Free Support Groups for Parents of Infants and Pregnant Women

Are you the parent of a newborn? Are you balancing the excitement of building your family alongside feelings of exhaustion and overwhelm? Since 1989, our FREE support groups have provided safe and nurturing spaces for thousands of parents with their new babies (up to age one) to give and receive support, ask questions, and begin building a parent community close to home. Parents are welcome to attend any and as many groups as they would like!

New participants should register in advance of the group. For more information, please contact Leslie Pucker at lpucker@jfcsboston.org.

We have five general parent support groups that are meeting in person (Arlington, Brookline, Jamaica Plain, Medford, Sharon, and Watertown) and ongoing virtual groups as well. Please click on specific links below for details.

Support Groups for Parents of Infants

For parents of babies under the age of one.

Fridays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Register Here for this in-person group
Pre-registration encouraged.
Calvary United Methodist Church
300 Massachusetts Avenue

Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Register Here for this video support group

Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Register Here for this in-person group
Pre-registration encouraged.
Temple Ohabei Shalom
1187 Beacon Street

Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Register Here for this in-person group
Pre-registration encouraged.
Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library
Community Room
30 South Street

Tuesdays, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Register Here for this in-person group
Pre-registration encouraged.
Medford Family Network at
Medford High School
489 Winthrop Street

Fridays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Register Here for this in-person group
Pre-registration encouraged.
Temple Israel
125 Pond Street

Fridays, 9:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Register here for the video support group.

The Watertown Support group will be switching from virtual to in person starting on Friday, September 29. The group will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Cuniff Elementary School, 246 Warren Street in Watertown.

Register here for the in-person support group.

For more information, call 781-647-JFCS (5327) or email your questions via our contact us page.

Specialized Support Groups: JF&CS also offers groups for pregnant women, parents of toddlers aged 1-4, women experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety, and other emotional complications, and parents through adoption.

In-Home Support: If you are interested in individualized, in-home support through JF&CS, please consider the Lauren & Mark Rubin Visiting Moms® program.