Why join NP?
Because there are no perfect parents -
let’s get free of that pressure!

Families are complex, challenging, and worth every bit of effort. The Nobody's Perfect parenting program is about finding your way as a parent -- even when family life gets a bit messy. Find ideas and support to help you manage today's challenges and your child's needs. Discover your strengths as a parent, and build new ones with the support and encouragement of other parents. 

Real Life. Real Support.

Parenting can be hard, but you don’t have to do it alone. Find the support and encouragement you’ve been looking for at a Nobody’s Perfect program. It's fun! It’s interactive & it’s supportive. Small group size for more indepth discussions, register HERE as soon as possible to secure your spot!

FAMILY RHYTHM, RHYME, + MOVEMENT
Nurture early literacy, language, music - and family fun!

Songs, Rhymes, Stories & Movement Together for ages 0-5
Six Saturdays, 10:00-11:00, Jan 29- Mar 5 ON ZOOM

Register  HERE. 
What participants say about FRR + M: “Dawn Zoe and Nuri were fantastic at leading, making us feel welcome, and introducing our child to music…so amazing to have a free music class in East Van. We can’t afford other music classes right now…” “We learned a lot of songs that our child loved, and we sing them often.” “Wonderful.”
 

Enjoy songs, rhymes and stories in Spanish to nuture your child's mother tongue, and create community with other Latin parents. Taught by Rita Arciniega and Erika Flores who are certified Parent Child Mother Goose faciltators. Get on the wait list HERE.
 

ROLL BABY ROLL

Support your baby's development through touch, movement and face to face interactions. For babies aged 6 weeks to PRE-crawling and their parent or parents. You will learn ways to enhance your baby’s motor development through creating an enriching environment for them in the early months.In this class you will learn age and stage appropriate activities for baby with hands-on techniques, ideas on how to play with your baby and the importance of all the developmental stages babies go through in the first year of life This class is a great opportunity to learn, be more empowered as a new parent, and meet other parents and their babies online. On Zoom. Get on the wait list HERE.

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We have several more programs in the works for the New Year, dates to be determined:

Circle of Security  is a program designed for parents and carers of children aged 0-6+ years who want to strengthen the bonds with their children and would like support to help their children to build secure relationships.The Circle of Security is a visual map of attachment. The Circle of Security figure is a central visual focused on helping caregivers reflect upon children's attachment needs in order to promote secure attachment with a child. A series of video clips are viewed followed by reflection questions in the group discussion. This helps parents and carers become attuned to the child's needs along the "circle." On Zoom.

COPE- Collective of Parents Empowered is a longer-term support and discussion group, on Zoom. It takes a similar format to Nobody's Perfect, but because parents can participate for 3 sessions of 8 weeks (24 weeks potential) they can go much, much deeper and broader into the issues they want to address. COPE is unique to Eastside Family Place, and after a few years break, will be offered again in the new year. We are very excited to make this kind of deeper work available to a new generation of parents of kids 5 and under! on Zoom.

Creating Connections and Calming the Self. For 2-5 year olds to develop more social and emottonal co-regulation with their parent or carer. Based on expressive arts and movement.