Physical 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Read MoreDiscrimination
In human social affairs, discrimination is treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person based on the group, class, or category to which the person is perceived to belong rather than on individual…
Read MoreWhat is the GED?
GED stands for the General Educational Development tests. The GED test is your chance to get the job or career you want. These exams are taken by individuals who did not earn a high school diploma and cover four main…
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