A Caring Parents group can provide a setting for parents to fellowship and support each other and work through common parenting issues. Parents need other parents. The encouragement given them through association and interaction with other parents provides an affirmation of themselves as persons, gives them a sense of belonging to a community of others who share similar concerns, and provides opportunities for celebrating the joy and satisfactions of parenting.
Parents can help other parents.
In a Caring Parents group, an environment of trust and acceptance is created. Parents experience a sense of freedom to examine their own behavior, to observe others and try alternate ways of relating to their children. The Caring Parents group is loosely structured with several parents covenanting with each other to meet on a regular basis for a specific period of time. Size of the group is flexible, though personal sharing tends to be diminished in groups larger than ten or twelve. The group may meet as often as once per week or once in 2-3 weeks.