Nurturing the Nurturers: Prioritizing Parent Well-Being for Stronger Families

Parents and caregivers need care, too.

--U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Parents

This advisory, released in September 2024, reflects what inspired PEP’s founder Linda Jessup to invite parents to her kitchen table over 40 years ago to connect and learn together.

The critical link between parental well-being and child outcomes is more relevant than ever.

While parents have had to deal with stressors and challenges for generations, today’s parents are more isolated, without the benefit of important support networks.

PEP believes, and the research shows, that there is a strong return to society when we invest in strengthening parenting and the family environment, which are key determinants in the healthy mental, emotional, and social development of children.

Join us for a conversation with PEP parent educators to:
  • Reflect on the current state of parenting and the pressure to perform
  • Connect with each other to know that we’re not alone in our parenting journeys
  • Share insights to see challenges through a more can-do lens
  • Build confidence in our own parenting abilities
Let’s connect to discuss parental stress and what we can do about it.

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Moderated by Kathy Hedge, PEP Executive Director

Panelists are PEP Parent Educators and Facilitators:

  • Laura Aguilera works with Latino families through PEP's Linkages to Learning classes and the Family Resiliency Program.
  • Gyniquea Davis develops programs for parents who have completed the Family Resiliency Program.
  • Paige Trevor is a PEP Parent Educator with almost 20 years of experience leading classes, presenting webinars, and supporting parents.


Your Instructor


PEP Parent Educators
PEP Parent Educators

PEP Parent Educators are first and foremost parents just like you. They started in PEP classes, looking for answers to their parenting questions. They found the PEP approach so helpful in their families that they trained to become a PEP parent educator. Your PEP Parent Educators have spent hundreds (and in some cases, thousands) of hours in classes and training sessions as well as in on-the-job training in order to gain the skills to be working with you today.


"I enjoyed the program. I really liked hearing the strategies and then a real life scenario that actually pertained to me and how to step-by-step use the strategy to solve the problem."

--Participant, PEP Online

"I liked it! It's not always easy to attend classes in-person, so the online class is very convenient and conducive for both parents to participate."

--Participant, PEP Online

 

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