Our story

In Minnesota, 81% of women with children ages 0-18 years work outside the home.  That percentage is even higher for fathers.  Until this point, parent education has only benefitted those that stay at home or who can find the time to attend classes during non-work hours.  Both of these factors are becoming increasingly limited.  By bringing education and support services to working parents at their place of employment and through their children’s school, we help to create a better work/life balance, and foster joy and community through connection.

Not only do we value the need to bring our services to as many as possible, but we also recognize the need to offer parenting support beyond the ages of 0-5 years.  Parenting has become an increasingly difficult job, not only because of societal changes, but because as children grow so do the issues surrounding them.  It is important to continue family education throughout a lifetime because each new phase of life presents new challenges with greater significance.  Support for families is a lifelong commitment to understanding and wellbeing. 

We also recognize that parents may need one on one support for their parenting challenges. We offer a welcoming, non-judgmental space to discuss, process, and learn how to respond to ourselves and our children in a manner that supports connection and relationship building to last a lifetime.

Through personal experiences and a professional background, we combine practical and social aspects of parenting.  In doing so we help parents reach a greater level of self-awareness allowing them to meet their full potential and hopefully raise children that rise to a greater level of compassion and understanding.  


Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
— Benjamin Franklin

Our educator

Kelly Tronstad works as a Family Support Coach for Children’s Home/Lutheran Social Service offering family education and support services to pre and post adoptive families in their Foster Care/Adoption Program. She also facilitates a support group at Bellis for mothers who have had their parental rights terminated. She received her license in Parent and Family Education and her Master of Family Education degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2019. Kelly is the recipient of the Dr. Jean Illsley Clarke Fellowship for Family Education Award from the University of Minnesota. She and her husband, Dan, live with their three daughters in St. Paul. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family at their cabin up north, biking, and playing bingo.

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