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Why Parent Cafés? Spotlight on Help Me Grow and Goal Concordant Care

Why Parent Cafés? Spotlight on Help Me Grow and Goal Concordant Care

How and why do organizations that serve families use Parent Cafés as a strategy for parent engagement? Often, it’s to create a solid foundation of partnership between staff and parents and among the parents in a program to advance other programmatic initiatives. In 2022, Be Strong Families joined…

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An Interview with Tecoria Jones on Radical Family Engagement
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An Interview with Tecoria Jones on Radical Family Engagement

On November 30, 2020, as part of Be Strong Families daily webinar series Staying Strong and Positive for Ourselves and Our Children, Be Strong Families President and CEO Katthe Wolf interviewed Tecoria Jones about radical family engagement. What works to engage families? What are the barriers? What would radical family engagement look and feel like to parents and agencies? Where is it happening now?

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Parenting a Child with Autism During the Pandemic
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Parenting a Child with Autism During the Pandemic

In our October 26 webinar for our series “Staying Strong and Positive for Ourselves and Our Children”, Literacy Programs Manager Deanne Surles and Mental Health Therapist Takara Montgomery discussed challenges and opportunities that COVID-19 has presented to Takara and her 13-year-old son, who has autism. By speaking from her own perspectives and her own unique experiences, Takara led webinar attendees in a learning experience of one individual’s journey through the pandemic with her family.

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What to Do When You Have Negative Feelings Toward Your Emerging Adult
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What to Do When You Have Negative Feelings Toward Your Emerging Adult

Feelings like frustration, resentment, and disappointment—and yes, even hatred—toward your emerging adult is to be expected and a natural occurrence during parenthood. Unfortunately, this is an issue that is under-addressed in parenting advice or discussions and precisely why parents are reluctant to express such negative feelings out loud.

So, what can you do about these feelings?

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Parenting Emerging Adults
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Parenting Emerging Adults

Back in the day, when we were coming up, our parents considered themselves pretty much done with their job as parents when we hit 18 (or 22) and graduated from school. Today? Not so much. Now, we know that adolescent brains aren’t fully developed until the mid-20s and, as parents, our experience is that our 20-somethings still need us…sometimes a lot. So, what’s going on and what can we do to prevent disaster and to successfully launch our kids into adulthood? 

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My Forever Home
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My Forever Home

No one ever talks about successful foster homes. We always do the contrary. Today I want to share how critical and influential my forever home has been to my life. This home gave me hope and wisdom.

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What Does Family Mean to You?
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What Does Family Mean to You?

Family is one of Be Strong Families core values, beginning with respect for and appreciation of others no matter how old, how young, where they come from, what they’ve experienced, where they are, how capable they are, how healthy they are, who they love.

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