Action Alliance for Children
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Action Alliance for Children
Action Alliance for Children exists to inform, educate, and inspire a statewide constituency of people who work with and on behalf of children by providing the most reliable information on current issues, trends, and public policies that affect children and families.
AAC is a resource for policy makers, children's service providers and advocates, and the media. In addition, AAC facilitates dialogue among diverse community groups (child care workers, educators, parents, human service providers, advocates, media, policy makers).
Articles by Action Alliance for Children
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Think of All the Things You’ll Learn!: Families and Parent Educators Share Tips for Helping Children Stay Motivated in School
Zorayda Velazquez’s six-year-old son is bright, sweet-natured, and curious about the world around him. But he does not...
Topics: School and Academics | Parenting -
Summertime, Learning Time: Families and Parent Educators Talk about Ways to Keep Kids Learning Over the Summer
As many families know, learning doesn’t just happen when children are in school. It happens every day, as families...
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Raising "Green" Kids: Families & Educators Offer Kid-Friendly Environmental Tips
San Mateo mother of three Shannon Durnin will be walking her kids to a neighborhood school when her son starts...
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Learning to Stop and Think: Parents and Parent Educators Offer Tips for Helping Children Learn to Control Their Impulses
San Carlos mom Liz Jolls remembers how her daughter would scream and cry when she left her at preschool as a toddler....
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Time to Be Together: Regular Family Routines Give Kids Structure, Attention and Lasting Memories
Ever since last year, when their eight-year-old son Christopher asked if they could stop eating dinner around the...
Topics: Parenting | Positive Discipline -
More Than Just Child’s Play: Parents and Experts Talk About How and Why to Play with Babies
When Stephanie Jamgochian’s twin girls were born premature, “they slept a lot. Even though (I knew about) the...
Topics: Learning and Play | Parenting -
Helping Children Deal with Trauma: Parents Talk About How They’ve Helped Their Children Deal with Tough Family Situations
When Greg Colver lost custody of his three children to Child Protective Services, he says he got the motivation he...
Topics: Parenting | Child Abuse Issues -
Families and Parent Educators Help Girls Go Beyond Stereotypes
VaJezatha Payne-Hines has given her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter ‘boy’ toys as well as dolls and other...
Topics: Gender Differences | Self-Esteem and Girls -
“I don’t want my daughter to feel like she has to sacrifice something”
VaJezatha Payne-Hines has given her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter ‘boy’ toys as well as dolls and other...
Topics: Gender Differences | Self-Esteem and Girls -
“We’re encouraging our son to be happy and expressive”
“My godson who is African American is a rocker,” says Felica Jones with Healthy African American Families. “We...
Topics: Gender Differences
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