborn care and essentials, safe sleep, car seat safety, post-partum depression, coping through challenges, and navigating through the unknowns of being a new parent.

Car Seat Safety

In-person car seat safety checks, as well as car seat information and resources, are available to Our Place current families, former clients, or families referred to the program by a community agency or partner. Car seat checks are by appointment only.

Pregnancy and Parenting Classes

Virtual Zoom classes covering a variety of topics, including newborn basics, positive discipline, toddler challenges, and car seat safety refreshers.

This Past Year:

169

children are now on the path to growing up in healthier and safer environments.

97%

of parents improved their parenting and child development knowledge.

95%

of parents became more confident in their parenting skills.

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Contact Our Place

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