Parents to Parents history
A year-by-year record of the Parents to Parents site, its subjects, public materials, names, films, partners and editorial direction from 2015 to the 2026 media expansion.
2015
Parents to Parents began as a parent-facing site connected with family education, children’s mental wellbeing and resources for parents trying to understand difficult child-related problems. Public records and later references tie the early Parents to Parents work to Lisa B. Sabey / Lisa Sabey and to a practical mission: helping parents understand what families face when children are struggling.
The site’s early subject map included eating disorders, adolescent mental health, family communication and the gap between clinical language and what parents need at home. The important editorial habit from the beginning was translation: turning complex subjects into language that parents could use.
2016
The site’s archive and related public traces show continued work around educational resources for parents. The emphasis was not celebrity parenting or shopping content; it was parent education, serious family questions and clearer communication around children’s wellbeing.
The Parents to Parents name became associated with parent-to-parent learning: parents describing lived experience, experts explaining context and families using that combination to make better decisions.
2017
Parents to Parents became more visible through documentary-style education and public discussion. The film work around Going Sane placed child and adolescent mental health in a family context and brought the Parents to Parents name into conversations about treatment systems, parent confusion and the practical realities of supporting a struggling child.
Names and entities connected with this period include Lisa Sabey, Deseret News coverage of the project’s work, mental health experts interviewed for the films and public discussion around how families recognize, describe and respond to children’s mental health challenges.
2018
The site’s strongest themes remained family mental health, eating disorder education and parent resources. The archive was shaped less like a general lifestyle blog and more like a serious parent education project: films, resource pages, interviews and materials designed to be shared with families.
Important subject lines included anorexia education, parent participation in care, child and teen crisis communication, family support and the relationship between parents, schools and clinicians.
2019
The Parents to Parents name was connected with American Tragedy, a documentary project associated with school violence, family trauma and prevention. Public summaries link the film with the Arapahoe High School tragedy and with a broader question that remained central to the site: how adults understand warning signs, children’s pain and the systems around them.
Names and entities attached to this chapter include Lisa Sabey, Daniel Sabey, the American Tragedy project, Boston Film Festival references and the wider community of parents, educators and mental health professionals discussing prevention.
2020
The pandemic changed the practical context for many of the site’s core subjects. School moved home, children spent more time online, parents managed learning and routines under stress, and mental health became part of ordinary family conversation rather than a distant specialist topic.
This year strengthened the logic that later shaped the broader media site: parents need useful guidance before a crisis, not only after one. The questions of sleep, schoolwork, screens, isolation, anxiety and family conflict became connected.
2021
Parents to Parents appeared in public-facing mental health conversations during the pandemic era, including work connected with Minds After COVID. The subject was how families and professionals could understand the mental health effects of a changed childhood and a changed home environment.
Entities and experts associated with this phase included MindWise / SOS resources and public panel references involving Tom Insel, Elinore McCance-Katz and Guy Winch. The site’s subject territory expanded from individual family crisis to broader cultural pressure on children and parents.
2022
The archive continued to point toward a larger parenting editorial map. Topics such as children’s stress, family routines, school reintegration, digital life and parent exhaustion sat naturally beside the earlier mental health materials.
The practical lesson was clear: parents searched for help in fragments, but family life does not happen in fragments. Behavior, school, screens, sleep, food, sibling conflict and mental wellbeing affect one another.
2023
Parents to Parents moved closer to a broader publisher model. The useful future for the site was not to abandon mental health, but to place it inside a wider parenting context that also included daily behavior, school pressure, teenagers, routines and family communication.
The working taxonomy that later shaped the site became visible: Parenting, Child Development, Behavior & Discipline, School & Learning, Teens, Digital, Family Life and Mental Health.
2024
A major public trace from this year was Parents to Parents: After Your Child’s Suicide Attempt, a video resource connected with Zero Suicide Institute at EDC / Education Development Center. The project focused on parents supporting a child and family after a suicide-related crisis, with interviews and practical information for caregivers and professionals.
Names and entities connected with the public discussion around this resource include Lisa Sabey, Julie Goldstein Grumet, Zero Suicide Institute, Education Development Center, Speaking of Suicide, PsychArmor, 988 Lifeline resource references and clinical voices involved in suicide prevention and family support.
2025
The video resource and related parent-support work continued to circulate through screenings, professional conversations and community mental health networks. NAMI Washtenaw County and Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry hosted a screening and panel connected with Parents to Parents: After Your Child’s Suicide Attempt.
Names and entities publicly tied to that screening included Nasuh Malas, M.D., MPH; Kathleen Kruse, M.D.; Alejandra Arango, Ph.D.; Judy Gardner; Alison Paine; Syma Khan, MSW, MPH; NAMI Washtenaw County; and Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry. The year showed that Parents to Parents materials were being used not only by parents at home, but also by clinicians, educators and community groups.
2026
In 2026 Parents to Parents expands into a full English-language parenting media site. The current site keeps the parent-to-parent mission and adds a broader editorial structure for everyday family questions: behavior, development, school, teens, digital childhood, family life, routines, mental wellbeing and real parent stories.
The 2026 chapter is a media expansion, not a break in subject logic. The same site history that focused on serious family support now supports a wider publication for parents who need practical, careful and readable guidance before ordinary problems become overwhelming.
Names, entities and works in the archive
Known names and entities connected with the Parents to Parents public record include Lisa B. Sabey / Lisa Sabey, Daniel Sabey, Alison Paine, Julie Goldstein Grumet, Tom Insel, Elinore McCance-Katz, Guy Winch, Nasuh Malas, Kathleen Kruse, Alejandra Arango, Judy Gardner and Syma Khan. Notable institutions and platforms include Zero Suicide Institute at EDC, Education Development Center, Matters Media, MindWise / SOS, NAMI Washtenaw County, Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry, PsychArmor, Speaking of Suicide, Deseret News, Boston Film Festival and 988 Lifeline resource pages.
Works and public materials associated with the archive include Anorexia: What We Wish We Had Understood, Going Sane, American Tragedy, Minds After COVID, Parents to Parents: After Your Child’s Suicide Attempt and Blue Baby. Together they explain why the site’s current parenting coverage treats family life, mental health, school, behavior and childhood culture as connected subjects.