Lysa Parker, M.S. CFLE

  • Certified Family Life Educator
  • Parent Coach, Speaker, Parenting Classes, Workshop Facilitator
  • Founder & Executive Director of Attachment Parenting International


    Lysa Parker has her masters in Human Development and Family Studies, is a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) and is trained as a facilitator in the Nurturing Parenting Program. She is the co-founder & Executive Director of Attachment Parenting International (API) since 1994, focusing on program development, public relations and speaking to various groups and conferences about parenting as a prevention model for societal violence. Lysa’s undergraduate degree was in Special Education having taught in California, Tennessee and Alabama during her twenty year career. Her expertise is working with multiple handicapped and learning disabled children. Other experience includes several years of volunteer work with La Leche League International, a nonprofit organization that provides breastfeeding education and support as well as an API parent-support group leader. Lysa is the mother of two adult sons, an adult stepdaughter and grandmother to twin grandsons. She has lived in Madison, Alabama since 1985.

My philosophy about children and parenting

    Children are special gifts to all of us, especially to the families who love them. They are our legacy to the world therefore I believe parents should be provided all the information, support and encouragement they need in order to do their best at parenting. I believe that children come into this world with two simple needs: to love and to be loved. I also believe that regardless of a person’s educational or economic level, their emotional or physical health, all parents love their children and want to give their children their best. The reality for many parents however is that they are unprepared for parenting and every day is a struggle. This often leads to difficulty in understanding the needs of children, resulting in unrealistic, inappropriate expectations and sometimes verbal and physical abuse.

How I can help

    Parenting is the most important job any of us will ever do. You probably already know that it’s the hardest and most rewarding experience of a lifetime. However so many parents feel alone, isolated, unsupported and torn between their responsibilities and their children. We weren’t meant to raise our children in isolation yet the necessary help and support isn’t easy to find. Children deserve our best and in order to give them our best we need to actively seek out the necessary resources and support systems available.

My services include:

  • Phone consulting and support
  • Parent Knowledge & Skills Inventories
  • In-home Family Observation and assessment
  • Custody consultation
  • New Parents
  • Adoptive Parents
  • Parents of special needs children
  • Blended families


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For more information

Phone: 256-430-4370
Email: lparker@parentslifeline.com