Donate TodayFood has many meanings through its preparing and intake for all people. It is essential for survival but also supports a sense of caring, connection […]
Children
12 Healthy Snacks Kids Will Love
By Alice Oglethorpe While adults can get through the day without many between-meal snacks, kids can’t. Children “can’t get all of the key nutrients they […]
Summer Fun Teaching Life Skills
Many children, especially those in out of home placement, have challenges mastering academic and life skills. Yet to be successful and self-sufficient they need caring […]
Nightmares that Come in the Day Time
Some events come into our lives that fall under the heading “Our worse nightmares”. They are experiences from which we wish we could wake up, […]
Military Service: A Family Affair
We often take the service provided by our Military for granted expected that people will commit to protecting us without much effort on our part. […]
Life Losses and Children’s Well-Being
Fundamental to children’s well-being, which includes health (physical and mental), safety, and appropriate developmental support in all six developmental areas, is the ability of their […]
From Abuse to Safety
As children we are drawn to our parents and caregivers to keep us safe, meet our needs and protect us. When those adults do not […]
Expand Your Knowledge—Read a Book
“The benefits of reading start with the first book a baby hears and continue into childhood and throughout the child’s life. Here are the 10 Benefits of Reading – […]
Divorce, Money and Parenting
Divorce is a common occurrence in our American culture with almost 50% of marriages being dissolved. Divorce courts, mediators and lawyers are kept constantly busy […]
Creating Healing Environments in the Home
To support children’s mental health and social development it is important to assist them in understanding their feelings and modeling effective methods of communicating their […]
Connecting Families through the Clouds
Even as our world seems to be “grow smaller” our children and grandchildren seems to be living further away. Careers and interests now have our […]
Building Positive Social-Emotional Skills in Children
Children learn positive social emotional skills through example/modeling, practice of skills seen, and recognition of appropriate responses by adults.Children are motivated to learn and master […]