What is a PEPS group?

PEPS Groups are fun and social, and each meeting includes time for sharing parenting highs and lows, time to focus on the babies’ development and a discussion topic. Topics include feeding, sleeping, child development, balancing work and baby, self-care and many more.

What is the early parenthood stage?

This stage can occur anywhere between birth and six months. It’s about closing the gap between the new parents’ expectations prior to birth and the reality they’re now experiencing.

When should I join PEPS group?

For new parents with babies ages 2-16 weeks old in a family with one or more older children. Groups are available for one parent to attend with their newborn (the same parent attends each week). All groups will continue to meet virtually until further notice. For parents with babies ages 5-12 months old.

What are the effects of early parenthood?

Our findings suggested that for both women and men, early parenthood had a negative impact on educational attainment and employment. The estimated effects for men were substantial and only slightly less than for women; catching up to the nonyoung parents continued throughout the late 20s and early 30s.

How can I support my dad?

Parenting Tips for Dads: Being an Engaged, Supportive & Loving Father

1. Spend time with your child.
2. Discipline with love and positive parenting.
3. Be your childs role model.
4. Earn the right to be heard.
5. Be your childs teacher.
6. Eat together as a family.
7. Read to your child.
8. Respect the other parent of your child.

How can I help a new dad?

Let Dad Be Dad: 6 Ways to Encourage New Fathers

1. Don’t Forget to Prepare.
2. Enlist His Help at the Hospital.
3. Plan for Paternity Leave, if Possible.
4. Encourage Dad to Bond.
5. Help Him Get Involved With Feeding.
6. Resist the Urge to Do Everything Yourself.

What are the 5 stages of parenthood?

As a rough guide, these stages are:

• Image-making (pregnancy).
• Nurturing (birth to 18-24 months).
• Authoritative (2 – 5 years).
• Interpretive (5 years – adolescence).
• Interdependent (during adolescence).
• Departure (late adolescence to adulthood).

What are the three types of parenting styles?

Family counselors divide parenting styles into three categories: authoritarian (a parents-know-best approach that emphasizes obedience); permissive (which provides few behavioral guidelines because parents don’t want to upset their children); and authoritative (which blends a caring tone with structure and consistent …

What is teenage pregnancy?

In India, more than 50 per cent adolescents who are married have already given birth to children. As is evident from statistical data, the prevalence of teenage pregnancies is inversely proportional to their levels of education. At least twenty per cent of the women who got pregnant as teenagers had no schooling.

What are dads supposed to do?

Fathers and Emotional Development. Fathers, like mothers, are pillars in the development of a child’s emotional well-being. They also look to their fathers to provide a feeling of security, both physical and emotional. Children want to make their fathers proud, and an involved father promotes inner growth and strength.

What can dads do with newborns?

Getting involved in the daily care of your baby – dressing, settling, playing, bathing and nappy changing – is the best way to build your skills and confidence. These everyday activities also create lots of one-on-one time with your baby, which is the building block of a positive relationship.

What is the early parenthood program?

The YWCA Lower Cape Fear’s Early Parenthood Program (EPP) was created in partnership with the NC Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives. The program works with pregnant and parenting teens to provide direct services and one-on-one support.

What does organised peer support during pregnancy and early parenthood mean?

This paper describes original qualitative interview-based research that explores what organised peer support during pregnancy and early parenthood means to volunteers who are trained to offer it and to women who receive it.

Why pepeps parent support programs?

PEPS parent support programs educate, inform and create community. We’ve become a vital resource for new parents in the Puget Sound region, with parent groups serving thousands of families annually. EQUITY We strive for better access and outcomes for every family, centering those most impacted by disparities.

Are women supported during the transition to parenthood and disadvantage?

There is little research on peer supporters and women supported in the context of the transition to parenthood and disadvantage. This study particularly focuses on peer support for women experiencing a range of vulnerabilities during pregnancy and the postnatal period, in projects which assigned trained volunteers to individual pregnant women.