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MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS


In order to be eligible for membership, prospective members must meet two requirements:


  1. Prospective members must currently reside in Brooklyn OR be in the midst of a move to Brooklyn, with a confirmed residential address and move-in date.
  2. Prospective members must either be current parents or expectant parents. An expectant parent is someone who is expecting a child through pregnancy, surrogacy, or is in the midst of an adoption.


Have questions about eligibility? Please reach out to us at membership@parkslopeparents.com.

Park Slope Parents (PSP) is a community of 7,000+ families in Brooklyn, NY. Since 2002, PSP members have shared advice on everything from childcare and camps to hairdressers and healthcare. We've coped with teething, terrible twos, the tween years, and more. We have over 100 specialty groups, including cooking, gardening, allergy, LGBTQ, crafting, single/divorced/separated, middle school, high school, and even a new college discussion group!

Park Slope Parents recognizes that families take many forms, including two-parent families, single-parent families, blended families, same-sex families, foster families, multi-racial families, adoptive families, and more. We have a "family" membership based on the multitude of different compositions of both caregiver(s) and child(ren). 


Our Membership Benefits:

Advice/Community Group. The PSP Advice/Community group has all things parenting, community and urban living. Stay connected to the whole neighborhood through the PSP Advice/Community Group!

Classifieds Group. The PSP Classifieds group is our buy/sell/trade group that includes nanny posts, real estate posts, and teens for hire.

Our Pregnancy and Baby Groups. Get help from other new parents going through what you're experiencing. We've been helping new parents embark on the journey of parenthood for more than a decade.

Our Specialty Groups for online and in-person gatherings with people who share your interests. Groups include Stay-at-Home Parents, Cooking, Gardening, Tweens, SDS (Separated/Divorced/Single) Parents, LGBTQ, bilingual groups and more.

Park Slope Parents Events. PSP holds over 350 events a year. View our calendar here. Even during COVID-19, we are doing virtual meetups, webinars and more!


Career Help. Not only do we have a General Career Networking Group with over 2,000 work-minded people, we also have more than 20 Career Subgroups such as law, fashion, small business, fine arts, tech, and many more.

PSP has become instrumental to the Brooklyn community and has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and other media.


Eligibility to join is limited to parents and expectant parents who reside in Park Slope and surrounding brownstone neighborhoods, including (but not limited to) BoCoCa, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, Sunset Park, Downtown Brooklyn, Ditmas Park, PLG, Ft. Greene, and Bed-Stuy!

📚 "I could write a book about how much I love PSP! The life-changing classifieds; the clothing & gear swaps; the helpful email groups organized by baby birthday AND neighborhood; the high-quality, creative programming that ranges from live music events to financial fitness webinars; the warm groovy spirit and in-this-together camaraderie—is there no end?! When living in NYC gets tough, I remind myself that amazing resources like PSP are the flip side of the coin." 📚

STEPS TO JOINING




PLEASE add membership@parkslopeparents.com to your safe senders and contact list to make sure you get our emails! Also, sometimes emails end up in spam/promotions because we haven't interacted, so be sure to double-check there and drag any messages you find from us into your inbox. If you don't hear from us or have trouble applying, let us know at membership@parkslopeparents.com!
NOTE: Park Slope Parents doesn't want any member to be left out due to financial hardship. For information about reduced-rate memberships, don't hesitate to reach out to us at membership@parkslopeparents.com.



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What our members are saying:


💙 "Thanks for all you do to keep such a loving space alive.” 💙

“I’ve been a member for over 10 years now, and meeting other moms through PSP when my boys were newborns was life-saving—and ditto finding the support and friendship of the PSP-SDS community when life took me there as well. I don’t know how I could have survived without either!!"

"I have found the Working Moms Group an invaluable resource about balancing the demands of family vs. career and I'm always inspired by the advice and discussion that is circulated."

 

😍 "I have made some of my closest friends through the group... we have created a support network that I am so grateful for."  😍

 

"It is so helpful to hear other people's experiences rather than just googling things!"

"Man, this PSP fee has paid me back and then some! : )"

 

💓 "I can see where a parent group may be thought of as intimidating... holding yourself up to other parents' parenting standards, but what is so great about a group as broad as PSP is that within that large community, you find people who fit your parenting style, and you make connections and friendships with people going through the same exact stage of life as you." 💓

 

“A little more than 3 years ago, pregnant with my daughter, I [sourced] everything I needed to prepare for a new baby from folks in the community who had outgrown their infant-gear. We were well supported from people we didn't even know and have been able to pay that forward as our kid has grown up. Thanks for all you do to keep such a loving space alive.”

"I’ve gotten a lot of emotional and practical support from this group over the years… you should know that the community has helped me in so many ways, and I’m super grateful for you and your work…You’ve managed to create a space where – from what I can tell – people feel licensed to show and be their best selves in the name of helping one another. It’s really wonderful. Thank you!"

 

🎉“After 9 long years, I completed my dissertation this summer! I owe a huge thank you to you because I found statistical analysis help on PSP. A few years ago, I posted asking for help and a fellow parent responded immediately! We met at a cafe with her infant strapped to her body and she helped me figure it out! Years later, I reached out to her and she helped me complete the project! PSP even helps with PhDs!” 🎉

 

“PSP is a rare community where kindness, inclusivity, and a spirit of welcome are the norm. Four years ago I felt trepidation on my way to my first baby group meetup, thinking that the others might be cliquish or judgmental. Nothing could have been further from the truth! I couldn’t believe how easy it was to join in conversation, create new friendships, and feel part of the community.”

“I distinctly remember getting ready to attend my first meetup for my baby group while I was still pregnant. I really didn’t want to go, I was tired, it was hot, these were strangers. ... I had no idea that it would be me that ended up with the important friendships, and become part of an incredible group of brilliant women. We became mothers together and their love and support and humor have gotten me through sleeplessness, teething, tantrums, school, work, breastfeeding, pumping, expanding families, a global pandemic, and everything in between.”

 

✨ “PSP connected me with the dozen women who supported me through pregnancy, post partum, breastfeeding, toddlerhood, preschool and now kindergarten. I couldn’t have stayed sane without those women. They will forever be my friends because of the things we went through together, even though many now live outside the city. Your parenting group gave me a small village in a huge city. Thank you.” ✨

 

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