Parenting: Plan, Prepare, and Practice Self-Care
During Child Abuse Prevention Month, explore parenting tools that help reduce stress, promote safety, and build strong, healthy family bonds.
April 22, 2025
During Child Abuse Prevention Month, explore parenting tools that help reduce stress, promote safety, and build strong, healthy family bonds.
Parents and community members can help protect children by recognizing the 12 key warning signs of abuse. Learn what to watch for and how to take action.
Parents and community members can help protect children by recognizing the 12 key warning signs of abuse. Learn what to watch for and how to take action.
In today’s lesson, your child learned about the power of kind words to make someone feel included and valued. When children feel a sense of belonging and connection to a community, they are better able to learn and less likely to misbehave. Using kind words to help others feel a
Through Stand Strong • Stay Safe lessons, your child is learning how assertive behavior can help keep their bodies and feelings safe. Lesson 1 introduced them to the Stand Strong • Stay Safe rules, which will guide their discussions throughout the rest of the program. Read on for a review
In today’s lesson, your child reviewed the Stand Strong • Stay Safe Rules and talked about how they apply to situations that may involve abuse and neglect. Ask your child to remind you of what the rules are, 3or refer to Home Connection 1. It takes all of us working
Emotions have a large effect on parenting. Understanding emotional control can help parents handle difficult situations better.
Positive Before-The-Fact Techniques These strategies can help set, communicate, and reinforce boundaries and expectations. Use them to help children learn the difference between positive and negative behavior, or when they are beginning to push boundaries. Each of these techniques acknowledges that children naturally explore the limits of their world and
Children need connection and guidance to grow into healthy adults. The presentation focuses on using connection in discipline.
Provides information on how to talk to children about mass shootings. This tip sheet describes ways to talk to children about mass violence events that involve a shooting. It gives tips about how to start the conversation, common reactions children may have, and how to seek help if needed.
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