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Groups and Coordinators

Nobody's Perfect is coordinated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and delivered across Canada through provincial and territorial organizations.

Please note that these Provincial and Territory pages are populated by each individual coordinator. We are not responsible for the content of any external resource or websites. Information may or may not be available in both official languages.
Select a Province/Territory below to see local information about Groups and Co-ordinators:

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Nobody's Perfect is coordinated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and delivered across Canada through provincial and territorial organizations. Please note that these Provincial and Territory pages are populated by each individual coordinator. We are not responsible for the content of any external resource or websites.

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Tips sheets in other languages

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We are grateful to the Public Health Agency of Canada for the ongoing support of the Nobody's Perfect program. The Public Health Agency of Canada is not responsible for the content of any external resource or websites.
"Nobody's Perfect Parenting... support for moms and dads with children from birth to five."

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We are grateful to the Public Health Agency of Canada for the ongoing support of the Nobody's Perfect program. The Public Health Agency of Canada is not responsible for the content of any external resource or websites. "Nobody's Perfect Parenting... support for moms and dads with children from birth to five."

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For Parents!

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Nobody's Perfect Parenting Program in Manitoba

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For Facilitators!

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Nobody's Perfect Program Facilitators share their stories

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NOBODY'S PERFECT is a facilitated, community-based parenting program for parents of children from birth to age five. The program is designed to meet the needs of parents who are young, single, socially or geographically isolated, or who have low income or limited formal education.

Within a group setting, parents participate in facilitated sessions that:

promote positive parenting

increase parents' understanding of children's health, safety, and behaviour

help parents build on the skills they have and learn new ones

improve parents' self-esteem and coping skills

increase self-help and mutual support

bring them in contact with community services and resources

help prevent family violence

Nobody's Perfect is a place where parents can:

MEET with other parents of young children (ages 0-5)

SHARE questions or concerns and ideas about being a parent

LEARN about child development, safety, health and behaviour

TALK about real-life parenting experiences

WORK together with the support of a trained facilitator

DISCOVER ways of positive parenting

NOBODY'S PERFECT is owned by the Public Health Agency of Canada and delivered across Canada through provincial and territorial organizations.

The NOBODY'S PERFECT Program was originally developed by Health Canada in partnership with the Departments of Health of the four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; and Prince Edward Island. NOBODY'S PERFECT was introduced nationally in 1987.

How does NOBODY'S PERFECT work?

The program is offered in a broad range of settings in every Canadian province and territory. NOBODY'S PERFECT is liked and used by many parents, including immigrant and Aboriginal parents.

Trained facilitators offer the NOBODY'S PERFECT program using a learner-centered, strengths-based approach, in line with the concepts of adult learning. This approach includes:

involving parents in deciding what they want to learn

creating a friendly, safe and non-judgmental atmosphere

encouraging discussion

creating learning activities which enable parents to understand their situation and solve some of their own problems

being prepared to change the session plan to suit the needs and interests of parents

encouraging self-help and mutual support

The NOBODY'S PERFECT program is supported with a series of five parent books named Safety, Body, Behaviour, Parents, and Mind, as well as growth and development charts. However, there is no set curriculum. Parents are encouraged to choose the topics of discussion.

How do I become a facilitator?

Across Canada, thousands of community workers, parents and public health nurses have been trained as NOBODY'S PERFECT facilitators. Expertise in parenting is not necessary to facilitate a NOBODY'S PERFECT program.

NOBODY'S PERFECT uses a 'train-the-trainer' approach to training facilitators. The training program is offered through the Nobody's Perfect provincial/territorial coordinators. The training, which typically lasts four days, would support you to become a facilitator of group learning rather than being an expert in parenting.

NOBODY'S PERFECT facilitators are prepared to change session plans to suit the needs and interests of the participants. The aim is to create a safe, friendly and non-judgmental atmosphere. Learning activities allow parents to understand their situation, their child's behaviour and development and to build upon their current skills. The activities encourage self-help and mutual support.

To learn more about facilitator training in your area, contact your provincial/territorial coordinator. Their contact information can be found at Nobody's Perfect Provincial Coordinators.

Is NOBODY'S PERFECT effective?

Several studies have shown that participants in the NOBODY'S PERFECT parenting program experience increased:

confidence in their parenting skills

ability to cope with stress

ability to problem solve

resiliency

self-sufficiency and independence

frequency of positive parent-child interactions

use of positive discipline techniques

access to peer/social/community support

The most recent impact evaluation (PDF document) of the NOBODY'S PERFECT Program was completed in 2009, a combined partnership between the Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada) and the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta.

Program Materials

Parent Kit

The NOBODY'S PERFECT program is supported with a series of five parent books named Safety, Body, Behaviour, Parents, and Mind, as well as growth and development charts.

These resources can be purchased by organizations or trained facilitators who offer the NOBODY'S PERFECT program from Families Canada. Please order online at Families Canada Publications.

For more information on ordering the resources, please email info@familiescanada.ca or call 1-(613) 237-7667.

Parenting Tip Sheets

This series of parenting tips sheets offers current and accessible information to parents and caregivers of children aged 0 - 5 years on a variety of topics. The materials can be used by the general public or as supplementary resources for the NOBODY'S PERFECT program.

Promotional Materials for Facilitators

Contact Information

To obtain further information regarding the NOBODY'S PERFECT Program, its implementation, or facilitation training within your province, please contact your provincial/territorial coordinator.

National coordinator contact:

Public Health Agency of Canada
Division of Children, and Youth
E-mail: PHAC.dca.public.inquiries.ASPC@canada.ca

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Chương trình đào tạo làm cha mẹ “Không ai hoàn hảo” tại một nhà máy sản xuất giày dép ở Việt Nam

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Being a parent is the most important and exciting job in the world. But many working mothers and fathers don't have enough time, parenting knowledge and skills they need to raise happy and healthy children. UNICEF has worked with employers to enable a family-friendly workplace environment and support working parents to give their children the best start in life.

To generate benefits for children of working parents and at the same time bring real benefits for business, UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and Vietnam Chambers of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) organized a training of facilitators to roll out the "Nobody's Perfect" parenting training in the workplace for parents/caregivers of children under 8 years old.

Early childhood, which spans the period up to 8 years of age, is critical for cognitive, social, emotional and physical development of the child. Optimal brain development requires a stimulating environment, adequate nutrients and social interaction with attentive caregivers.

On the other hand, unsafe conditions, violence, negative interactions and lack of learning opportunities during these early years can lead to irreversible outcomes, which can affect a child's potential for the remainder of his or her life. Therefore, it is critical that working mothers and fathers get the support they need to raise children to their full potential.

"A number of surveys from UNICEF, ILO and IFC have proven that supporting childcare responsibilities of employees is key to improve recruitment, retention, and employee productivity. In addition, such family-friendly policies have been found to improve company's reputation, brand value and image, as well as harmonize the relationship between employers and employees", said Mr. Nguyen Quang Vinh, Secretary General of VCCI.

During 5-9 April 2021, 20 facilitators from companies, business consulting and NGOs have been trained and 7 companies have committed to roll out the training for their employees.

Mr. Nguyen Van Lanh, Manager of Health, Safety Environment and Compliance Department at Starprint Viet Nam, one of the participating companies shared that the parenting skill training program will benefit both employees and the company. "Our company has about 800 workers, of whom 70 to 80% have small children. I have received strong support from the company's Management Board to participate in this program, which I find the knowledge and skills very relevant to the workers' interest. Besides, the facilitation techniques and methodology from the training are very useful for me to adapt in other training program for employees", said Mr. Lanh.

Before being scaled through this training, the program has been well implemented in Pouchen factory in Dong Nai and the Little Sun Kindergarten of Pouyuen Vietnam. Feedback from Pouchen's employees was really encouraging. They have become more confident in parenting and related stress-management skills.

" I found myself changing my behavior. When I play with my children, I try to understand them better. My children love it, and my wife was pleasantly surprised to see the change in me. I hope my colleagues will take this program, to understand the power of caring and sharing, to understand their children and family better. I am grateful for the knowledge I have obtained in the course", a working father from Pouchen commented.

Looking after the children is one of the working parents' major challenges. The program aims to increase parents' understanding of children's health, safety and behaviors, improve their self-esteem, coping skills and mutual support and prevent family violence.

"As a trainer, I am so happy to see this training program scaled up with employers to build working parent's confidence on positive parenting skills. With such knowledge, working parents will be less worried about the health and well-being of their children, thus can better contribute to develop their companies. I am also impressed with the strong commitment from participants. They have recognized the value of the program and actively planned to roll it out for the benefit of their employees and children", said Ms. Ngo Thi Thanh Mai, Master Trainer of this facilitator training.

With happy and healthy children, working parents as employees can work with their employers to create a stable, inclusive and productive working environment benefitting all.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted family life around the world. School closures, working remote, physical distancing - it's a lot to navigate for anyone, but especially for parents. Together with experts, we have developed parenting tips in the context of COVID-19 and are working with MOLISA to develop the parenting app", said Ms. Rana Flowers, UNICEF Viet Nam Representative.

UNICEF will continue collaborating with VCCI and MOLISA not to just scale this program but to bring more capacity building programs for businesses in Vietnam so they can respect and support children's rights through Children's Rights and Business Principles.

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UNICEF and employers roll out parenting training program "Nobody's Perfect" in the workplace

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Being a parent is the most important and exciting job in the world. But many working mothers and fathers don't have enough time, parenting knowledge and skills they need to raise happy and healthy children. UNICEF has worked with employers to enable a family-friendly workplace environment and support working parents to give their children the best start in life.

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