Growing As Parents
 

Vita Centre offers motherhood and fatherhood parenting groups. These are offered at dates different times and locations. Each group can be adjusted to meet the group’s individual needs or interests.

Motherhood: Providing a stepping-stone to further education, parenting skills and personal development.

Young mothers are able to take full advantage of the life skills program in a 12-week program, which covers a wide variety of topics that are unique to the needs of the group. Some topics include:

  • Parenting techniques.
  • Child development
  • Budgeting,
  • Healthy relationships
  • Conflict resolution,
  • Job search skills,
  • Body image

To register for Vita Centre’s Motherhood or fatherhood groups Please contact the G.A.P Facilitator (905) 858-0329 ext: 230 Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00pm

Free Child care is offered at each group and a light snack provided.

Fatherhood: Proving a safe and supportive group that will encourage fathers to build and maintain positive relationships with their child.

The following are some of the workshops we offer for young fathers

  1. The New Dad

    2. Being a dad today is different from being a dad in generations past. The role is constantly changing. We will look at the emerging picture of the new, nurturing, manly dad.

  2. Fathering a Baby and Dealing with Everyone Else

    3. Being a father means dealing with others besides your child. In this workshop we will discuss fathering and mothering and if there is a parenting “instinct”. Outside the immediate family there are relatives, the workplace, and your community that all come into play in fathering.

  3. The Father Factor

    4. There is something unique about fathering within the parenting picture. We will discuss learning about being a father and then look at the special impact fathering has on the developing child.

  4. Stress and Fathering

    5. Dealing effectively with the stresses of fathering is our goal. In this workshop we will look at the different aspects of stress itself and then examine how we can manage those stresses successfully.

  5. Discipline and Fathering

    6. Disciplining our children is seldom an easy matter. We will look at the issue of authority and also how it fits in with our notions of masculinity. Difficult topics like aggression and spanking will also be discussed.

    To register for Vita Centre’s Motherhood or fatherhood groups Please contact the G.A.P Facilitator (905) 858-0329 ext: 230, Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00pm