What can the Parent Place do for me?
Contact the Parent Place now to find out about how we can help you get the (free) tools and resources your family needs to thrive.
What is the Parent Place?
The Parent Place is your family's one-stop shop for free activities, classes and parenting support.
Our Parent Place programs are free and designed to provide parents with unique opportunities to enjoy parenting, enhance their skills as parents and meet other families in the community.
PROGRAMMING INCLUDES:
- One-on-one parent support
- Dynamite Dads monthly group
- Parenting with Love and Logic ® classes
- Parents as Teachers™ home visiting program
- Gym Days
- Resource library
- Parent workshops, Family Fun Nights and other family activities throughout the year
- Thriving Institute presentations on topics such as "Helping Your Child with Anxiety", taught by community experts
How Can I Find Out More?
Check out the events calendar for upcoming classes, groups, and programs!
Contact the Parent Place today. Click here or call the Thrive office at
(406) 587-3840.
What Does The Parent Place Do?
Circle of Security
Free parenting classes focused on strengthening and supporting secure parent-child relationships.
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Upcoming Parent Place Events
Circle of Security® Parenting™ Class
September 25 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)An event every week that begins at 6:00pm on Tuesday, repeating until October 23, 2018
Location: Amsterdam School
At times all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security® Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure…
Gym Days: Belgrade
October 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Heck/Quaw Gym
Gym Days is a free, weekly event designed for parents and toddlers to have a place to go, socialize and play on cold Montana winter days! The Parent Place provides plenty of riding toys, tunnels, and balls for the kids to play with. The Bozeman and Belgrade school districts each generously provide a space for use one…
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February Mentor in the Spotlight: Ann Dickensheets
CAP Mentor at: Irving School CAP Mentor for: 5 years! Ann is truly the CAP Mentor that every child should have. After 2 years of previous CAP Mentoring experience, Ann has been with her current CAP Student for 3 years, changing schools this year just to be able to stay matched with her student! Ann…
Grow Your Daydreams at this Year’s Girls for a Change Summit
Written by Greta Moore, Girls for a Change Program Coordinator at Thrive. Article also published in Montana Parent Magazine (January 2018 Edition.) When I was a teenager, like most, I had no idea what life would look like beyond the concrete walls of high school. Though my school was relatively inclusive and representative…
The Importance of Games
Written by Maria Malloy, Youth Programs Manager at Thrive. Article also published in Montana Parent Magazine (November, 2017 Edition.) “Let’s play a game,” is a phrase that brings smiles to so many faces. Games are a fundamental way that humans interact and learn. They provide so many benefits for people of all interests and abilities.…
Parent Place Sponsors
Thrive as an organization would not exist without the generous support of many individuals and partners who donate their time, materials and energy to this cause. Here are a few local businesses that continue to deserve our gratitude.