By the Daily Press
SANTA MONICA Local non-profit, The Early Childhood Parenting Center, has announced a change in leadership, introducing Frances Walfish as its new chairperson, with Linda Shoeman appointed as vice chair.
“The Early Childhood Parenting Center is the cutting-edge organization that has helped hundreds of parents over the years with universal parenting issues,” said Walfish. “In addition to its pioneering parent-child support groups, ECPC is unique in offering our ‘Parenting Warm Line’ telephone service that provides advice from trained childhood development specialists at no cost.”
The “Parenting Warm Line” is a free phone service designed to provide concerned parents with non-medical related-advice from trained childhood development specialists. Parents are urged to call (310) 281- 9770 to seek advice on a wide range of topics. The ECPC was founded in 1970 by Helen Reid and Saul Brown at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and is now located in Santa Monica. For more information, visit www.parentingtots.com.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 27, 2007. Read the original PDF.