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For the Family Foundation

For the Family Foundation strengthens individuals and communities through education, research, and support initiatives. They promote ethical mental health standards, empower caregivers, and transform family support systems through volunteer-driven efforts.

Sibling Support GroupEstrangement doesn&rsquo;t just happen between a parent and an adult child&mdash;it can change the relationships between everyone in the family. Siblings may find themselves caught in the middle, pressured to choose sides, separated from a brother or sister they love, or trying to maintain relationships with both sides without becoming the family messenger. For the Family Foundation&rsquo;s Sibling Support Group is a space for siblings affected by family estrangement to talk openly about what this experience has meant for them. We&rsquo;ll explore divided loyalties, grief, anger, changing family roles, boundaries, and how to maintain your own relationships without taking responsibility for repairing everyone else&rsquo;s. Most importantly, this is a place where siblings finally get to have a voice&mdash;because you didn&rsquo;t create the estrangement, but you&rsquo;re living with its consequences too.This group will run for 6 weeks.&nbsp;

I Never Had A Say- Sibling Group

I Am A Good Mom is a six week group for mothers navigating estrangement from an adult child. &nbsp;Each Tuesday starting on October 7, &nbsp;for 60-90 minutes. Facilitated by TBD and Katt Johnston. Most mothers in this situation have never said it out loud to another person. They&#39;ve told a spouse, maybe. A doctor, once. But not another mother who knows what it is to be cut off by a child she raised &mdash; and not in a room where she didn&#39;t have to explain the basics first. &nbsp; &nbsp; This group is that room. What it is These groups will be facilitate via zoom. The group is capped at 20 women and closes after the first session. No one joins late. That&#39;s deliberate &mdash; a group that keeps opening never gets past introductions, and the conversation you came for happens in week three, not week one.

I Am A Good Mom

I&rsquo;m Still Dad is a six week group for fathers navigating estrangement from an adult child. &nbsp;Each Tuesday starting on October 6, for 60-90 minutes. Facilitated by James Regik and Katt Johnston. Most fathers in this situation have never said it out loud to another man. They&#39;ve told a spouse, maybe. A doctor, once. But not another father who knows what it is to be cut off by a child he raised &mdash; and not in a room where he didn&#39;t have to explain the basics first. &nbsp; &nbsp; This group is that room. What it is These groups will be facilitate via zoom. The group is capped at 20 men and closes after the first session. No one joins late. That&#39;s deliberate &mdash; a group that keeps opening never gets past introductions, and the conversation you came for happens in week three, not week one.

I'm Still Dad

For the Family Foundation exists to strengthen individuals, families, and communities through education, research, charitable initiatives, and public awareness. We work to advance ethical, evidence-informed standards in mental health, support parents and caregivers, invest in students, and change the way families are talked about and supported.This is volunteer-powered work. Your monthly membership does two things at once: it funds the mission, and it brings you inside it. Members serve on committees, contribute to outreach and education, help shape programming, and stand with families who need support.We ask for what you can give. Some members contribute a few hours a month. Some contribute more. Both matter.

For the Family Foundation exists to strengthen individuals, families, and communities through education, research, charitable initiatives, and public awareness. We work to advance ethical, evidence-informed standards in mental health, support parents and caregivers, invest in students, and change the way families are talked about and supported.This is volunteer-powered work. Your monthly membership does two things at once: it funds the mission, and it brings you inside it. Members serve on committees, contribute to outreach and education, help shape programming, and stand with families who need support.We ask for what you can give. Some members contribute a few hours a month. Some contribute more. Both matter.

Join the Initiative

For the Family Foundation exists so that no one navigating a difficult family relationship has to do it alone &mdash; or pay a price they can&#39;t afford to get help. Your gift keeps our resources within reach. It funds our helpline, so someone is there when a parent, grandparent, or adult child doesn&#39;t know where else to turn. It funds our peer support groups &mdash; for parents, grandparents, couples, siblings, and the adult children themselves &mdash; and lets us add new groups as more people ask for them. It supports the conferences and trainings that equip families and the clinicians who serve them. And it covers the everyday operating costs that make all of it possible. We believe the whole family deserves support, not just one side of it. Every donation helps us keep that promise, and keep the cost low for the people who need us most.

For the Family Foundation exists so that no one navigating a difficult family relationship has to do it alone — or pay a price they can't afford to get help.Your gift keeps our resources within reach. It funds our helpline, so someone is there when a parent, grandparent, or adult child doesn't know where else to turn. It funds our peer support groups — for parents, grandparents, couples, siblings, and the adult children themselves — and lets us add new groups as more people ask for them. It supports the conferences and trainings that equip families and the clinicians who serve them. And it covers the everyday operating costs that make all of it possible.We believe the whole family deserves support, not just one side of it. Every donation helps us keep that promise, and keep the cost low for the people who need us most.

Support Families

Become a mentor with For the Family Foundation and walk alongside parents, caregivers, or students as they navigate real challenges. Your time and experience can help strengthen daily routines, relationships, and decisions that support family well-being. 🎯 As a mentor, you will talk through parenting questions, or connect someone with mental health and community resources. 📚 Please share your background and interests below so we can match you with opportunities that align with our mission of stronger families and stronger communities.

Become a mentor with For the Family Foundation and walk alongside parents, caregivers, or students as they navigate real challenges. Your time and experience can help strengthen daily routines, relationships, and decisions that support family well-being. 🎯As a mentor, you will talk through parenting questions, or connect someone with mental health and community resources. 📚Please share your background and interests below so we can match you with opportunities that align with our mission of stronger families and stronger communities.

Become a Mentor

When an adult child becomes estranged, grandparents can experience a second devastating loss&mdash;the loss of connection with their grandchildren. For the Family Foundation&rsquo;s Grandparent Support Group is a welcoming space for grandparents navigating family estrangement, limited contact, or the loss of a relationship with their grandchildren. Together, we&rsquo;ll talk about the grief and uncertainty that come with estrangement, how to manage difficult family dynamics, how to stay grounded when you have little control over the situation, and how to move forward without giving up hope. This is a place to be understood, connect with other grandparents who truly get it, and learn practical ways to care for yourself while keeping the door open to the relationships you love. This group will run for 6 weeks.&nbsp;

Grandparents Interupted-Group

Managing Estrangement TogetherA Support Group for CouplesFamily estrangement doesn&rsquo;t just affect the relationship between a parent and an adult child. It can deeply affect the relationship between partners as well. Two people can love the same child, experience the same loss, and cope with it in completely different ways. One may want to reach out while the other wants to step back. One may need to talk while the other needs a break from talking about it. Grief, guilt, anger, blame, fear, and disagreements about what to do next can slowly begin to take a toll on the relationship.Managing Estrangement Together is a supportive group for couples navigating the impact of family estrangement. Together, we&rsquo;ll talk about communication, different grieving styles, staying united when you disagree, managing extended family and holidays, supporting one another without becoming consumed by the estrangement, and protecting the relationship you still have while grieving the relationship that has changed.The goal is not for couples to feel exactly the same way or handle estrangement exactly the same way. It is to help couples understand one another, make decisions together, and remember that estrangement has already changed one important relationship. It doesn&rsquo;t have to take this one too.This group will run for 6 weeks.&nbsp;

Couples Managing Estrangement Group

Room to Be HeardA Group for Estranged Sons and DaughtersFamily estrangement is complicated, and adult sons and daughters deserve a place to talk about their experiences without being told what they should feel, pressured to reconcile, or asked to defend the decisions they have made. Room to Be Heard is a supportive group for adult sons and daughters who are estranged, distant, or struggling in their relationships with their parents. This group provides space to talk honestly about what happened, what led to the distance, what you are carrying now, and what you want your relationships and your life to look like moving forward. We will explore boundaries, family patterns, communication, grief, anger, identity, accountability, and the complicated questions that can come with estrangement, including whether repair or reconciliation is something you want to consider. There is no expectation that you reconnect with a parent, and there is no expectation that you remain estranged. The purpose is not to choose a side. It is to give you room to be heard, room to understand your own experience, and room to decide what comes next.This group will run for 6 weeks.&nbsp;

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