Parenting Classes in San Francisco, CA

Course provides training to become an international certified birth and postpartum doula. You will understand how to comfort, support, and advocate for pregnant families. Gain the tools to start your doula business. Also, learn the skills to provide postpartum support. Book Required: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Penny Simkin. You can...

The camp will run for 4 hours each day, 9am-1pm. If you are interested in carpooling to Boulder Creek, Adventure Out is always happy to help connect parents to arrange this and reduce our carbon footprint. We usually have 1-2 carpool groups coming from Santa Cruz, and another from Los Gatos/San Jose. Our trained instructors – expert survivalists...

Join us for our popular free program, Parent Café. Build supportive relationships with other families while learning how to better manage the stress of parenting from our team of child development experts. Dinner and child care are provided. Advance registration preferred.

Think your little one is ready for potty training? Come to this informative talk led by Aki Raymer of Parenting Paths, to find out how to make the transition to diaper free living! Learn how to tell if your child is developmentally and emotionally ready to potty train, and learn concrete strategies for reaching this big milestone. 

This 5 hour class provides survival tips for the early weeks with your new baby! Class includes information about normal newborn appearance and behavior as well as baby care basics with hands-on practice diapering, swaddling, temperature taking, and bathing. Offered as a one-time intensive class or as a two part series.

In this course, expectant parents will gain confidence and prepare for the transition home from the hospital with a new baby. Topics of this class include newborn characteristics, helpful techniques for bathing, diapering, and soothing newborns, recognizing baby's cues to help you anticipate and respond to her needs, and basic expectations of newborn...

The goal of this class is to provide you with ways to create a safe and satisfying birth experience. You and your partner will learn about the process of labor, comfort measures for labor and birth including breathing, relaxation, massage, and positioning techniques for partners to support mom, medication options, cesarean birth and other variations...

Parents and Caregivers are invited to learn about the impact of violence on the developing brain of young children. Learn about child behaviors related to exposure to violence and trauma and what helps children become resilient. Presented by the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center.

New parents often feel that their couple relationship suffers but there are things you can do to maximize your pleasure as parents and with each other. Learn the latest research on how to keep couple satisfaction high amid the challenges of caring for an infant and how to develop problem-solving strategies to cope with differences before they esca...

This 3 hour class is designed to give expectant parents basic information on raising twins or more including reassuring advice and practical considerations from an expert! Topics include important aspects of prenatal care, labor and delivery, feeding issues, and preparing home and family for the arrival of multiples. This class is a great complement...

Children's Council hosts a meet-up for new moms and their babies. Join us for a six-part series on Thursdays. This group supports new mommies through group discussion, interaction and activities. We'll build new relationships and support communication between you and your child. New moms and their babies are encouraged to attend any or all sessions...

In this 90 minute prenatal workshop, our Eco-Maternity Consultant/Green-Proofer, Ariel Gold, will help you prepare your home for a new baby. She’ll cover why safety in the home is more important than ever, how to avoid common toxins, and how to create a healthier home environment before your baby arrives. Partners/spouses are included in the registration...

This 3 hour class is designed especially for fathers-to-be. Topics and group discussions include helping your partner through pregnancy and childbirth, caring for a new baby, balancing work, parenting and maintaining a healthy relationship. While we encourage partners to attend most classes, the Expectant Fathers Only class is designed specifically...

In this 2 hour prenatal workshop, we will help demystify the overwhelming selection of products for mom and baby. We will teach you the key concepts necessary to make educated decisions about what to add (and what not to add) to your baby registry, based on our family’s needs. The last 30 minutes will be for individual Q&A. Partners/spouses are...