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How an Area’s Union Membership Can Predict Children’s Advancement
Children born to low-income families typically ascend to higher incomes in metro areas where union membership is higher, a study shows.
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and fam...
Helping Young Children Learn to Make Friends
With school starting up again, it’s important that parents think about ways they can help their children succeed not only academically, but also socially.
Looking for Some Parenting Advice? Here are 5 Websites for Latina Moms
While moms love their children no matter what language they speak, different cultures face different challenges when it comes to parenting.
How the New Preschool Is Crushing Kids
Today’s young children are working more, but they’re learning less.
Should Kids Have Cell Phones?
Do cell phones make kids safer — or more vulnerable? Most parents get kids phones because they seem like a way to keep children safe and connected. After all, with a cell phone, your child can contact you whenever he needs you. Also, you should be able to reach your child (assuming, of course, that she hasn’t lost the cell phone, buried it in a backpack, lent it to a friend, forgotten to turn the ringer on, or decided to ignore it when…
How to teach ... mental health
We teach children how to care for their bodies – use our resources to help them learn to look after their minds too
How to Raise Creative Children
Three rules that might make your child a future Nobel Prize winner
InBrief: How Resilience is Built
Children are not born with resilience, which is produced through the interaction of biological systems and protective factors in the social environment. The ...
Why A Family Membership At YMCA Is Worth The Investment
When we became parents it became apparent why a family membership at YMCA is worth the investment because we believe in family whole well-being.
See How Early ACCESS Helps Children Like Julia
How a child plays, talks, moves, and behaves are all important facets of a child’s development. Grant Wood Area Education Agency’s Early ACCESS program staff are attune to monitoring for potential …
Should children stay with their parents if they are homeless?
Children growing up on the street is unfortunately becoming a common sight across our island.
How To Help Your Children Build Good Character
Enjoy this inspiring, insightful children's book about how to build good character and find out -- are we born with compassion?
PODCAST: Does Co-Sleeping With Children Make Someone A Better Parent?
What do you think of this Facebook post that has gone viral?
7 Reasons You Should Become a Foster Parent
With the staggering numbers of children in foster care in our communities, there is always a need fo...
9 Smart Things Every New Children’s Director Should Do
So, you just got hired on as the new children’s director. Either you were hired from outside of your church or raised up from within. Either way, you need to step back and take some simple, deliberate steps to lay the groundwork for future success as the new children’s director.
Single parents: did you rediscover your sexuality after your children left home?
We want to hear from single parents who have gone through a sexual reawakening following their children flying the nest
Help finding quality child care
Sherri Sutera remembers the difficulties of trying to find a high-quality, safe child care when her children were young.
Why too much stuff can make kids unhappy
Getting new things can make children feel better—but not for very long
