Posts by Family Kickstart Georgia
Governmental Assistance
Government assistance is defined as government aid given to the poor, elderly, dependent children or disabled. Some examples are financial assistance, food stamps, housing assistance and health care. Government assistance goes by other names such as federal assistance, federal aid, federal funds and federal benefits. In general, it is any type of federal project, program,…
Read MoreAnger Management
Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy, human emotion and when it is managed properly it is not a problem. Everyone gets angry, and mild anger can sometimes be useful to deal with situations and express strong feelings. However, if anger persists over a long period of time or is expressed in harmful ways, then it can lead to…
Read MoreChild Disciplining
Discipline is a way to teach your child appropriate behavior, not punish them. You will discipline them differently, depending on your child’s age. When disciplining your child, start by setting some rules that your child clearly understands. Be consistent and set rules that encourage your child to succeed, when implementing discipline. Affirm when your child…
Read MoreMoney Management
Different families handle budgeting and money management in different ways, but the general goal of money management is a weekly, monthly or yearly picture of what you need to spend and what you have left over. Budgeting will help you: spend your money wisely on the things you must have – these are your needs…
Read MorePhysical Activity and Reduction of Obesity
Nourishing and attractive food is the cornerstone for children’s health, growth, and development as well as developmentally appropriate learning experiences. Because children grow and develop more rapidly during the first few years of life than at any other time, the child’s home and the facility together must provide food that is adequate in amount and…
Read MoreSafe sleep and SID reduction
Safe sleep practices help reduce the risk of sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs). All staff, parents/guardians, volunteers and others approved to enter rooms where infants are cared for should receive a copy of the Safe Sleep Policy and additional educational information and training before they are allowed to care for infants. All staff, parents/guardians, volunteers…
Read MoreSocial Skills
A social skill is any competence facilitating communication and interaction with others. Social rules and relations are communicated, created, and changed in nonverbal and verbal ways. The process of learning these skills is called socialization. Interpersonal skills to relate to one another are essential for socialization. Interpersonal skills are the interpersonal acts a person uses to interact with others, which…
Read MoreRaising Adopted Children
What is adoption? When you adopt a child, you become the child’s legal parent and the child becomes a member of your family. Your adopted child has the same rights as any biological child – for example, he has the right to inherit your property and he gets to take on your surname. The child’s…
Read MoreSingle Motherhood
Single parent families are becoming more common but don’t carry the stigma they once did. You can become a single parent through divorce, separation, the death of a partner or for other reasons. Following divorce or separation, it is often the mother who is the resident parent, with children spending time with both parents separately.…
Read MoreCo-Parenting
Your relationship might have ended, with your former partner, but you’re both still parents to your child. It’s usually in your child’s best interests if your co-parenting arrangements keep you both involved in your child’s life. Creating new parenting arrangements when a relationship breaks down, wasn’t easy, especially if there are strong feelings and unresolved…
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