Our Mission • Our Philosophy • Staff • Board Members

Our Mission
The mission of The Center for Parenting Education is to educate and support parents to raise their children in emotionally healthy ways so that their children can thrive personally, socially and academically. 

 

Our programs, led by certified Parenting Educators, are lively and interactive and enable participants to share experiences and learn from each other. Parents are given opportunities to practice the skills they learn so that they will come away with information that they understand, remember and can apply in their everyday lives with their children. By emphasizing the importance of providing children with a balance of unconditional love as well as the need for setting firm and reasonable limits, we strive to empower parents with the skills necessary for raising responsible children in today's world.

The Center for Parenting Education, a not-for-profit agency founded in 1997, provides programs at our location in Abington, Pennsylvania, and at other sites in the surrounding communities as well as over the internet through on-demand programs and live on-line events.

 

 Our Shared Beliefs

• We believe there are no perfect parents and no perfect children. Everybody is doing the best they can given the experiences they have had.

• We believe that each family is unique and deserves to be highly valued, respected and supported.

• We believe that it is never too late to make changes and improve relationships. Healthy parenting can be learned.

• We offer a preventative, proactive focus toward healthier parenting.

• We teach parents skills and information that current research indicates is most effective in creating an environment that produces resilient, confident, socially competent children.  

• Building upon a family’s existing strengths, we help parents to become critical thinkers, intentional about their parenting decisions, and advocates for their families.

• We nurture and empower parents in a safe atmosphere without blame or criticism. This is the optimal learning environment.

Funding and Support

The Center for Parenting Education is an independent organization whose main sources of funding include grants, private donations and in-kind support as well as program fees, membership and fund-raising efforts.

We would like to express special gratitude to our founding sponsor, Abington Memorial Hospital, for its generous and on-going support in the form of marketing on our behalf, printing of our literature, graphic design and access to their resources and medical staff.

We would also like to recognize the following grantors who currently support our mission through their financial donations:

• Abington Bank
• Boeing Employee Community Fund
• Louis N. Cassett Foundation
• Commonwealth National Foundation
• The Douty Foundation
• Kiwanis Club of Jenkintown
• Rotary Club of Hatboro
• Rotary Club of Jenkintown
• The Teleflex Foundation
• Willow Grove Foundation

We would like to thank Google for its in-kind advertising support through its Google Ad Grant, Learning Times for their help with our online workshop programs, Giant Super Food Store for the hosting of our workshops in their Community Center.

Community Comments

Read what others say about The Center for Parenting Education and our programs.

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click here to see what preschools say about our teacher training programs

 

Community Recognition and Awards

The Center for Parenting Education has been recognized by the following organizations for its outstanding support to families and its vital and invaluable service to its community:

Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Non-Profit of the Year Award, 2011

Community Partnership for Youth and Adults (CPYA), 2006

Abington Township Economic Development Committee Non-Profit Business of the Year Award, 2007

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Certificate of Merit, 2000 and 2004

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from U. S. House of Representatives Congressman Joseph Hoeffel, 2000

 

Community Partners

The Center for Parenting Education is proud to be partnered with the following organizations:

                                          Abington Memorial Hospital

                          

                       

                                 Abington School District

                       

                         Abington Community Taskforce (ACT)

                                          

The Center for Parenting Education has been designated a Promise Place as part of America's Promise Alliance:

                                  

The Center for Parenting Education is proud to be approved as a:

                             No Place for Hate organization