St. Louis County Parent Education Program
Parent Educators, LLC
(314) 863-3310
stlparenteducation@gmail.com

Please Note: Your health and safety is very important to us! Due to the public health crisis of the COVID 19 outbreak, face-to-face parenting classes will be cancelled until further notice. However, we now have an online class that is available.  To take this class, please:
1. Register using the tab above or call the office, and
2. Pay for your class using the tab above. 
Once we receive payment, we will send you an email with a link to the class (within 48 hours). Please be sure to look for it.

The Family Court of St. Louis County requires that all parents who are seeking a divorce, legal separation, paternity or custody order, or modification order and who have in common, at least one child under the age of 19 years, must complete a Parent Education Class sponsored through the court.  

***This is the ONLY official parenting class for divorce, paternity and custody modifications
​in cooperation with St. Louis County Family Courts.



  • When face-to-face classes are offered once again, classes will be one session that lasts approximately 2 1/2 hours. Until further notice, classes will be available in an online presentation format ONLY through our office.
  • Typically, our classes are given in a classroom setting. An instructor will give a lecture assisting parents  in understanding the divorce process and its impact on adults and children of all ages with some class participation (if the participant chooses).
  • The instructor will discuss strategies to assist parents in responding appropriately to each other and their children and ways to co-parent effectively.
  • With face-to-face classes, we will provide an informational booklet and list of community resources available to assist divorcing families.
  • With the online class, information will be presented in a presentation & video format as well as a list of resources and links available to assist families.
  • The cost for the class is $50 payable prior to class (cash/money order only if you are paying at the class site). If you would like to pay in advance via credit card, or you are paying for the online class, there is a convenience fee of $1.80 that will be added.
  • The participant will receive a receipt and certificate of attendance at the class or receive it by email after the online class has been completed. Attendance of the class is reported to the St. Louis County Courts and a certificate of attendance is filed.
  • Both the petitioner and the respondent are required to take a class. However, due to safety and security reasons, you may NOT attend the same face-to-face class and must schedule in separate classes.
  • We offer several class locations in St. Louis County to choose from. Classes are offered Monday - Thursday (in the evening), and every other Saturday morning. 
  • Please note that other online classes are NOT acceptable by the St. Louis County Courts at this time. Due to the outbreak of COVID 19 the only online classes that will be accepted are those that are offered through our office. Please see info in green at this top of this page.