Listed below are useful resources for those responsible for the preparation and delivery of parenthood education as part of the school curriculum or in similar environments. If you know of others please email us so that we can include them on this page.

BBC (2006)
Birth, Care and Growth
London: BBC Wordwide Limited.
ISBN: 0563516321
A series of three programmes for pupils aged 5-7, going beyond the biology of birth and growth to look at what it means and how it feels to 'grow up'. Explore the physical changes that accompany birth and growth, along with the caring and nurturing roles of parents and siblings. To order click here.

Simon Blake and Stella Muttock (2004)
PSHE and Citizenship for Children and Young People with Special Needs: An Agenda for Action
London: National Children's Bureau.
ISBN: 1-904787-11-8
A report on the action that is needed to ensure that the emotional and social development of all children and young people is supported through PSHE and Citizenship. It focuses specifically on provision for children and young people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and those who are in public care. It concludes with a series of policy and practice recommendations to improve PSHE and Citizenship for these four groups. The report is available to download from the NCB website.

 J.Cohen (2004)
Safe and Sound
Healthwise. 163 pages.
ISBN: 1-873460-43-0
Provides a whole school approach to sex and relationships education, focusing on the education, welfare and safety of young people. The activities utilise a variety of approaches to stimulate young people and cover a range of themes, including bodies and body image, families and parenting, contraception, relationships, rights, responsibilities and safety. It includes over 130 learning acitvities, policy guidance, staff training workshop, and programme guidance and planning. A copy of the Contraception Card game is included with the manual. To order click here. 

Community Education Development Centre(1995)
Today's Child, Tomorrow's Adult: Approaches to developing family relationships and effective parenting
Coventry: Community Education Development Centre. 47 pages. ISBN: 0947607242
Over a period of eighteen months, five Midland schools with pupils between the ages of 5 and 18 worked on a project to prepare them to play an effective and positive part in family life. This report describes how the five schools developed their own work, recording the results of the work, and gives helpful insights to others who are considering how to tackle teaching parenthood education in schools.

Judith Corlyon and Christine McGuire (1997)
Young Parents in Public Care: Pregnancy and parenthood among young people looked after by local authorities. Report of component 1 of Preparation and Support for Parenthood
London: National Children's Bureau. 168 pages.
ISBN: 1900990199
Interim report covering the first component of a three year study, funded by the Department of Health, into the preparation and support for parenthood of young people who are looked after by a local authority.

Judith Corlyon and Christine McGuire (1997)
Young Parents in Public Care: Pregnancy and parenthood among young people looked after by local authorities. Summary
London: National Children's Bureau. 4 pages.
Summary of a report of a three-year study, funded by the Department of Health, into the preparation and support for parenthood of young people who are looked after by a local authority.

Elizabeth Cutting and Lynne Tammi (1999)
Understanding Parents, Understanding Parenthood: An education for parenthood course piloted at Monifeith High School, Angus
Edinburgh: Save the Children Scotland. 26 pages.
ISBN: 1841870153
This report examines the findings of an evaluation conducted with 27 young people between 13 and 14 years of age, following the delivery of a six-week pilot education for parenthood programme. The evaluation showed that the programme had a positive effect on pupils, helping them to think more objectively about the role of parenting and the responsibilities of parenthood. Includes example of evaluation form.

Gill Frances and Paula Power (2003)
Developing Sex and Relationships Education in Schools: Guidance and training activities for school governors
London: National Children's Bureau. 102 pages + video.
ISBN:1904787029
A pack explaining the role of school governors in SRE, covering best practice, policy development, partnership and participation. It contains a range of training and support activities which can be used at governors' meetings, in workshops, seminars and conferences, and information that schools can give to parents when developing and delivering sex and relationships education. It includes a book, a video, and a factsheet for parents.

Suzy Mackie and Hansa Patel-Kanwal (2003)
Let's Make it Happen: Training on sex, relationships, pregnancy and parenthood for those working with looked after children and young people
London: fpa and National Children's Bureau. 172 pages.
A comprehensive manual produced for the training of those supporting looked after children and young people around sex, relationships, pregnancy and parenthood. Includes key guidance and legislation, training exercises and photocopiable handouts for trainees, an evaluation form and appendices with resources and contacts.

Barbara Maines (2000)
The Emotional Literacy Hour: Teaching achievement in Bristol schools
Bristol: Lucky Duck Publishing.
ISBN: 1873942877
Teaching pack devised by a group of teachers, psychologists and advisers working together to promote the teaching of emotional literacy in Bristol's schools. Emotional literacy is defined as the ability to recognise, understand, handle and appropriately express emotions, both your own, and those of others. It is linked to academic achievement, lifelong learning, mental health and inclusion. The purpose of the pack is to stimulate whole school thinking and planning on how to move forward in teaching emotional literacy. It contains a video, teacher's notes and 'starter' activity sheets, and includes a two lesson activity for Year 10 pupils focusing on parenting skills, and a Year 10 GCSE Drama class which addresses issues arising from teenage pregnancy.

National Advisory Group on Personal, Social and Health Education (1999)
Preparing Young People for Adult Life
London: DfEE. 27 pages.
ISBN: 1841850284
Report outlining the role of PSHE in the school curriculum in encouraging personal responsibility, decision-making skills, self esteem and the formation of personal values in pupils. Emphasizes the need for young people to learn about the value of family life, including marriage, good parenting and stable relationships. The report takes into account government initiatives dealing with adolescent pregnancy and with drug misuse.

Parenting Education & Support Forum (1998)
Two Steps Ahead: Fitting parents for the future
London: Parenting Education & Support Forum. 4 pages.
Briefing Sheet written by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer on behalf of the Parenthood Education in Schools Working Group. Published to link in to the DoH/DfEE review of the PSHE curriculum in schools, it looks at the issues surrounding parenthood education for children and young people and offers some Guidelines to curriculum content and approach.

Cathi Rae and Ruth Epstein (2003)
Sex, Relationships and Parenting: A workpack for years 9, 10 and 11
Leicester: Turning Point Women's Centre. 119 pages.
Classroom based materials produced on behalf of the Braunstone Teenage Pregnancy Project for use by teachers, youth workers and other adults interested in raising the issues of teenage pregnancy and parenthood with young people. There are sections on how babies impact on your life, safe sex, being a father, babies and money, and some personal experiences. It includes photocopiable resources, evaluation forms and a list of contacts.

Jill Rowe, Rachel Turner and Hannah Jenkins (2005)
The Parentalk Schools Pack
London: Parentalk.
A resource for secondary school teachers, the Parentalk Schools Pack aims to educate young people in good parenting skills. It has been written for Year 10 and 11 pupils and is designed to meet the requirements of the PSHE curriculum in Key Stage 4 which states 'pupils should be taught about the role and responsibilities of a parent, and the qualities of good parenting and its value to family life' (DFES, Teachernet, PSHE Curriculum, Key Stage 4). For more information or to order click here.

Fiona Sawney, Susie Sykes, Mandy Keene, Liz Swinden and Geraldine McCormick (2003)
It Opened my Eyes: Using theatre in education to deliver Sex and Relationship Education. A good practice guide
London: Health Development Agency. 52 pages.
ISBN: 184279244X
A guide developed to support the implementation of the national Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, aiming to draw together current promising practice and support the effective use of Theatre in Education (TIE) as a method of delivering SRE. Includes projects which helped students to think about the responsibilities of parenthood. Addresses matters of SRE for pupils with special needs and those from minority ethnic backgrounds. Covers case studies, student and professional feedback, checklist of good practice, evaluation forms, bibliography and list of contacts.

Sex Education Forum
Sex and Relationships Education Framework (2004)
London: Sex Education Forum. 4 pages.
A core document for professionals who work with children and young people in all settings and who want to support the effective development of SRE policy and practice. The framework includes a definition of SRE, legislation and guidance, principles of good practice, and key elements to SRE.

Penny Sharland (2000)
Parenthood Education: Guidance for tutors
Bristol: Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network. 11 pages plus photocopiable resources.
Curriculum resources for teachers of Key Stages 3 and 4 PSHE and Citizenship in Schools, focusing on Parenthood Education. The teachers' guidance book is accompanied by photocopiable Challenge sheets for pupils, covering the role of a parent, sharing time with children, being a good parent, punishing children, children's rights/parents' responsibilities. Available in a joint pack with Conflict Resolution from the ASDAN website.

Teens and Toddlers
Children Our Ultimate Investment
An innovative, practical teenage pregnancy prevention and mental health programme fostering greater awareness of the reality of conception and parenting for young people, long before unwanted pregnancies occur. This is achieved by providing the teens with intensive interaction with toddlers in a safe nursery environment and with classroom instruction that is highly interactive and experiential. Evaluations and reports are available. The DfES endorsed the project in April 2007. Teens and Toddlers is a project of Children Our Ultimate Investment, with support from ARK and The Psychosynthesis & Education Trust. For more information visit the website.

Young Mothers Information Project (1998)
Realities: An insight into young parenthood
Bristol: Young Mothers Information Project. Video and 15-page booklet.
A video and booklet about the realities of young parenthood, suitable for use with adolescents and in parenthood education in schools, also in sex and relationships education. Encourages teenagers to think about the options in the event of unplanned pregnancy, the costs, significant features and possible life changes involved in being a parent, where to get help, and sex and the law. The trigger video was made initially for peer educators to use in their talks about their own experiences of young motherhood.

Working With Men (1999)
The Fatherhood Pack and game
London: Working With Men.
For PSHE tutors and others delivering fatherhood related programmes in formal and informal educational settings. The pack aims to provide opportunities for young men to reflect, discuss and develop their own views of fatherhood; help young men consider their own experience of being fathered, and help young men assess and develop their skills as potential fathers. The pack includes a board game and dice game and 26 curriculum based exercises for use in the classroom and other settings. To order a pack go to the website.

Working With Men
Fatherhood and Schools Project (1995-1998)
London: Working With Men.
This report describes the research, development and delivery stages of the project that produced the Fatherhood Pack and Game. See above.