| By: Joan Cole Duffell Response to Charlottesville: A Call for Empathy and Inclusion from Joan Cole Duffell The terrible events in Charlottesville and the news stories and conversations of the past week are weighing on our minds here at Committee for Children. Such hatred, violence, and intolerance can only be extinguished by working together now to buiRead More
| By: Bridgid Normand Teaching Touching Safety Rules: Safe and Unsafe Touching—Activity Grades K–5—Knowing what to say can be hard when teaching your kids about their personal space and how to protect themselves. This quick-guide is here to help.Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Summer Sanity Series Part 2: Keeping Your Summer Fun On Track Summer is in full swing now and everyone is embracing the sunshine and the warm weather. With all the fun summer activities, parents tend to get a little more relaxed in their parenting. Being a bit more flexible and going with the flow can be wonRead More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Summer Sanity Series Part 1: Starting Your Summer Off Right As we head into summer, it can be helpful to set clear expectations for our kids, in order to avoid challenges and ensure that everyone in the family has fun. The summer months tend to create a relaxed approach to daily life and can often lead to Read More
| By: Committee for Children Encourage Good Bystander Behavior Over the Summer Summer is a time of freedom for most kids, and for some, that means temporarily forgetting about academic subjects. Who wants to think about multiplication tables while swimming or climbing trees? But some of the things kids learn in schoolRead More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Your Child’s Golden Ticket to Success in the 21st Century Job Market CFC's parenting expert Melissa Benaroya explains how social-emotional skills are vital to your child's workplace success down the road. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Mothering Yourself: Making Self-Care a Win-Win It is critical that the needs of the parent come FIRST for everyone in the family to thrive. CFC's parenting expert Melissa Benaroya explains why.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson Tools to Keep Kids Safe—Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Two of the biggest safety topics among parents of young children are how to keep children safe from predators (both people the family already knows and strangers) and how to ensure that friends’ home environments are safe to visit.Read More
| By: Kim Gulbrandson How and When to Have Conversations About Child Sexual Abuse Child sexual abuse is prevalent but silenced. It’s crucial to have conversations with kids of all ages and adults to help prevent it and respond to it when you’re told. Here you’ll find where, when, and how to start the conversation.Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Keeping Kids Safe Taking time to educate and prepare your child for the unforeseeable is not only wise, but can also provide peace of mind. CFC parenting blogger Melissa Benaroya explains.Read More