Children's Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC) | Young Parents Program (2024)

FAQs

What do young parents need? ›

Some young parents need extra support from other workers. They may help with things like housing, learning, and other issues. Being open and honest with your workers, discussing your concerns with them, and making sure you work on problems together as early as possible means you and baby will get the best benefit.

13-19 years. Home13 19 years. A young parent is someone who has a baby when still in their teens or twenties, usually before age 25. Becoming a young parent can be an adventure full of joy but can have specific challenges.

Our partnerships. We are proud to be the primary teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and our Nursing Department partners with 27 schools of nursing throughout Massachusetts and New England.

As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Boston Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age.

Kids must feel safe and sound, with their basic survival needs met: shelter, food, clothing, medical care and protection from harm.

From a biological perspective, 17-year-olds are perfectly capable of having a natural birth.

'Young parents' are defined as adults ages 18 to 24 who live in a household with their own child(ren) younger than 18.

The definitive terms employed (i.e. teenage mother, adolescent mother, and schoolgirl mother) locate a young mother as a woman who becomes a mother during the period between childhood and adulthood. This time has come to be known as 'adolescence.

Teenage pregnancy is when a woman under 20 gets pregnant. It usually refers to teens between the ages of 15-19. But it can include girls as young as 10. It's also called teen pregnancy or adolescent pregnancy.

What is the largest children's hospital in the US? ›

The Texas Children's Hospital, located on the Texas Medical Center campus in Houston, is the biggest children's hospital in the US, with 973 beds.

In total, one out of every 20 Harvard freshmen attended one of the seven high schools most represented in the class of 2017—Boston Latin, Phillips Academy in Andover, Stuyvesant High School, Noble and Greenough School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Trinity School in New York City, and Lexington High School.

Program Overview. In Boston, we have Universal Pre-kindergarten (UPK), which is a mixed delivery portfolio of programs funded by the City of Boston offering high-quality choices for children ages three and four living in the city at no cost to families.

The Acute Cardiac Care Unit (ACCU) provides around-the-clock care and monitoring to thousands of children — and adults — with acquired or congenital heart defects.

With a high quality of life, world-renowned universities, and an excellent location, Boston is perfect for students and families alike.

Be available, if you can, when they call or text, advising only when requested. Welcome your young adult home and celebrate the time your family spends together. Try to simply listen, be compassionate and remind them you're proud of them and love them unconditionally.

Children need care that promotes positive emotional health and well-being and that supports their overall mental health, including a positive sense of self, as well as the ability to cope with stressful situations, temper emotional arousal, overcome fears, and accept disappointments and frustrations.