FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions:
Nobody’s Perfect is delivered by a variety of community-based organizations across Canada. Most provinces/territories have a Nobody’s Perfect provincial/territorial coordinator who can provide you with the location and dates of the sessions being offered in your area. You can also try contacting your local Public Health office or any other community-based organization that provides support to parents in your area. For more information, click on your province or territory page to contact your provincial/territorial coordinator or search Nobody’s Perfect Coordinator on Canada.ca
Nobody’s Perfect uses a ‘train-the-trainer’ approach to training facilitators. The training program is typically offered through the Nobody’s Perfect provincial/territorial coordinators. Facilitation training provides information about delivering the program and develops skills for helping adults learn in group settings. For more information regarding the Nobody’s Perfect Program, its implementation, or facilitation training within your province, please contact your provincial/territorial coordinator. If there is no coordinator for your area, feel free to contact the closest province or territory for their training schedule
Yes, it is. Several major evaluation and impact studies have found Nobody’s Perfect to be successful at reducing isolation and increasing parenting skills and confidence. Nobody’s Perfect has proven to be an effective program for parents who have limited access to sources of help or information. The program is offered in a broad range of settings in every Canadian province and territory. Nobody’s Perfect is liked and used by many parents, including immigrant and Indigenous parents. Please refer to the Evaluation Section of this website for more information.
The Nobody’s Perfect program is supported with a series of five parent books named Safety, Body, Behaviour, Parents, and Mind, as well as growth and development charts. These resources can be purchased by organizations or trained facilitators who offer the Nobody’s Perfect program from Families Canada. Please order online at Families Canada Resources. For more information on ordering the resources, please email info@familiescanada.ca or call (613) 237-7667. In some provinces/territories you can order the Nobody’s Perfect parent booklets, from your provincial/territorial coordinator. Contact your coordinator to see what the process is in your area.
Nobody's Perfect
There are no perfect parents, perfect children or perfect people. We can only do our best, and we all need help once in a while.
Find a Group or Coordinator in Your Province or Territory
Meet
with other parents of young children (ages 0 -5)
Share
questions or concerns and ideas about being a parent
Learn
about child development, safety, health and behaviour
Talk
about real-life parenting experiences
Work
together with the support of a trained facilitator
Discover
ways of positive parenting
Our History
“I never felt judged when I participated in a group.” – parent
Nobody’s Perfect was developed in the early 1980s by Health Canada and the Departments of Health of the four Atlantic Provinces. Nobody’s Perfect now runs nationally and is delivered in communities across Canada with funding from the provincial/territorial governments and non-profit organizations.
Groups and Coordinators
Nobody’s Perfect is coordinated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and delivered across Canada through provincial and territorial organizations.
Please note that these Provincial and Territory pages are populated by each individual coordinator. We are not responsible for the content of any external resource or websites. Information may or may not be available in both official languages.
Select a Province/Territory below to see local information about Groups and Co-ordinators:
About Nobody's Perfect
What is Nobody's Perfect?
Nobody’s Perfect is a facilitated parenting program for parents of children from birth to age five. The program is designed to meet the needs of parents who are young, single, socially or geographically isolated, or who have low income or limited formal education offered in communities by facilitators to help support parents and young children.
- Nobody’s Perfect gives parents a safe place to meet others with children of the same age and with whom they share interests and concerns
- Sessions are based on what parents want to learn about, not step by step from a book
- Sessions are free, interactive and fun
Trained facilitators offer Nobody’s Perfect using a participant-centered, strengths-based approach, in line with the concepts of adult learning. Within a group setting, parents participate in facilitated sessions that:
- Promote positive parenting
- Increase parents’ understanding of children’s health, safety and behaviour
- Help parents build on the skills they have and learn new ones
- Improve parents’ self esteem and coping skills
- Increase self-help and mutual support
- Bring them in contact with community services and resources
- Help prevent family violence