Safety in Hispanic Community

The Importance of Building Resilience in Your Child

Do you want your child to be independent, a problem solver, and confident in their own abilities? We all do! Building resilience in your child is beneficial to their growth…

Blog, Elementary Aged, High Schoolers, Hispanic Community, Infants and Toddlers, Jewish Community, LGBTQ+ Community, Middle Schoolers

When your child is hurting | Mental Health

When Your Child is Hurting | Seeking Mental Health Support

As a parent, there is nothing more painful than when your child is hurting. When our kids are little, they look to us to “kiss the boo-boo” and “make it…

Black Community, Blog, High Schoolers, Hispanic Community, Jewish Community, LGBTQ+ Community, Middle Schoolers

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Facing the Stigma in Hispanic Communities of Mental Health Issues

Fourth grader Josefina had historically been a model student. When she began falling behind in class, zoning out, isolating from her peers, and forgetting her homework, her teacher brought her…

Blog, Hispanic Community

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Keeping our kids safe in the midst of community violence

There is no doubt, violence is all around us. Whether it is happening on our block, in our neighborhoods and communities, among our states or between our countries, it is…

Black Community, Blog, High Schoolers, Hispanic Community, Middle Schoolers

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One Roof, Many Generations – How can you keep children safe?

The US population living in multigenerational households has quadrupled in the last 50 years, and that growth shows no signs of slowing. Multigenerational family living is growing among nearly all…

Blog, Hispanic Community

What you need to know about child sexual abuse

Sexual abuse is probably not something you think about regularly when it comes to kids – and it’s definitely not something you ever want to imagine could happen! But the…

Black Community, High Schoolers, Hispanic Community, Infants and Toddlers, Jewish Community, LGBTQ+ Community, Middle Schoolers

Creating Safer Communities with National Night Out

National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. First launched in 1984, National Night Out aims to make neighborhoods across the country safer…

Black Community, Elementary Aged, Hispanic Community

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Keeping Kids Healthy in a Food Desert

Many people look forward to summer all year long but for some parents, summertime means worrying about keeping healthy food stocked for their kids. There are many urban areas across…

Black Community, Elementary Aged, High Schoolers, Hispanic Community, Infants and Toddlers, Middle Schoolers

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Can Curfews Keep Youth Safe?

The 1990s saw a surge of city-enforced juvenile curfews. Thirty years later, many families are urging the curfews to be scrapped, but how will getting rid of those city-enforced juvenile…

Black Community, High Schoolers, Hispanic Community

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Helping Your Teen Safely Participate in Social Justice Movements

It’s inspiring to see teens today taking a great interest in social justice matters. This generation seems to be among the most passionate about issues spanning from poverty, racial equality,…

Black Community, High Schoolers, Hispanic Community, Jewish Community, LGBTQ+ Community