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For over twenty years, Parents Helping Parents has dedicated its work to the families of Northwestern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan. Our support groups, special workshops, and advocacy efforts have promoted healthy families by offering hope to parents of distressed children.

We organize support group meetings for parents, grandparents, and guardians who are experiencing behavior problems with their adolescent or adult child. PHP helps parents identify behavior problems with their children as well as alcohol and drug behaviors in their children. Parents share personal experiences with group participants in a confidential setting to improve family functioning.

 Healthy families and strong parents are the essential elements of any society. I encourage you to make use of the services of PHP for they will strengthen you as a parent and promote harmony and understanding in your family.

Hope Taft
Ohio's First Lady

  • Change the way you react because your child knows just how to manipulate you.
  • Give yourself time to think. It is best not to react immediately to your child's behavior.
  • Stop arguing - walk away. Learn to pick your battles.
  • Stop explaining.
  • Stop feeling guilty.
  • Stop making excuses for your child's behavior.
  • Chart your child's behavior.
  • Work on building your support system within PHP by attending regularly.
  • Find the appropriate resource(s) to help your child and your family.