Parents Anonymous, Inc., is dedicated to strengthening families with strategies that encourage mutual support and parent leadership. Anyone in a parenting role can join at any time and can attend for as long as he or she wishes. They share their experiences and hopes with each other. Many participants have found peace and learned better coping skills, despite unresolved problems with their loved ones, by working the 12 steps used in Alcoholics Anonymous. The change in the participant often helps the member find recovery.
Participants are women who share a similar desire to be the very best parent that they can be.
Taught in 43 countries worldwide, PET contributed to the widespread parent training movement in the United States. Gordon Training International 531 Stevens Ave. It has a network of more than 2,600 local programs and approximately 10,000 PAT trained and certified parent educators working with parents to provide them with parenting support and information on their developing child from the prenatal stages through age 5. The center delivers a variety of parenting classes, seminars, and curricula in cooperation with local schools, religious institutions, corporations, hospitals and clinics, and civic, community, and cultural organizations. Of course, if parents are unable to find parent support or education programs in their community with which they are comfortable, they may wish to start their own group.