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Breaking Cycles, Building Traditions

In our Power to Parent classes, our students gain the skills they need to be better parents, break unhealthy family patterns, and find the confidence necessary to raise their children…

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Dr. Michael Bradley Joins ECP Advisory Board

    Dr. Michael Bradley, author of Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!, has joined Educating Communities for Parenting’s Advisory Board. Dr. Bradley is a licensed clinical psychologist with a doctoral…

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ECP Annual Report 2015

We recently published our annual report for 2014-2015. Click the link below to learn about our new partnerships with organizations that serve families with blind/visually impaired members, a tribute to ECP founder, the…

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ECP Welcomes Two New Board Members!

  Educating Communities For Parenting is happy to announce the two newest members of our board, Thomas Koger and Lisa Butler. Thomas Koger is the principal at Stephen Girard Elementary…

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ECP And Norristown Educational Theater Present “Eleanora Fagan…” For People for People Charter School Students

Educating Communities for Parenting was proud to partner with Norristown Educational Theater (N.E.T.) once again to present a showing of Eleanora Fagan: The Birth of Billie Holiday to the students…

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Facilitator Focus: Adonis Banegas

“Where’s Mr. Adonis?” the students of our Power to Parent class at People for People Charter School ask on any given Thursday evening as the clock draws closer to 6:00.…

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Building a Parenting Support Network

Healthy parenting is the ultimate group project. That includes all parents; highly educated, financially secure, mature, teenage, married, single, same sex, male or female. As cliché as it has become, it really does take a village to raise a child...

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‘Kid-free’ zones in public places?

The hottest non-news story on the morning TV shows early last month was about Rainy MacDuff, the owner of Rainy Days Café in Washington State. She asked two mothers and their young children to leave the restaurant because according to her, they were making a “mess.”

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How can I help my child manage stress?

Let’s face it, as parents we want what’s best for our children. After all, even before they’re born, we’ve been taking care of them. For nine months, we’ve eaten or…

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What should I do if I suspect child abuse?

Child abuse isn’t new, but it’s not something most people talk about. That all changed with the Jerry Sandusky case. When the story became headline news for months, child abuse…

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