Why be a sustaining sponsor of NPEN? Because parenting education matters.
Research shows that parents and families who receive high-quality parenting education raise happier and healthier children.
The vision of NPEN is that all parents/families will have the information, resources and support needed to provide a nurturing relationship and an optimal environment that will encourage their children’s healthy growth and development.
A literature review from 2016 shows the benefits of parenting education include empowerment, competency, positive parenting practices, positive social connection, improved child behavior, improved parent-child interactions, improved parental mental health and well-being and decreases of corporal punishment and child abuse (Wilder Research, 2016).
In addition to the identified benefits, as an NPEN sponsor you will:
Demonstrate your commitment to the well-being of families
Benefit from positive advertising
Connect your business with a positive social cause
Feel good about supporting an essential resource for families
Your sponsorship will allow NPEN to:
create parenting educator competency training modules
The National Parenting Education Network (NPEN) operates through the lens of equity and justice. We know the importance of social justice (racial, economic, educational, health, housing, employment, criminal, and environmental), diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging within the parenting education field and our organization. We demonstrate our commitment to these realities by ensuring that our membership and leadership roles are open to parenting professionals of all ethnicities, socio-economic statuses, ages, abilities, religions, sexual orientations, nationalities, genders, and marital statuses.
Children learn about a just society through the words and actions of their parents, caregivers, and others. We assert that our anti-racism and anti-oppression parenting education and family advocacy work allows everyone to be heard and supported. Our work includes promoting diverse parenting educators and parenting education in our media, webinars, member communications, leadership opportunities, networking, conferences, trainings, and advocacy. By keeping racial justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging at the forefront, we create an environment within NPEN that supports parenting educators, parents, and caregivers, thereby, encouraging children’s healthy growth and development.
