Project pride

lls and work with children in the co-op style childcare facility onsite. As time passes, both the women and the children achieve greater pride in themselves, their parenting, and their children. Project Pride takes in to account the disruptions and traumas that substance abuse can create for children. Our goal is to help the children adjust to changes that occur when entering a program. Through compassion and respect we attempt to create a space for the children that is nurturing and safe in our child enrichment program. Our goal is to provide some normalization to their life that can carry on when the family leaves the program. A strong consideration for the staff and mothers participating at Project Pride is that the children did not choose to be within a program and are unfortunately “caught in the crossfire” of addiction. Supporting the mothers and teaching them that there are new ways to parent rather then what they had experienced as a child is vital for our children. Parenting does not come with instructions. Modeling and suggesting ways to parent will help these women and children throughout the generations.