Young Parents

If you have decided that you are ready to become a parent, you will need help to become the best you can. We can help to put you in touch with people that can help you to become the best parent you can.

It is perfectly normal to feel anxious or scared about what is to come. You may be unsure how to prepare. Don’t worry. There is no right or wrong way to do things. Most parents make mistakes at some time. Its how you learn to be a better parent.

Being a parent is challenging. If you are a teenage parent it can be more so. There are the financial constraints, finishing school, not being able to go out as much with your friends and missing out on the future you had planned for yourself.

If you are a single parent without a support network it will be twice as hard. It's not all bad though. Teenage mums can and do make good parents and many find it a positive experience.

You can also talk to the people below for support and advice on aspects such as antenatal care, parenting classes or becoming a Dad.

•    Contact your local community midwife or doctor for details of your Health Visitor

•    Community Midwives office
T: 0116 258 4834

•    Teenage Pregnancy Specialist Midwife
T: 07973 860 213

•    PIPS Connexions Personal Advisers (Parenting Information & Pregnancy Support)
T: 0116 262 7254
E: pips@connexions-leic.org
W: www.connexions-leics.org

•    PIPS Childcare worker
T: 0116 225 4889

•    Connexions
T: 0116 262 7254
W: www.connexions-leics.org

•    Children's Information Service - for further information on childcare, education, health, leisure activities, libraries and other useful information
T: 0800 952 5678
W: www.childcarelink.gov.uk

•    Children’s centres. For information on children’s centres contact Children’s Information Services on
T: 0116 225 4890

•    Teenage Pregnancy Reintegration for under-16s.
T: 0116 221 1275

•  Information and resources for yound Dads
W: www.fatherhoodinstitute.org