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Adoption Play & Learn is an educational and play group for parents and their adopted children under age 6. The group meets monthly in Concord on Tuesday mornings from 10 to 11:30am, and is facilitated by an adoption specialist. Free program. Register/more information at 978-287-0221 or email Linda. (See also We Are Family listing.)
At-Home Dads, contact David.
Bedford Family Connection (BFC) offers events, drop-in playroom, and a monthly newsletter for families with young children.
Bedford Youth & Family Services
BIDMC Parent Connection New Moms' Group, Tuesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 am, Beth Israel Deaconess & Children's Hospital Medical Care Center, 482 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA. Register for this free group at 617-667-2229.
Breastfeeding Support Group, Baldwin Park I, 12 Alfred Street, Woburn. Meet every Wednesday afternoon from 1:30-2:30 p.m. All moms and babies are welcome. Call Winchester Hospital's Outpatient Lactation Center 781-756-4788.
The Children's Room: Center for Grieving Children & Teenagers Inc., Arlington, MA.
Cradles to Crayons, Quincy, MA. Helps to provide poor and homeless children with everyday supplies. Learn how you can donate goods, time, and/or money.
Families First: parenting education and support (Cambridge).
Family TIES (Together In Enhancing Support) of Massachusetts: statewide information and parent-to-parent support project for families of children with special needs and chronic illness.
Fathers & Families: Massachusetts non-profit advocating for the role of fathers in children's lives.
First Connections: parenting education, support groups, playgroups (Concord) 978-287-0221.
Healthy Families is a free and confidential program providing home visiting support to first-time mothers under 21. Services are provided from pregnancy up to the child's third birthday and you can join any time before the child's first birthday. Contact Andrea or Michele at the Healthy Families Office at 978-369-0615.
Isis Maternity: classes, groups, workshops, private consultations for expecting and new moms. (Brookline)
It's You and Me, Kid, a single parents social group that meets several times a month, throughout the Massachusetts area; offering planned activities, day trips and holiday celebrations with children. Networking for solo parents. For information, call 781-581-6328.
La Leche League Breastfeeding Support
- Lexington chapter. Meets on the second Wednesday and fourth Thursday of the month. Contact Francesca 781-862-4762 or Ann Marie 781-863-1689.
Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund: Funding, training, and programs to help prevent child abuse and neglect.
Massachusetts Home Learning Association: support groups for homeschooling.
Massachusetts Mothers of Twins Association (includes triplets, quads, and more!)
Massachusetts Dept. of Early Education and Care : child care, residential services, adoption information.
Minuteman Early Intervention, Minute Man Arc for Human Services Inc., 1269 Main Street, West Concord, MA 01742. 978-371-1543. Serves infants and toddlers at risk for developmental delays and individuals of all ages with specific developmental disabilities and their families.
Newcomers Clubs of Massachusetts
New England Mothers Organization (NEMO) for family-friendly employment. Job search, advocacy, daycare finder, blog, classes/events/family travel, types of employment, etc.
Older First-Time Moms Social and Support Group (Arlington) 781-674-2029.
One Tough Job: parenting site by Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund.
Parents Helping Parents, network of groups. 800-882-1250.
Parents without Partners, Burlington, MA. 978-667-6834.
Reach Beyond Domestic Violence, a 90-day emergency shelter for victims and survivors of domestic violence in the Metro West of Boston. Toll-free hotline (800-899-4000), support groups, children's counseling, legal advocacy, community outreach, education, resources, and referrals.
Room to Grow, Boston, MA. Enriching the lives of babies born into poverty throughout their critical first three years of development.
We Are Family is a monthly support group for parents who adopted their children at age 3 or more. The group meets on the 3rd Thursdays of each month from 7 to 9pm at First Connections on the Emerson Hospital campus in Concord. Facilitated by Mary Rowlinson, R.N. Parents of elementary, middle, and high schoolers welcome. Free program, join anythime. More information at 978-287-0221 or email Linda.
WIC Program in Bedford, MA, 781-275-7727.
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