Family Futures

Safe Sleep Practices

editor — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:26:25 +0000

This document shows the infant safe sleep steps that parents should follow when putting their babies to sleep at night and for naps. It also shows the unsafe sleep practices that parents should not follow, as they can result in infant death.

Life Online

editor — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:53:35 +0000

This website was designed by Girl Scouts and Windows to provide teens and parents with information about online safety, cyberbullying, social networking, and cybersecurity through interactive games, videos, and more.

Web Wise Kids

editor — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:49:36 +0000

This interactive website was created to teach children how to be safe when using the latest technology. It offers educational computer programs that allow the children to act as detectives and to study how they can protect themselves from Internet dangers.

Safety Tips

editor — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:43:29 +0000

This website was designed to provide children with easy to follow safety tips when they are using the Internet, approached by strangers, or separated from their parents in a public area.

NetSmartz Workshop

editor — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:29:04 +0000

This website offers an interactive program from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that uses videos, games, handouts, and presentations to teach children about safety when they are on or offline. The NetSmartz Workshop is also an educational program for parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement.

13 Ways to Encourage Toddler Good Behavior

editor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:02:40 +0000

This article lists positive ways to encourage good behavior in toddlers by planning ahead, sticking to routines, keeping your toddler busy, and making sure that he/she is fed and well rested.

Temper Tantrums

editor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:54:07 +0000

This article addresses why kids have tantrums and lists strategies to follow in order to avoid them by giving children attention and some control over things, as well as knowing your child’s limits. It focuses on keeping parents calm when dealing with tantrums and how to handle the situation afterward.

The Discipline Tool Kit: Succesful Strategies for Every Age

editor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:43:38 +0000

This article highlights discipline strategies for different ages (up to 8 years of age) and information on how to apply them. It suggests that you set basic ground rules such as having mutual respect and support between you and your children, being consistent, and sticking to the principle that life is not always fair.

8 Tools for Toddler Discipline

editor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:33:16 +0000

This article provides eight tools that parents can use to discipline their children and to shape their behavior while staying calm. A few of the techniques involve setting limits, taking charge, providing structure, and seeing the situation from the toddler’s point of view.

10 Time-out Techniques

editor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:23:18 +0000

This article focuses on how to introduce time-outs as a discipline strategy by picking the right place for them to occur and by keeping it quiet and brief. It answers common discipline questions such as what to do if the child refuses time-outs and what to do when the child is in time-out.