Parent Education Center at the YWCA

The Junior League of Kingston sponsored a program with the YWCA of Ulster County beginning in the late 1990s that created the Parent Education Center at the Y. The Center provides weekly support and educational sessions where the parents learn ways to better interact with their children.

The parents who participated were there to prepare for their children’s return from foster care, through court mandate to ensure their children would not be removed or simply because they wanted to become better parents. Volunteers from the League offered babysitting services for children who accompanied their parents and moderated discussion on topics ranging from discipline to communication to encouraging healthy play with children.