Bakers: show us who has the best cookie recipes! Get your recipes postmarked by March 1st! Details >
Lego Masters: you wowed us last year! Let's do it again! Coming soon! Photos from last year >
Support our local restaurants AND The Family Center! Dining for Dollars is coming to The Hill March 6; to Salvatore Scallopini March 12; and Rojo Mexican Bistro March 19 and 26! Download event flier PDF >
Spring is just around the corner and time again for ChariTea Bear's Tea Party! Coming in May! Photos from last year >
Discounts!
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Kroger Shoppers: it's easy to earn money for The Family Center.
January 24, 2012: special screening information
Because children are not born with an owner's manual that tells us the best way to care for them, it is often a trial and error process.
Ask the Experts is a collection of articles that cover topics of interest to parents and caregivers with children from infancy through adolescence.
We have organized the articles by age and offer the categories below. If you have a particular interest, please enter your search term in our search box near the top of the left column.
Christina Pitts will take us on a journey to discover practices that will enhance relationships at home, work, in every circumstance of life.
ENTER YOUR COOKIE RECIPE TODAY!! Your original COOKIE recipe could be 1 of 10 finalists selected to bake their recipes for the judging day event. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 winners. **Entries must be postmarked by Thursday, MARCH 1, 2012** More >
Help support The Family Center by dining at The Hill Seafood & Chop House on March 6.
Resolutions for sleep struggles from infants through the preschool years. Making the change from bedtime battles to healthy sleep habits in children.
Help support The Family Center by dining at Salvatore Scallopini on March 12.
Enjoy healthy cooking demonstrations, samples and inspiration on healthier ways to follow a recipe, alternatives and substitutions, the benefits of berries and snacking healthy. A Beaumont nutritionist will answer questions and provide nutritional information and recipes
Help support The Family Center by dining at Rojo Mexican Bistro on March 19 and March 26.
Understanding when the baby blues could be something more. As many as two out of 10 women struggle with postpartum adjustment issues in the first year after they give birth. Discussion and education about perinatal mood disorders.
The art of healthy communication with your partner: When couples engage in effective communication with each other, they build stronger marriages and happier families.
Feeling confused or overwhelmed? Join us for a discussion group for families touched by autism Center for Autism. At Henry Ford Cottage Hospital on Kercheval. More >>
Preschool Playtime provides young children with the opportunity to play with peers in a structured and recreational setting. At Judson Center Grosse Pointe: Offering support to children and adults living with developmental disabilities and the families who love them. More >
This program is for adult family members who are concerned about a youth (24 years of age or younger) who is struggling with depression, anxiety, or suicidality. Meets monthly at Macomb Intermediate School District (MISD) 44001 Garfield Clinton Township. More >>
Each week Cooking Club members will prepare a snack/meal together while practicing skills to increase their social confidence, peer interactions, and understanding of social rules. At Judson Center Grosse Pointe: Offering support to children and adults living with developmental disabilities and the families who love them. More >
Encourage your teenager to be healthy, confident and cooperative. Avoid power struggles. Build a strong, lifelong relationship with your teenager. Mondays at Koepsell Education Center. More info >>
Imagine having tools and strategies that work for you and transform your life. These ten weeks focus on the main building blocks of strategies and communication.
These sibling workshops acknowledge that being the brother or sister of a person with special needs is for some a good thing, others a not-so-good thing, and for many, somewhere in between. At Judson Center Grosse Pointe: Offering support to children and adults living with developmental disabilities and the families who love them. More >
Help your child grow to be a responsible adult. Build a strong, lifelong relationship with your child. Raise a loving and lovable child. Wednesdays at McKinley Elementary, Warren. More info >>
Detroit Waldorf School tours second Wednesday of every month. At Detroit Waldorf School. More >
Grab your girlfriends and head out for a movie and appetizers, while getting valuable information to help keep you healthy. February 15 and March 21 at GP War Memorial. More >
Note: Play Central will not have a morning session on February 29, 2012. The afternoon session will continue as scheduled.
Play Central sessions begin November 2, 2011 and continue through April 26, 2012: Wednesday and Thursday, mornings and afternoons at Barnes Early Childhood Center on Morningside in Grosse Pointe woods.
Back by popular demand! Play Central Plus! Provides structured play group, circle time and various activities led by Barnes preschool teachers.
More info...
The Family Center serves as the community's centralized hub that links families and professionals with resources that promote growth. Our mission is to promote a deeper understanding of the role of parents and others in supporting our youth to become competent, caring and responsible community members.
