Resources for parents

Tips for parents​

• Meck4Kids parent tip sheet
• 25 Things to Say to Your Child

• Strategies for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse (Pat's Place Child Advocacy Center)

• Positive Parenting Tips for all ages - English and Spanish (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 

Teaching prevention to your kids​

• Early, Open, Often (Committee for Children)

 

Fun family activities​

• Learning at Home (Child Care Resources Inc.)

• Taking Care (Child Care Resources Inc.)

 

Training and support

• Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center offers classes on how to talk to children about body safety and sexual abuse and social media safety.

• Mecklenburg County Triple P - Positive Parenting Program.

• Parenting programs offered by Teen Health Connection are designed to strengthen parental efficacy and build healthy connections between parents and their teens.

• The Relatives offers free parenting classes based on the Love & Logic parenting model.

• Thompson Child & Family Focus provides family education programs and support groups.

• Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment online training (Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina).

• Reconociendo y Respondiendo a las Sospechas de Maltrato Infantil (Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina).

• Darkness to Light.​

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Prevention during a pandemic

• Prevention During a Pandemic tip sheet
• Connecting With Your Children At Home
• COVID-19 Parent & Caregiver Guide                             (Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina)
• Online Safety Planning During COVID-19                         (Stop It Now)

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More information

• Meck4Kids brochure

• Abril es el mes de prevencion del abuso infantil

• Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina

• Stop it Now

• Prevention Resource Guide (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)​​