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Professional Parenting Educator Competencies

NPEN’s Parenting Educator Competencies: A Resource Document for the Field of Parenting Education - 2025 Edition

NPEN’s purpose in creating this document is to describe the knowledge, skills, and attitudes and dispositions that are foundational to effective practice for parenting educators, with the ultimate goal of improving parent and child outcomes.

2025 updates include a focus on: (1) diversity, equity, and inclusion, (2) implications for delivery of parenting education through virtual venues, and (3) the impact of technology on the work in our field and how it impacts parenting.

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