Family Futures http://www.familyfutures.net Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 greatstart Connect http://www.familyfutures.net/2013/04/greatstart-connect/ http://www.familyfutures.net/2013/04/greatstart-connect/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:31:17 +0000 editor http://www.familyfutures.net/?p=3478 Connect is a free, online database of all licensed and registered child care and preschool providers in Michigan.

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This file shows the statistics on children’s deaths due to being locked in a car. It provides strategies to prevent this from occurring. This is the Spanish version.

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]]> http://www.familyfutures.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CPR-Phone-Apps.pdf/feed/ 0 Safe Sleep Practices http://www.familyfutures.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Safe-Sleep-Dos-and-Donts.pdf http://www.familyfutures.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Safe-Sleep-Dos-and-Donts.pdf#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:26:25 +0000 editor http://www.familyfutures.net/?p=2563 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.

]]> http://www.familyfutures.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Safe-Sleep-Dos-and-Donts.pdf/feed/ 0 Life Online http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/life-online/ http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/life-online/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:53:35 +0000 editor http://www.familyfutures.net/?p=2498 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.

]]> http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/life-online/feed/ 0 Web Wise Kids http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/web-wise-kids/ http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/web-wise-kids/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:49:36 +0000 editor http://www.familyfutures.net/?p=2496 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.

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]]> http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/safety-tips/feed/ 0 NetSmartz Workshop http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/netsmartz-workshop/ http://www.familyfutures.net/2012/04/netsmartz-workshop/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:29:04 +0000 editor http://www.familyfutures.net/?p=2490 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.

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