Operation Pay Rent in Oldham County aims to equip parents with confidence and help them navigate the tumultuous educations that can arise in children's lives.

We sat down with the organization's founder and she shared how her personal experiences motivated her to help others.

Our oldest son was involved in a very violent fight.

At the same time, our oldest daughter, who's one year younger, was involved in that.

What I'd call kind of a toxic relationship.

And they were just two issues that we didn't see coming we weren't prepared for and we didn't know how to parent through them.

And so my natural reaction was to withdraw and isolate.

And that's probably the worst thing you can do when you're you hit a bump in the road.

So the heart behind this organization is to say, man, this stuff is out there.

Don't don't feel the need to hide.

There is a community of parents going through the same or something different.

We're called Operation Parent.

So our focus is on parents.

We're all about prevention and education.

We're a nonprofit that focuses on today's toughest parenting challenges, things that include everything from technology to drugs and alcohol to mental health.

And we're just trying to help parents who have children between the ages of, say, first grade and 12th grade be aware of what issues could be affecting their child, nonacademic issues, and help them know early warning signs and things they can do to prevent major problems.

So we deal with cell phones, anxiety, vaping, bullying, gaming, drugs, eating disorders, depression.

So social media, which is always changing.

Alcohol in relationships.

And these are sort of the most prevalent topics that we see and feedback from parents and schools.

It all started with our parent handbook, and it's a handbook that addresses about 25 of today's toughest parenting challenges, and we update the information every 18 to 24 months.

So it's never stale.

And parents really appreciate that.

It's a nonclinical publication and it's practical tips for parents on how to identify issues and what to do if they spot them.

We have heard many families say that our resources have literally saved a life.

We've also heard families say that they were in the middle of something with their children and they went to open this parent handbook and how it helped them and how some freedom came from that and how some breakthrough in their family came from that.

And so really what our our handbooks are so valuable because they give you the information, but they give you an action item to take with you to kind of implement with your teens.

I don't know of any other community that's going to be able to drive up and point to a building and say that's all about parents and that's a place where parents can be loved and that's a place where parents can be educated so that they can hold their family together.

The concept of let's equip our parents, let's give them the right resource at the right time is resonating across the state.

And we want to be the ones that can help parents with what they need.

Operation Parent recently applied for a grant source from the Kentucky Opioid Settlement Fund, with hopes that they'll be able to provide parent handbooks to the families of every fourth, sixth and ninth grader in the ten counties hit hardest by the opioid epidemic.