• Parents Helping Parents - stress line (1-800-632-8188) and parent support groups

• Early Childhood Resource Centers and organizations supported by Coordinated Family and Community Engagement grants - provide playgroups, events, educational resources, and parenting advice to local families

• • North Suburban Child and Family Resource Network - serves Lynnfield, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winchester

  • Medford Family Network

  • Communities United Inc. - serves Arlington, Burlington, Lexington, Needham, Waltham, Wellesley, and Woburn

  • Somerville Family Network

  • Somerville Family Learning Collaborative

  • Watertown Family Network

  • Cambridge Center for Families

• Jewish Family and Children’s Services

• • Free weekly new moms support groups, breastfeeding support groups, visiting mothers volunteer program

• Parenting Journey Somerville - programs to increase parents' confidence and capabilities

• Family Ties of Massachusetts - provides information and support to families of children with special needs

• Arlington Family Connection

• • Website has links to many useful resources

• Winchester Family Action Network

• • Offer playgroups, children and parent events
    

• Parent to Parent - Winchester

• Centerboard Family Forward Resource Center in Lynn

• Mom to Mom Wayland
  

• Cobblestones in Waltham - offer new moms groups, playgroups, and developmental check-ins

• The Friedman Center at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Newton

• • Have multiple parent groups as well as classes on topics such as infant sleep and baby sign language

Baby/Children’s Consignment Stores and Sales:

• Stores

• • Two Little Monkeys, Somerville

  • Apple of My Eye, Melrose

  • The Little Fox, Arlington

  • Itsy Bitsy Thrifty, Billerca

  • Sister Thrift, Burlington

  • Liena's, Winchester

• Sales and Swaps

• • Boston Babies Clothing Swaps - held monthly at an alternating site in Jamaica Plain and Somerville

  • City of Melrose Annual Swap Day
    

  • Massachusetts Mothers of Twins Association annual sales in the spring and fall with great supply of gently used baby and children’s items held in Winchester 

  • North Suburban Mothers of Multiples Association Annual Double the Stuff sale

  • LexFun annual sale in Lexington

  • Nashua Valley Moms annual spring sale in Chelmsford

  • Watertown Family Network annual clothing exchange

  • Parent Talk semi-annual sale in Needham
    

  • Chelmsford Mothers Club

  • Roberts Elementary Tag Sale in Medford

  • Children’s Drop and Shop annual sales in fall and spring

  • Also check local Facebook yard sale pages

Libraries: 

Find out about events for children at public libraries in the area.  Events include story times, summer reading programs, and music for kids.  Most of these events are posted to our Recurrent Local Children's Events Google Calendar available for members.

·         Malden Public Library

·         Melrose Public Library

·         Reading Public Library

·         Stoneham Public Library

·         Wakefield Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

·         Woburn Public Library

·         NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
On-line catalog of materials available at 28 area libraries, as well as on-line book renewal and account information capabilities.

Media Resources - Social and Old School:

• Mommybites Boston - has an email list with event announcements, including free parenting webinars

• Mommy Poppins - has an event calendar and lots of relevant blog posts (on things like the best neighborhood parks and indoor play spaces, things to do in nearby cities like Providence and Portland, how to save money at local attractions, etc.)

• Boston Central - Information for families on events, organizations, and resources in and around Boston.
  
• Boston Mamas - A lifestyle portal for families in Boston and beyond
• North Shore Kid - lists local events
• Facebook Groups

• • Parents of Tots - closed group for members only

  • Bringing up the Littles

  • Visible Child

  • What Do I Say? Answering "Why?" & Explaining Concepts
    

  • Feeding the Littles

  • Car Seats for the Littles - certified car seat safety technicians are available to answer questions about installation and offer suggestions for car seats based on your car's make and model

  • Community pages: Real Moms of Melrose, Melrose Community Group, Stoneham Parents, Stoneham Mamas, Wakefield Community Group, Malden Young Families, Moms of Camberville Facebook groups by children's ages, Medford Moms 

• Big Tent Groups

• • Garden Moms

• HulaFrog
• • Melrose-Somerville
• Podcasts
• Books
• • Oh Crap 
  • Siblings without Rivalry

Parent Fitness:

• Classes
• • Cambridge: 
  • StrollerStriders Cambridge Commons
  • Somerville:
    • O2Yoga Studio - Cambridge & Somerville studios each have a class
      
    • BeYoga in Union Square has a class
  • Stoneham: 
  • Stoneham Recreation - stroller fitness classes for new moms
  • Happy Healthy Kids
  • Wakefield: 
  • A Mom's Village - first class free, mom's classes include childcare for 1 child
  • Fit4Mom
  • Winchester: 
  • Baby Bootcamp 
  • Mommy and Me Yoga at Winchester Hospital
• Stroller Friendly Walks
• • Trekaroo list
    
  • Boston Babies Wiki list
    
  • Rivers Edge, Medford
    
  • Breakheart Reservation, Saugus
    
• Open Family Swim
• • Goldfish Swim School, Burlington 
    
  • Kennedy Pool, Somerville 
    
• Group and Guided Nature Walks
• • Breakheart Reservation, Saugus
    
  • Middlesex Fells, Medford/Stoneham

Other:

• Harvard-area family ideas
  
• Boston Basics - parenting videos

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