Parenting Information and Resources
for Tampa and Hillsborough County

Parenting - it's most important job you’ll ever have! Everyday as a parent is tremendously exciting, yet challenging. Your child is growing and changing at such a fast rate, it’s sometimes hard to keep up!

What your child needs most is for you to be a parent, not a buddy. You are responsible for your child’s healthy growth and development, conduct, socialization, education, and safety. Learning about standard child development at each age and stage of your child’s growth and maturity will help in your understanding and expectations of your child. Keep this in mind: Your job, as a parent, is to work yourself completely out of a job.

Parenting, we admit, includes a few frustrating times where every parent becomes confused, angry, frustrated, weary and unsure of what to do next. The parenting articles below are to help parents with normal issues and concerns they may have about raising children. In the publications portion of our Website you'll find information on parenting skills, parenting tips, parenting advice, parenting resources and much more.

Parenting Resources:

• Children and money
• Child discipline
• Fathers
• Raising a responsible child
• Single parenting success
• Step parenting
• Additional Publications

Hillsborough County Residents may request educational parenting and family life programs for their organizations or places or work. Professional training workshops are available at your worksite on a variety of Balancing Work and Family Programs, professional development seminars and employee training workshops. Contact Diana Converse at (813) 744-5519 ext 140 or email to schedule a seminar or request an up-to-date list of program topics.

For more information on parenting, single parenting, step parenting and family life programs, contact Diana Converse at (813) 744-5519 x 140 or