Parenting Class Impacts
It’s back-to-school time at schools across our region! Here at Align, though, our free prenatal and parenting courses chug along year round. At any given point we have clients who are just beginning classes, those in the middle of a course, and those about to finish and receive their certificate.
The classes equip new moms and dads with valuable knowledge in timely fashion. For example, the first lesson in our prenatal series is designed to help a new mom set up appropriate prenatal care for herself and her baby. It covers what she should expect at prenatal checkups, pregnancy health conditions like gestational diabetes and high blood pressure, OB-GYN and midwife care, and the importance of folic acid in her diet. And that’s just the start. There’s a wealth of practical information we have available!
Over the years, we’ve seen God use these classes beyond their face value. One young mom client struggling with the death of a dear relative said, “Those classes gave me something to focus on, think about, and pray about. Without them, I don’t know where my head would have been.”
A young dad client said, “We were trying figure out what to do with our time outside of work because going to our old hangouts wasn’t healthy for us anymore. The parenting classes helped us set a new weekly routine.”
Psalm 25:4 says, “Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.” Ultimately, our heart for these classes is to help new moms and dads encounter God and His life-changing paths for them as parents and as people.