KENSINGTON, MD (February 1, 2022) – PEP (the Parent Encouragement Program), a leading nonprofit educational organization based in Kensington, Maryland, partnering with...
PEP is widely recognized for its expertise in parenting education by major media outlets.
KENSINGTON, MD (February 1, 2022) – PEP (the Parent Encouragement Program), a leading nonprofit educational organization based in Kensington, Maryland, partnering with...
KENSINGTON, MD (May 11, 2020) – PEP (the Parent Encouragement Program), a leading non-profit educational organization based in Kensington, Maryland, has signed a...
“Dear Carolyn: My son, 11, has been acting up in school: not doing his homework, talking during class, picking on younger kids, getting detentions and just being...
Segments including sexting and spanking, respectively. View the recording from the “Should parents still spank their children?”...
“Q: I have a delightful 6-month-old daughter. She’s the only grandchild in my extended family and has been spoiled so far with love, attention and (even as...
“Dear Carolyn: I live in a home with two indoor house cats with a litter box. My 8th-grade daughter is supposed to be responsible for sweeping and scooping litter...
It’s a parent’s nightmare: Your teenage daughter tries to charm her latest crush by sending him a revealing photo of herself—and is devastated when he forwards it to...
Bedtime is such a chore for parents that there’s a book with a profanity-laced title devoted to the subject. Behavior that seemed cute at 8 a.m. is anything but...
The questions many parents dread begin as early as middle school: Did you do drugs when you were in school? Did you drink when you were a teenager? Parents’ natural...
Of all the challenges that school brings for students and their parents, one of the most unwelcome and worrying is bullying. Bullying starts as early as first grade and...
For parents, breaking the rules is sometimes a good thing. Pediatricians, psychologists and authors and moms and dads agree on this: We live in an age of parenting...
Summer is almost here. For parents of school-age kids, this means freedom from the grind of homework, piano lessons, scout meetings and soccer practice. It’s...
Mothers feel more anxious, dissatisfied and doubtful about their own parenting skills when their children are in middle school than at any other stage, new research...
July to September, 2015 – Fox 5 DC Morning News. PEP appeared on 4 different occasions as a parenting expert in panel discussions on the show.
Gender roles are about more than just clothes and toy aisles. Think jobs and career. Patti Cancellier, education director with Kensington’s Parent Encouragement...
Bethesda Magazine, “Bring in the Experts,” – PEP was featured extensively in this article about parenting and parenting...
March 2020: Two PEP Ages and Stages articles in the Washington Parent Magazine won awards for “best column on child development and parenting issues.”
May 2019: PEP’s two online classes (Encouragement and Redefining Discipline) won Bronze awards from the 40th annual Telly Awards, the premier awards honoring excellence in video and television across all screens. There were over 12,000 entries; past winners include AOL Studios, Discovery, and History Channel. PEP’s fellow winners in its category included Sesame Workshop, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the Buffalo Bills.
March 2019: Two of PEP’s Ages and Stages articles in Washington Parent Magazine won the Gold Award for “best column on child development and parenting issues.”
March 2018: Three of PEP’s Ages and Stages monthly articles in the Washington Parent Magazine won awards with the Parenting Media Association. Two articles won the Gold Award for “best column on child development and parenting issues” and one won the Silver Award for “best news features.”
March 2017: PEP’s Ages and Stages monthly column in Washington Parent Magazine recently won the Parenting Media Association’s Gold Award for the category of best column on child development and parenting issues.
Parent Encouragement Program
10100 Connecticut Ave.
Kensington, MD 20895
301-929-8824
office@PEPparent.org
Apart from the free survey software, we also have access to QuestionPro's free survey templates . We've found many of them useful and powerful to collect insights from various stakeholders of our organization.