Curricula for Parenting Educators

Flexible, adaptable, and user-friendly curricula built on 45+ years of experience. Since 1978, more than 110,000 parents and their children have benefited from Parenting Now programs and services.

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3 curriculum options to meet diverse educator and family needs

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Make Parenting A Pleasure® Second Edition

Ages 0-8 • English

For high-risk or highly stressed parents. Nationally recognized and grounded in the Protective Factors Framework.

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Haga de la Familia un Placer® Segunda Edición

Ages 0-8 • Spanish

Spanish adaptation of Make Parenting A Pleasure, Second Edition for Spanish-speaking families. For high-risk or highly stressed parents. Evidence-based and research-informed.

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Evidence-Informed

Parenting Now!® Curriculum

Ages 0-6 • English

7-session curriculum for general parent populations. Ideal for healthcare systems and colleges.

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Curriculum discontinued; parent booklets available.

Parenting: The First Three Years® Curricula

Ages 0-3 • English

Three-part series: INFANTs, ONES, and TWOs. Curriculum discontinued; parent booklets available.

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Curriculum discontinued; parent booklets available.

Haga de la Paternidad un Placer

Spanish

Original Spanish curriculum. Discontinued; parent booklets still available for purchase.

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Make Parenting A Pleasure® Second Edition

Evidence-Based Parenting Curriculum
🧑‍🏫Training Available

Nationally recognized, group-based curriculum for parenting educators serving highly stressed or high-risk parents of children 0-8. Grounded in the Protective Factors Framework (Center for the Study of Social Policy) and research- and evidence-based.

Research-Validated: A 2019 article in Child and Family Behavior Therapy describes the results of a clinical trial of Make Parenting A Pleasure® with highly stressed families. Promising outcomes included improvement of self-reported symptoms of parental depression and improved parenting skills and knowledge of child development. 

The Second Edition is updated with a fully reconfigured presentation of content and new videos supporting the new formatting.

Purchase Options: Make Parenting A Pleasure® Second Edition             

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Haga de la Familia un Placer® Segunda Edición

Evidence-Based Parenting Curriculum
🧑‍🏫Training Available

Spanish translation and adaptation of Make Parenting A Pleasure®, Second Edition. Easily used with Spanish-speaking families of children 0-8. Evidence-based and research-informed.

Designed by parenting educators for parenting educators, Haga de la Familia un Placer‘s facilitated approach to parenting education helps parents achieve their goals for their families and respects the diversity of those goals.

Purchase Options: Haga de la Familia un Placer, Segunda Edición

Parenting Now!® The Curriculum

Evidence-Informed Parenting Curriculum

Derived from our nationally recognized, evidence-based Make Parenting A Pleasure curriculum. Customized for the general population of parents with children ages 0-6, with emphasis on child development and parenting skills such as emotion coaching and parental values.

Simplified to seven sessions, making it ideal for health care systems, community colleges, and organizations offering in-depth parenting education to the universal population of parents of young children. Research-based and evidence-informed.

Haga de la Paternidad un Placer

Our original Spanish-language parenting curriculum.

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This curriculum has been discontinued, but parent booklets are still available for purchase.

Parenting: The First Three Years® Curricula

A three-­part, group­-based curricula for parents of parents of infants, ones and twos. Incredible INFANTs®, Wonderful ONES®, and Terrific TWOs® are developmentally based curricula that offer in-­depth parenting education to the universal population of parents of infants and toddlers.

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This curricula has been discontinued, but parent booklets are still available for purchase.
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Purchase Options: The First Three Years® Curricula

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Incredible INFANTs® Parent Booklets

Set of 15 parent booklets for the Incredible INFANTs® curriculum with reproducible handouts.

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Wonderful ONEs® Parent Booklets

Set of 15 parent booklets for the Wonderful ONEs® curriculum with reproducible handouts.

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Terrific TWOs® Parent Booklets

Set of 15 parent booklets for Terrific TWOs® curriculum with reproducible handouts.

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