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Children’s Illnesses
Children’s illnesses and when to know if and when things are serious and your child has to be transported to the hospital. First of all, before baby is born, it is important to either…
Child Birth Education
Child Birth Education – if you ask my husband, the two full days of childbirth education I asked (forced?) him to attend with me at the hospital were among the longest two days…
What Does it Mean to be a Good Mother?
I have never been much of a “beach read” type of woman but I would like to share a wonderful book that I did read this summer. The School for Good Mothers by…
Grief Over a Lost Pregnancy
Grief over a lost pregnancy. There are many subtitles that are under a lost pregnancy. The first is a miscarriage. A miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week…
Teen Parenting Program
Hopeful Beginning's Teen Parenting Program and how you can discern if this program is for you and your school, community, or church. First of all, it is important for you to speak with…
Baby in the NICU
Hopeful Beginnings can help you if your baby is in the NICU at the hospital after birth. For those of you who don’t know, the NICU is the neonatal intensive care for babies…
The Importance of Touch With Babies
When your baby is born, the nurses give the baby over to the mom and dad to hold, and then placed over the mom’s chest to provide skin to skin contact. Baby also…
Starting Counseling
First and foremost, I am proud of you. Starting counseling no matter what takes bravery. It can be very difficult for people to seek help for a variety of reasons. This can be…
Effective Communication with Teenagers
Talking with teenagers could be its own university level major of study. Communication with adolescents is a delicate balance that requires a lot of patience and persistence. As the teen parenting social worker…
Self Care Isn’t Selfish
If you do not take care of yourself, then no one understands that you need to be cared for. No one can read our minds as to what we need. What does self-care…
Why Social Work?
Hi, my name is Gianna and I have been the teen parenting program intern since August of 2021. I am a Master’s student studying school social work student at Dominican University after graduating…
Mother’s Day is for ALL Mothers
Motherhood is many things. It is joy, it is laughter, it is sadness, and it can even be resentment, as many mothers feel underappreciated and overworked. It is an experience like no other;…
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