Teen Parent Connection: Pregnancy Groups

07/09/2025

It might be 90 degrees outside lately, but Teen Parent Connection is already thinking about the Holiday Season!

Right now, Amazon is offering Prime Day deals! Take a break from the heat and help Teen Parent Connection look ahead to our Holiday Sharing Program.

Every year, this program brings holiday joy to over 100 young families who might not otherwise be able to provide gifts for their children. https://a.co/84VVFnX

07/01/2025

⭐️JULY is BIPOC Mental Health Month⭐️

Your 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏿

Flip through the slides to learn more about QUALITY and “COMPLETE” mental health treatment. What makes mental health care and treatment trauma-informed, and equitable for diverse communities? Let’s think ABOUT....

💙Self-directed Care: power over your own decision making and the services you receive.
💙Culturally-rooted Care: cultural practices passed down through generations that naturally provide resiliency and healing.
💙 Community Care: bridging gaps when individuals support each other.
💙 Acknowledging each persons racial identity, racial traumas, and cultural backgrounds.

Check out Mental Health America for more resources surrounding BIPOC Mental Health Awareness.

Content Credit: Teen Parent Connection

06/30/2025

HELLO! 👋🏼

🎉Starting TOMORROW [TUESDAY, 7/1]

👉Feeding Support Group
🍽1st Tuesday of each month - 3:30pm-4:30pm - VIRTUAL💻
🍽Learn about milestones and share about your feeding journey
🍽Get FREE Feeding Items
🍽CONNECT with and learn from other parents

COMING SOON! On THURSDAY, 7/10/25
👉Childbirth Education Class!
🤰🏾7 week class to prepare yourself for childbirth and postpartum
6:30-8:00pm on ZOOM💻

🤑EARN BABY BUCKS for participating
🙋‍♂️Partners are always welcome!

🤔Need more info? Want to sign up? Reach out to Ashley!
Email: ashleya@teenparentconnection.org
on IG

06/19/2025

It’s Juneteenth!

Juneteenth (June 19th) commemorates the date in 1865 when the last enslaved Black people in the U.S. learned from Union soldiers in Texas that they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

Juneteenth is a time for Americans across the country to reflect on our nation’s shameful history of slavery and to celebrate its end and the renewed promise of liberty and justice for all.

Parent Connection

06/17/2025

Hello!

SUMMER is here 🌞🩵

All of our groups are running this summer, so there will be plenty of opportunities to connect with other young parents and participate in some FUN FAMILY ACTIVITIES!

Some events to look out for at YOUNG PARENT SUPPORT GROUP:
🌳 Summer Play at the Arboretum's Children's Garden
🎠 Blackberry Farms event on 6/25! [THERE IS STILL TIME TO RSVP!]
📣 Special speakers
🎁 Raffles and ALL GROUP GIVEAWAYS!

We look forward to seeing you all this Summer!
New participants can join in at any time.

Get INVOLVED - check out the images to see what is available for you this Summer:
👉 Young Parent Support Group - IN SESSION
Mondays at 5:30pm in West Chicago
LAST Tuesday of each Month - VIRTUAL at 5:30pm

👉Feeding Support Group - IN SESSION
1st Tuesday of each month - 3:30pm-4:30pm - VIRTUAL

👉Childbirth Education Class! - COMING SOON
Starts on 7/10!
7 week class to prepare yourself for childbirth and postpartum
6:30-8:00pm on ZOOM!

🤑EARN BABY BUCKS for participating!

🤔Need more info? Want to sign up? Reach out to Ashley!
Email: ashleya@teenparentconnection.org
on IG!

06/16/2025

👋HI!👋

🌈Have you heard of the term chestfeeding?

❓You may be wondering why that term is used when discussing feeding an infant/child. Let's talk about it!

CHESTFEEDING is an inclusive term that, in short, means feeding a baby milk from your chest.

Using the terms breastfeeding or nursing may not feel like the right fit if it doesn't align with a person's gender or how they identify their anatomy.
Check out the images to read more about chestfeeding and how to support someone who is chestfeeding their child.

🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

Teen Parent Connection

06/16/2025

🥳Help young families stay strong, together, by making a matching gift at: https://teenparentconnection.org/donate/

There’s still time to help us reach our $5,000 matching challenge provided by our generous partners at Wheaton Bank & Trust Company. Every gift, large or small, matters, especially now when your donation goes twice as far in helping young dads in our community become the best version of themselves and build strong connections with their families.👋🏻

06/12/2025

It’s okay to:
✅ Feel insecure
✅ Ask for help
✅ Cry
✅ Be vulnerable

Men deserve the full range of human emotions — and the support to navigate them.

Find help and support here: nami.org/menshealthmonth

06/11/2025

DOUBLE your impact today at: https://teenparentconnection.org/donate/

This Father’s Day, please consider supporting our Young Dads’ Program with a matching gift of up to $5,000, provided by the generosity of Wheaton Bank & Trust Company. Your immediate gift today will go TWICE as far to help young dads receive the resources they need to be a strong presence in the lives of their children.👨🏽‍👦🏽

Together, we can strengthen the whole family and create brighter futures for their children.✨

06/09/2025

🌈Happy PRIDE!🌈

Inclusive Language🎉
Language that acknowledges diversity, promotes equality, and instills the importance of respect towards others. We all deserve these things! ❤️💛💚💙💜

Using inclusive language can help others feel safe, respected, and valued (among other things!).

Pregnant and parenting people in the LGBTQIA+ community might prefer certain terms over others when referring to their parenting role, their body, or their birthing experience. Don't assume, just ask if you're unsure!

❓Want to learn more about how inclusive language can be used with pregnant and parenting people?

>>READ MORE>>>

Teen Parent Connection

06/06/2025

🌈Happy Pride Month🌈

From everyone at Teen Parent Connection!
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Teen Parent Connection

06/05/2025