Parenting Courses

Stanford's Short Course on Breastfeeding

1507 ratings at Coursera

Stanford's Short Course on Breastfeeding was designed for new mothers and the people who support them.

• Coursera
• 4-5 hours worth of material, 1 week long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Breastfeeding: Public Health Perspectives

10 ratings at Coursera

Engaging in this course will provide you with the opportunity to think about breastfeeding and its public health implications.

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Kids with Cancer Still Need School: The Providers Role

This course will help you understand and address the challenges parents and families face regarding schooling after a cancer diagnosis.

• Coursera
• 2-3 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Implementation

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale—learning how to generate innovative, scalable intervention strategies that supports early childhood development. Together, Harvard University and UNICEF bring…

• edX
• 1-3 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Parents Act Now! Help Your Teenager Beat Anorexia Nervosa

This course comprises of based on principals of 10 lectures that are coupled 12 teleconferencing meetings with a therapist qualified in Family-Based Treatment to discuss specific problems and provide guided support. Available to you through this Guided P…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 13 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing

2589 ratings at Coursera

Everyday Parenting gives you access to a toolkit of behavior-change techniques that will make your typical day in the home easier as you develop the behaviors you would like to see in your child.

• Coursera
• 21 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 30th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Science of Parenting

2 reviews

Move beyond the chatter and opinion surrounding parenting and learn about the scientific findings and data that can help you make sensible, informed parenting decisions.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Supporting Parents of a Newborn Baby

162 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will learn some core components in supporting parents of newborn babies.

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding children: babies being heard

In this free course, Understanding children: babies being heard, you will find out some of the things that very young babies can do. You will also discover how babies can contribute to family life ...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Childhood in crisis?

This free course, Childhood in crisis?, explores an idea much repeated in minority-world media that childhood is in crisis. Looking at this idea is a starting point for the study of childhood. You...

• OpenLearn
• 6 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Childhood in the digital age

This free course, Childhood in the digital age, delves into the lives of children and discuss the potential benefits and limitations of technology in their lives.

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children and young people: food and food marketing

The following video explores the concepts covered in this course.

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children and young people’s participation

Listening to children is a first step in the participation agenda, which is reasonably well established. By contrast, enabling children to share in decision making lags some way behind. This free ...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

This free course, Children’s experiences with digital technologies, is an introduction to how children use digital technologies, such as mobile applications, digital games and computers, and what ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children’s perspectives on play

In this free course, Children's perspectives on play, you are asked to put yourself in the place of young children and to think about their view of play and their reasons for playing. When children...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate