Parenting Center
Beyond the Birth: Planning for Parenting Together
Adults (18+)Date : Sunday, Sep 07
Time :
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location : Edlavitch DCJCC
1529 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC
1529 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC
Get your relationship ready for the joys and stresses of parenthood in this one-afternoon workshop for expecting couples. We will focus on identifying expectations, exploring changing roles, conflict navigation, and more. This workshop is open to any couple actively expecting the arrival of a new baby.
Get your relationship ready for the joys and stresses of parenthood in this one-afternoon workshop for expecting couples. We will focus on encouraging open dialogue between partners; identifying joint and individual expectations; building a shared toolkit for handling early parenting challenges; exploring shifting identities, roles, and responsibilities; and learning conflict navigation and decision-making strategies. Led by Francine Woodcock, LCSW-C.
This workshop is open to any couple actively expecting the arrival of a baby, whether biological, adoptive, through a gestational carrier, or other pathway. LGBTQ and straight, Jewish and non-Jewish – all are warmly welcomed! Please register just one adult per household. If you have any questions or if the cost of this program poses a barrier in any way, please reach out to Miriam at mszubin@edcjcc.org.
About the facilitator: Francine Woodcock has been a social worker since 1985 and she is a mother of five and a grandmother of two. In her career, she has provided clinical therapy, parenting education, conflict coaching, mediation, and leadership development, as well as serving in adjunct faculty positions. She looks forward to partnering with you to explore options to create & develop your own upcoming parenting journey.
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