Parenting & Family Resources
Find a resource, event, or provider local to the Flathead Reservation and surrounding area to help you become the best parent you can be and raise your children with intentionality. Can't find what you are looking for or not certain what you need? Reach out and we'll help you seek the appropriate resource.
Parenting Support & Trainings
In addition to NAFFA-certified Fatherhood is Sacred courses and other parenting skill and family mentoring support you can access through Fathers for Justice, we would love to help you connect to the parenting resources that fit your needs.
Dads & Dialogue Group (Missoula)
"Dads & Dialogue is a 1.5 hour long group that meets for five sessions. In this group dads come together to connect about the experience of fatherhood." Offered through Families First, this group is based on the Parent Influence Model.
Dragon Slayers Course (Online)
In order to be the father you want to be, you must first commit to becoming the man you were meant to be -- and that means doing the dirty work of becoming healed, whole, and accountable. Register for lifelong access to this course offered by the Loving on Purpose Life Academy and work at your own pace.
More Family Support Resources & Classes
- Loving on Purpose: Family Coaching
- Circle of Security Classes (Missoula)
- Check for CoS courses offered through the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes by contacting Early Childhood Services or DHRD
- Parenting the Love and Logic Way® Classes (Pablo)
- Free 5-week course, beginning April 8th, 6-8PM
- Designed for parents or caregivers of young children (ages 0-6)
- Meal & childcare provided
- Call Leah: (406) 883-0158 OR Karen: (406) 745-4509 ext. 5528
- CSKT may also be offering sessions of Fatherhood is Sacred/Motherhood is Sacred parenting courses if Fathers for Justice does not have a class available to fit your schedule. Contact ECS or DHRD (above).
Child-Based Tools & Resources
The more you understand your child's mental, emotional, and physical development, the more effectively you can parent. These resources will help you prepare to parent your child at all ages and stages.
Parenting through the Stages of Child Development
Is discipline a struggle? Do you wonder if anything you say is making sense to your young child? Not sure how or when to approach "big" topics or teach certain skills (will they EVER be ready to clean their room independently?!)? Are you concerned about parenting a child with high health needs? These tools are user-friendly and organized according the situations on your mind.
- Parenting Montana: Tools for the Age of Your Child
- CDC Child Development Resources: Parenting Tips and Info for Parenting with Health Needs
- PBS Parenting Minutes: Video Series, including character development resources and fun family activities!
- Child Mind: Guide to Managing Problem Behaviors
Parenting Support
As parents, we've all been there, done that, or are doing that -- so just don't do it alone. Connect with other dads and families you can learn and grow with, and learn how to LEARN alongside your child with family-friendly workshops!
- The Nurturing Center: Parenting Groups & Workshops (Kalispell)
- Families First Event Schedule and Upcoming Activities (Missoula)
- Ask Fathers for Justice about opportunities for Dad & Me day camps and upcoming family activities!
Looking for Something Else?
Try some Montana-specific resource guides to help you find the exact parenting resources you are seeking.
Family-Centered Events & Activities
Up your family activity game from mere movie nights to inexpensive options to get the whole family out, involved, laughing, and experiencing life together!
Education Can Be Fun for the Whole Family!
Blend family fun with great learning and exploration experiences that get you out of the house with minimal expense.
Spark! Children's Museum (Great Falls)
Missoula Children's Museum -- plus a couple dozen other fun things to do with kids in Missoula
Exercise Is the Coolest to Kids -- Teach Them to Love It!
Indoor Rock Climbing (Missoula)
Indoor Play Gym (Scheels, Missoula) -- free and perfect for kids ages 2-6
This Month's Good Listens...
Building and Rebuilding Healthy Relationships
From family counseling and support experts such as Dr. Pooley and Dan Seaborn, learn more about cultivating healthy relationships, developing loving communication skills, and becoming the powerful father figure you were meant to be.
Native American Fatherhood & Families Association
Strengthening Relationships Webinar, recorded for easy access. Follow the link and scroll down to find this webinar from Dr. Al Pooley.
"Fathers are the solutions to addressing the problems in our communities...."
Winning At Home Moments
Join Dan Seaborn for family insight in his one-minute podcast series.
Winning at Home: Responding with Love
More on growing in your communication skills for healthy relationships!