Online Support Groups Near Toledo
Whether you are in Sylvania, Perrysburg, Maumee, Bowling Green or somewhere else in Northwest Ohio, ShareWell has live online support groups for grandparents who are raising children a second time. In Toledo and the towns around it, a lot of people in their fifties, sixties and seventies have a car seat in the back again, and almost no one planned for it.
Every group meets online by live video, so you can join from home.
These online groups start during the day and evening in Eastern time, so they fit a day near Toledo.
Upcoming Groups
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Raising your grandkids when you thought you were done
It happens the same way across Lucas and Wood counties: a son or daughter cannot parent right now, because of addiction, illness, prison or a life that fell apart, and the grandparents step in rather than see the children go to strangers. Retirement savings go to school clothes. The body that was ready to slow down is up at six making lunches. The parent-teacher conferences, the pediatrician on Secor Road and the custody paperwork all land on people who did this thirty years ago with different rules. There is grief for the child who is struggling, anger that gets swallowed in front of the grandchildren, and a loneliness that comes from being decades older than the other parents at pickup. Friends your own age are traveling. You are learning fourth-grade math again.
How peer support helps near Toledo
A peer group puts you with other people who are parenting out of order, who understand both the love and the exhaustion. You join from home after the kids are asleep, which is the only quiet you get, and the group is the one place where you do not have to be the steady one.
What members near Toledo talk about
- Raising grandchildren in retirement
- Grief and anger about an adult child who cannot parent
- Money and energy stretched further than you planned
- Being the oldest parent in every room
Who these groups may help
- Grandparents with custody or full-time care of grandchildren
- Aunts, uncles and relatives who stepped in for a family crisis
- Older adults juggling their own health with young children
- Anyone whose retirement turned into a second round of parenting
Support group topics for people near Toledo
Every topic has its own page with live groups, so you can start with the one closest to what you are carrying.
Areas around Toledo
Every group meets online, so you can join from home anywhere around Toledo.
- Sylvania
- Perrysburg
- Maumee
- Oregon, Ohio
- Bowling Green
- Findlay
- Monroe, Michigan
- Lucas County
- Wood County
- Northwest Ohio
Crisis and help lines near Toledo
ShareWell groups are peer support and are not crisis or emergency services. If you or someone near you is in danger, call 911, or call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any hour.
- Lucas County Crisis CARE Line419-904-2273
Lucas County, 24 hours a day, every day
Official site
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need to live in Toledo to join?
The kids are always around. When would I join?
Is there a group just for grandparents raising grandchildren?
My grandchild's parent is in recovery. Is there support for that side too?
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