REPORT: When Parents Lead, Families Thrive

Parents today are carrying immense pressures – balancing the demands of work, childcare, and household responsibilities while striving to nurture their children’s growth. For too many, particularly Black, brown, and low-income families, these pressures are intensified by systemic inequities and limited access to supportive resources. The result is often chronic stress, isolation, and parenting from a place of survival rather than intention.

Could a peer-to-peer model of teaching trauma-informed practices strengthen parents’ engagement with their children’s learning and could trauma-informed training reduce parental stress and improve parent-child relationships? An innovative pilot program, Parents Growing Together, answered those questions. Read the full report.