Parenting the Second Time Around Conference 2026

Parenting the Second Time Around is the Grandparents as Parents program's annual conference. This year's theme is "The Resilient Caregiver: Strength Through Support." The goal of this conference is to provide grandparents, relative caregivers, and professionals with information and practical tools.

Date & Time
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
8:30am - 1:30pm

Location
Rothchild Catering & Conference Center
8807 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37923

Plenty of free parking is available.

Free transportation from the CAC Ross Building (2247 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN 37921) is available. The bus will leave CAC promptly at 8:15am and depart from the conference promptly at 1:30pm.

Cost
Tickets are $15 and include a light breakfast and lunch. Scholarships are available for relative caregivers. If you are a grandparent or relative caregiver and wish to have your ticket fee paid for via scholarship, use the promo code "scholarship" at checkout or call Grandparents as Parents at 865-524-2786 to RSVP over the phone.

Itinerary
7:45am - 8:30am: Vendor Set-Up
8:15am - CAC Bus Departs from the Ross Building
8:30am - 9:00am: Registration, Resource Expo, Light Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am: Welcome & Introduction
9:15am - 10:00am: First Session - Therapeutic Gardening
10:00am - 10:30am: Break & Resource Expo
10:30am - 11:15am: Second Session - Vaping 101
11:15am - 12:15pm: Lunch, Resource Expo, & Door Prizes
12:15pm - 1:00pm: Third Session - Putting on the Oxygen Mask First: How Caregivers Can Recognize and Regulate Their Emotions - and Help Youth Do the Same
1:00pm - 1:20pm: Thank You & Goodbyes
1:30pm - CAC Bus Departs from Rothchild's

Questions?
Contact the Grandparents as Parents program by calling 865-524-2786 or by emailing tracy.vandevate@knoxseniors.org.