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<\/p>\nBeing a parent is probably the most important job you’ll ever have… and it’s the most difficult…<\/p>\n
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The good news, is that you’re not alone!\u00a0 Others are dealing with the same questions and are ready to lend their support; others have dealt with the same questions and are ready to offer advice.<\/p>\n
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A new support group called Parents Anonymous has begun meeting at PUMC. (Note that this is not a ministry organized by PUMC, but we support them with our prayers and through the use of our building<\/span><\/em>).<\/p>\n We meet on Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 PM<\/strong><\/span>, and our meetings are held in the second floor of the In addition to building a support network, we focus on exploring topics like ADHD, Oppositional Defiance, Mental Health, Social Media, Special Education & the IEP Process, We have partnered occasionally with NAMI, SPAN and we have done the Total Transformation System. We also try to go on local community outings.\u00a0 So there’s a lot of trained expertise in this group that any parent can tap into.<\/p>\n Oh yeah- we also offer light refreshments during the meeting.<\/p>\n If you need help, call 1-800-THE-KIDS.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <\/p>\n This is a group for parents, and many times we have young kids who need care during the meetings.\u00a0 Well, we take care of that too!\u00a0 Volunteers from our group provide child care (in the church near the meeting room); for kids 12 and under.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings at any time.\u00a0 For further details, contact one of the below:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being a parent is probably the most important job you’ll ever have… and it’s the most difficult… Do you have teenager?\u00a0 Are you worried about what they’re tweeting or posting?\u00a0 Are you suddenly in the throws of having to find a college and helping your teen get a driver’s license? Or maybe your child is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,55,185],"tags":[72,104],"class_list":["post-12078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eventreminder","category-mission-aroundtowns","category-support-groups","tag-family","tag-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12078"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21708,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12078\/revisions\/21708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Father-road-995343__180](\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Father-road-995343__180-400x300-300x224.jpg\")
education wing (enter via the main doors from the parking lot and head up the stairs or elevator that are on your left).\u00a0\u00a0 During the meetings we support each other through difficult and happy times. It’s a safe place to vent life’s frustrations and try to brainstorm solutions. Parents Anonymous started many years ago as a way to prevent child abuse by parents supporting each other through challenges.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tParent’s Anonymous also offers a hotline, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. <\/span><\/p>\nChild Care…<\/span><\/h3>\n
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