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Parenting Classes - Brooklyn...

From Urbanbaby.com

Becoming a parent is an amazing process . . . but there's an awful lot to learn. From hands-on baby advice and toddler discipline to managing your baby sitter and communicating with your spouse, the issues are many and varied for everyone with children. If you're having difficulties, chances are so are a lot of other people just like you. Seek them out, learn a little, then spread the word your_parent. Classes can help make you feel less alone in the struggle, as well as teach you the necessary coping skills. Why stay in the dark?

Families First 
250 Baltic Street
(718) 237-1862
This thriving not-for-profit, neighborhood parenting center opened its doors 20 years ago and offers a drop-in play space, workshops for children and toddlers including crafts, language and music classes, new parents discussion groups and parenting programs. Find occasional event workshops led by field renowned specialists.

Long Island College Hospital 
339 Hicks Street
(718) 780-1336
www.wehealny.org
LICH, part of the Continuum Health Partnership along with St. Luke's Roosevelt and Beth Israel Hospitals, offers ongoing childbirth classes and maternity education. Classes in Lamaze or a combination of Lamaze and Bradley methods of childbirth are offered in six sessions at two hours each, or three sessions of four hours each. Other classes include breastfeeding, child safety and CPR, prenatal and postpartum yoga. All are taught by registered nurses or CEA certified childbirth education specialists.

Moms on Mondays 
Park Slope
(718) 788-6218
Moms on Mondays is a new lunch and learn club for new moms and their babies.

Parents Helping Parents 
Sharon C. Peters
669 President Street
(718) 638-9444
Offers families the opportunity to attend private sessions, support groups and topical workshops. Groups have four to eight members and meet twice a month. Such topics discussed by the classes are crying and tantrums, sleep issues, setting limits, personal parenting goals, finding good child care, sibling relationships and scheduling quality family time.

YWCA Montessori Day School 
30 Third Avenue
(718) 875-1190 ext. 681

Share experiences, concerns and find support with other new mothers. Ellen Chuse from the Elizabeth Seton Childbirthing Center leads a series of new mothering classes for mothers of infants up to nine months. Topics include nutrition in the first year, mother-baby separation anxiety, choosing a baby sitter and sleeping issues. You may sign up for the complete series or drop in for a single class.
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