What Parents Feel They Need: Parents' Experiences with Parent Support Services in Prince George.

Using hermeneutic phenomenology, this study explores parents' lived experiences with parent support services in Prince George. Parents participated in face to face interviews where they were asked to share their experiences regarding the strengths, weaknesses, barriers to participation, inclusion of culture, program delivery and recommendations for future improvements to parent support services. While parents expressed gratitude for parent support services, results suggested: the need for more flexibility within program implementation the importance of peer support and that parental involvement in parent support service development, implementation and evaluation is crucial to successful outcomes. Data representing the parent voice provided rich and innovative ideas that serve to advance research associated with the lived experiences of parents accessing parent support services, while also encouraging change in the development, implementation, and evaluation of parent support services. --P.ii.