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Help & Resources

The Family Center was founded on the premise that all families benefit from knowledge, connections, and support. Being a center for parents and other caring members of our community, we seek to provide knowledge and resources on many topics involved in raising healthy children. You can use the categories below to assist your search for information. The following list of resources compiled by The Family Center is intended to assist parents and professionals in finding needed information but the sites do not necessarily represent the views of The Family Center.

About Us

The goal of The Family Center of Grosse Pointe & Harper Woods is healthy, competent and responsible young people. We seek to achieve that goal by working with parents and all those who interface with our youth, giving them the skills needed to raise our children to be contributing community members.

We know that parenting is learned, it takes time and practice and that the job is 24/7. We know that while children are the same today, childhood is not. We know that societal influences, not just parental influences impact our children. We know there are many challenges. We also know that an understanding of normal growth and development, of youth trends, of parenting strategies can help parents make wise decisions. New scientific findings, be it brain or social development research can be utilized to improve the potential for youth. Our community is rich in resources to assist parents but they can be difficult to find.

The Family Center believes that by educating, connecting and supporting our families, we can share with caregivers the tools to succeed in this vital task of raising healthy children and building strong families.


Since our founding in 2000, The Family Center has presented programs on topics ranging from sibling rivalry to boys' learning needs, from misbehavior to family communication skills, from video games to step-parenting. We have touched thousands of parents and teachers through formal lectures and panel presentations as well as provided opportunities for parents to dialogue with one another and professionals. Play Central gives caregivers and their preschool aged children a place to visit with other families during the cold winter months. Resource guides have been written and videos produced. We have a weekly column in the Grosse Pointe News as well as a quarterly newsletter, Family Central. As our new website will attest, we continue to explore new ways of sharing information with our families.

Our young 501(c)3 nonprofit organization depends on a large number of volunteers with skills ranging from speaking and writing to marketing and development. If you would like to share your time and talent with us, or make a donation to support our programs, or receive our newsletter please contact The Family Center.

Association of Professionals

The Family Center Association of Professionals lists practitioners, organizations and businesses that support our enrichment programs by advertising in this directory. We hope that this valuable community directory will be a great resource and an excellent means of connecting with a community of caring professionals.

Professionals: to become a member of our directory, please email us at info@familycenterweb.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for an informational package.

View our complete Association of Professionals at our web site.