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For parenting programs, see
The North River Collaborative (NRC) Family Network provides playgroups, family activities, parent education workshops, parent
support groups and information about community resources to families with children under the age of 4. All services
are provided free of charge, and many programs include free childcare, for residents of Abington, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater,
Hanover, Hanson, Raynham, Rockland, West Bridgewater & Whitman. (Families from other towns may participate in their activities
for a small fee.)
Programs are held in Rockland and at a variety of locations
including Bridgewater, Whitman, the Hanover Mall, Raynham, and area libraries.
MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers)
Support group
Plymouth United Methodist Church
29 Carver Rd, Plymouth MA 02360 508-746-1642
This support group meets every 1st Thursday at 7 pm. ($4 per month or $30 annual). Childcare
is included.
MOPS is where moms help moms! Discussions, special speakers, refreshments and more.
Thursday, Oct 1st: Sue West, Parent & Family Educator at
Jordan Hospital: "Encouraging the Challenging Toddler".
Proactive Parenting
www.eproactiveparenting.com
781-545-6585
Scituate's Lynne Reeves Griffin is a behavior management expert. Check out her newsletters, videos,
books, blog, and lecture series schedule on the website.
DOTMOMS
http://roughdraft.typepad.com/dotmoms
Are the kids getting you down? Have you lost your sense of humor about it all? Turn to DotMoms, a weblog that features
smart, fun, and focused writing about motherhood from many perspectives. The DotMoms are good writers with something to say
about life on the home front. They aim to be a diverse group that reflects all kinds of moms (different ages, locations, races,
religions, etc.) and all kinds of kids. Their tone is light-hearted and laser sharp, and they are tuned in on what it's
like to belong to a family, as mothers, wives, daughters-in-law, daughters, sisters and more.
THE BOSTON MOMMY
BLOG
www.townonline.com/blogs/bostonMommy
While you're on DotMoms, check out the writings of Meredith O'Brien, a Boston-area mother of six-year-old twins
Abbey & Jonah and their younger brother Casey. She's been a journalist for 15 years and has written about parenting
for the past five years, including a monthly column for the Boston-area publication Parents & Kids. An adjunct journalism
professor at the University of Massachusetts, O'Brien serves as The Boston Herald's parenting blogger, writing The
Boston Mommy Blog.
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