Looking for non-punitive parenting tools to solve power struggles and other behavior challenges? You have come to the right place. These 52 Positive Discipline Parenting Tool Cards provide just that-52 alternatives to punishment that also teach children valuable social and life skills such as self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation, and problem-solving skills. These skills help children develop a sense of self-reliance and capability that will serve them throughout their lives.
Money HabitudesTM introduces teens to the human side of money - the subconscious factors that dictate how people actually relate to money, regardless of financial skills or economic status. Important precursor to financial literacy courses, the material help teens identify their personal financial patterns, how these affect their goals and relationships, and ways to use this knowledge to be more successful.
In 2009, the Center launched a collaboration with the Interactive Media Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California (USC) to develop and test new ways of communicating the science of early childhood development using interactive media. The “Brain Hero” video, depicting how actions by a range of people in the family and community impact child development, is the first product of this collaboration. This 3-minute video adapts the visual sensibility of interactive game models to a video format.
Held every four years since 1999 as 'Olympics' of creativity and co-creation, the festival integrates art and sport with STEM disciplines for children's holistic development.
Minnesota Parents Know is a resource filled with convenient and trusted child development, health and parenting information. The Minnesota Parents Know Website is founded on the belief that parents are the first and most important teacher in a child's life. Parents are likely to benefit, however, from the aid and support of experts' information on child health, development, nutrition and safety in raising strong and healthy children.
The theme for this issue of NCFR Report is “Transitioning to Parenthood.” Our colleagues in research, practice, and family life education share their expertise with us. There are many ways in which families experience this transition: as birth parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, LGBT parents, single parents, stepparents, grandparents raising grandchildren, and parents who used assistive reproductive technologies, to name a few. Enjoy this substantial and diverse collection of articles on becoming a parent.
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services has recently published a discretionary research funding announcement titled "Early Head Start University Partnership Grants: Buffering Children from Toxic Stress."
Take and Teach lessons can be used with a group of parents and teens together. "Take and Teach" means that all the materials are included for you to teach the lesson without a lot of preparation time. Topics include Bullying: A Big Problem with Big Consequences, Parents and Teens Talking About Alcohol, Peers, Peer Pressure, and Peer Relationships, and Teen Decision Making About Risky Behaviors.
