Educating clients and their families with valuable tools and skills to use in every day life; the parenting lessons also provide an opportunity for attendees to earn “Mommy Money” which can then be used to purchase items like maternity clothes, baby clothes and furniture in our “Mommy Store.” Each client who attends the parenting lessons earns 3 to 4 “Mommy Dollars” per lesson. The items in our “Mommy Store” are gently used to new.

We have several lessons that teach parents how to put the fun back into parenting by using love and logic. They learn how to prepare their children for the real world (and saving parent’s sanity) by showing children empathy and love, but also allowing them to experience the natural consequences of their actions.

The “EWYL” program is real-solution parenting, teaching many topics including:

• Establishing Discipline
• ProvidingStructure
• Different Kids Have Different Needs

Basic Parenting 101

• Fetal Development
• Prenatal Nutrition
• Risky Behaviors During Pregnancy (i.e. alcohol, drugs and smoking)
• Recognizing Preterm Labor
• Body Changes and ways to get more comfortable during pregnancy
• Bonding with the Unborn Child
• SIDS
• Shaken Baby
• Bathing & Infant Massage
• Holding & Feeding
• Recognizing Illness in the Newborn
• Home Safety
• Lifestyle Changes of Parents
• Back to Sleep and Sleep Issues
• Protecting your Child from Abuse

Assisting Client in Mommy Store

Clients earn Mommy Money as follows: