June 1, 2021

Beech Acres Parenting Center affirms the worth and dignity of all children. We believe that discrimination based on gender identity or expression is damaging to the health of children, families, and society. As the fight for inclusion moves from public restrooms  to school locker rooms, Beech Acres unequivocally and emphatically stands in solidarity with transgender youth, and all transgender individuals.  We recognize that transgender youth do not always receive the support, affirmation, and safety they need and deserve. Transgender children are more likely to experience victimization and violence which significantly and negatively impact their mental and emotional health1:  43% of transgender youth have been bullied on school property compared to 18% of cisgender youth 29% of trans youth have been threatened or injured with a weapon on school property compared to 7% of cisgender youth 29% of transgender youth have attempted suicide, compared to 7% of cisgender youth Among trans, nonbinary, or GNC students who reported that their school had policies to support students trans students, only 42.4% reported that their school’s policy addressed inclusive participation in athletics. Beech Acres Parenting Center is committed to combatting discrimination, bigotry, hatred, and violence, against transgender individuals, especially those living at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities.  Moreover, we work to ensure that the adults in children’s lives are doing everything possible to support transgender youth. There are many ways to support transgender youth and their families, including the following: Support the Equality Act, which ensures protection in key areas of life where civil rights laws do not provide protections on the basis of sex. The bill was reintroduced in Congress in February of this year: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5 Learn about the work of the Parents for Transgender Equality National Council and the resources they provide to support transgender children and their parents: https://www.hrc.org/resources/parents-for-transgender-equality-national-council Learn about Welcoming Schools, an initiative of the Human Rights Campaign, helps schools embrace family diversity end bullying, and avoid gender stereotyping: https://www.welcomingschools.org/ Read to your children about transgender and LGBTQ+ children and families. See the Welcoming Schools Recommended Books: https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/WS-Booklist-012121.pdf?mtime=20210121172249&focal=none Understand your school’s policy on trans participation in sports. Endorse policies that allow for inclusive participation in sports which encourages all students to have an equal opportunity in education, which includes extracurricular activities and sports, so they can reach their full potential and thrive. https://www.glsen.org/activity/gender-affirming-inclusive-athletics-participation Take the text message course Understanding and Supporting Transgender Youth, brought to you by the team at Beech Acres Parenting Center! In this course, you’ll be given a brief introduction to who and what the term “transgender” refers to. You’ll also learn ways to support transgender youth while they learn about and express their gender identity. 1https://www.hrc.org/news/new-cdc-data-shows-lgbtq-youth-are-more-likely-to-be-bullied-than-straight-cisgender-youth

“Do you have parenting classes?” It’s one of the most frequent questions we’re asked. While we offer do classes through our Parent Enrichment Program and parent coaching through Parent Connext®, we also cover a wide range of parenting topics through our Natural Strength Parenting™ To Go text-based courses powered by Arist. Parenting courses wherever and whenever you are! That’s right, Natural Strength Parenting™, Beech Acres Parenting Center’s unique approach to parenting, is now available on the go with these unique text message-based courses! That’s right! You can get the latest parenting expertise delivered straight to your mobile phone*. Natural Strength Parenting™ to Go! Welcome to Natural Strength Parenting 101! This seven day course explores ways to positively utilize you and your child’s natural emotional strengths in your unique parenting journey. Using a strength-based approach aims to improve parenting quality and the quality of relationships between parents and their children. Welcome to Mindfulness with Intentionality! This five day course explores some basic concepts of mindfulness and how you can utilize them to set intentions for personal goals in your life. Any kind of intention that you would like to set can be used within this course. Welcome to Intentionality with Family Values! This five day course explores what your family’s shared values consist of and how you can implement them into your daily life to make a positive impact on your family. Parenting Infants and Toddlers is a five-day course designed to share information about physical, cognitive, and emotional traits in infants and toddlers during their respective developmental phases. This course is brought to you by Beech Acres Parenting Center. Parenting Preschool and School-Aged Children is a six-day course designed to share information about physical, cognitive, and emotional traits in preschool and elementary school-aged children during their respective developmental phases. This course is brought to you by the team at Beech Acres Parenting Center. Parenting Pre-Teens and Teenagers is a six-day course designed to share information about physical, cognitive, and emotional traits in tweens and teenagers during their respective developmental phases. This course is brought to you by the team at Beech Acres Parenting Center. Welcome to ADHD and ADD Basics! This five-day course explores some basic aspects of ADHD and ADD and how to spot them. This course will provide you with basic skills to help identify ADHD and ADD in yourself and your family. In this course, you’ll be given a brief introduction to who and what the term “transgender” refers to. You’ll also learn ways to support transgender youth while they learn about and express their gender identity. In this course, you’ll be given a brief introduction to talking to your children about divorce and how to keep them informed throughout the process. *Texting fees may apply.

Whenever possible, reuniting children with their biological parents is a top priority. National Reunification Month June is National Reunification Month, an opportunity to celebrate the perseverance of parents, professionals, and children to keep families together. Beech Acres Parenting Center is committed to the path of reunification when that is in the best interest of the family. This month we will be highlighting stories of perseverance and reunification as well as some of our programs that aim to strengthen parents and empower them with the tools to succeed. Standing behind those who stand up for kids in foster care for more than 40 years. Serving Greater Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Dayton & Montgomery County. We build a community around our foster parents. Our foster families support each other, build each other up, and offer a support network of people with shared experiences and unique perspectives to help every family succeed. Whether you’re a grandparent, aunt, uncle or another relative, taking care of a loved one’s children full-time… we are here for you! Being able to be cared for by a relative reduces traumatic experiences for your grandchild, niece, nephew, or other relative or loved one. The Parent Enrichment Program provides comprehensive support for the “whole” parent, through a variety of proven and evidenced-based methodologies to help parents reach their goals. Learn more. Natural Strength Parenting™ is a unique approach to parenting from Beech Acres Parenting Center. Natural Strength Parenting™ encourages you to be intentional and mindful in your parenting while focusing on your child’s innate strengths. Building on their strengths will increase their confidence, self-esteem, and resilience all of which lead to positive well-being. We promise these skills aren’t hard, and more of your conversations will be about what’s going right vs. what they did wrong!