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Colorado Crisis Services is the statewide behavioral health crisis response system offering residents mental health, substance use or emotional crisis help, information and referrals. Its mission is to strengthen Colorado’s mental health system by providing Coloradans with greater access to crisis services wherever they are at 24/7/365 regardless of ability to pay.
1-844-493-8255
Text “TALK” to 38255
Wait Until 8th
Wait Until 8th
We empower parents to say yes to waiting for the smartphone. The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade. Let’s protect the elementary and middle school years from the distractions and the dangers of a smartphone. Click here.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media
From high-quality media recommendations to internet access for all learners, we're making media and technology safer, healthier, and more equitable for kids everywhere. Click here.
Separation Anxiety
Separation Anxiety
Please reach out for more specific information regarding these tips from Whole Child Counseling.
Create a Routine
Short Upbeat, Goodbye
Anticipate Setbacks
Offer Structured Choices & Encouragement
Gradual Separation
Encourage Independence & Socialization
Whole Child Counseling Recommended Books
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
I Don't Want to Go to Kindergarten ... I'll Miss You Toooo Much! By Maureen King
What to Do When You Don't Want to Be Apart: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Separation Anxiety by Kristen Lavallee and Silvia Schneider
Help Your Dragon Overcome Separation Anxiety by Steve Herman
Helping Your Child Overcome Separation Anxiety or School Refusal: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents by Eisen, Engler, and Sparrow
Wait Until 8th
Wait Until 8th
LET KIDS BE KIDS A LITTLE LONGER
The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade. Let’s protect the elementary and middle school years from the distractions and the dangers of a smartphone. Banding together helps decrease the pressure to have a phone at an early age. Ten years old is the average age children get their first smartphone. You can change this!
More than 90,000 parents have said yes to waiting on the smartphone for their families. This is making a tremendous difference in communities across the country!
Smartphones are distracting and potentially dangerous for children yet are widespread in elementary and middle school because of unrealistic social pressure and expectations to have one.
These devices are quickly changing childhood for children. Playing outdoors, spending time with friends, reading books and hanging out with family is happening a lot less to make room for hours of snap chatting, instagramming, and catching up on YouTube.
Parents feel powerless in this uphill battle and need community support to help delay the ever-evolving presence of the smartphone in the classroom, social arena and family dinner table. Link arms with other parents to wait until at least the end of eighth grade for a smartphone!
By signing the online pledge, you promise not to give your child a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade as long as at least 10 families total from your child’s grade and school pledge. Once 10 families have pledged to delay the smartphone, you will be notified that the pledge is active! You will receive a list of families who are delaying from your child’s grade and emails for the parents. It is helpful to be connected with other families waiting in your child’s grade. Check out our list of schools with active pledges here!
The Wait Until 8th pledge encourages parents to delay the smartphone. If you need to get in touch before the end of 8th grade, we have some great basic phones and smartwatches featured here. If you would like your child to have a basic phone or smartwatch to call and text only, you still can sign the pledge! These basic options avoid many of the distractions and dangers of the smartphone.
Childhood is too short to waste on a smartphone. Take the pledge today!
Technology & Social Media
Technology & Social Media
Media Balance & Finding Quality Content
ACTIVITIES
Kindergarten: Media Balance Is Important!
Grades 6-8: Media Balance & Well-Being
ARTICLES
Read this article about 4 conversations to have with older kids and teens about screen time habits!
Read this article about some types of screen time being better than others!
Media Literacy
ACTIVITIES
Grades K-3: Watch this video about Digital Citizenship
Grades 3-5: News & Media Literacy
Grades 6-8: News & Media Literacy
ARTICLES
Read this article about teaching your Pre-K student about media literacy!
Read this article about what media literacy is and why it is important.
Read this article about teaching kids to spot misinformation and disinformation.
Privacy & Safety
ACTIVITIES
Grade 3: Privacy & Safety
Grade 4: Privacy & Safety
Grades 6-8: Privacy & Safety
Watch this video for kids about personal and public information!
ARTICLES
Read this article about teaching your kids how to protect their data online.
Parental Controls
ACTIVITIES
Watch this video for tips for managing media devices for kids 3 to 8!
ARTICLES
Exploring Play Through Tech
ACTIVITIES
ARTICLES
Understanding AI
ACTIVITIES
Grades 5-8: What is AI? Video
ARTICLES
Video: 5 Tips for Talking to Your Kids About Generative AI
Relationships and Communication
ACTIVITIES
Grades K-4: Device Advice: Why We Pause for People Video
Grades K-4: My Online Neighborhood Video
Grades 3-5: Relationships and Communication
Grades 6-8: Relationships and Communication
Grades 6-8: Teen Voices: Friendships and Social Media Video
Grades 6-8: Teen Voices: Friendships and Boundaries Video
ARTICLES
Grades K-5: Help Kids Make Friends and Interact Safely Online
Grades 6-12: Help Kids Make Friends and Interact Safely Online
Cyberbullying & Online Harms
ACTIVITIES
Grades K-5: Watch this video about The Power of Words.
Grades 3-5: Cyberbullying, Digital Drama, & Hate Speech
ARTICLES
Digital Well-Being
ACTIVITIES
Grades K-3: How Does Tech Make You Feel Video
Grades K–2 Family Conversations: SEL in Digital Life
Grades 3–5 Family Conversations: SEL in Digital Life
Grades 6–8 Family Conversations: SEL in Digital Life
Best Meditation and Mindfulness Apps and Podcasts List
ARTICLES
Identity and Reputation (Digital Footprint)
ACTIVITIES
Grades K-5: Watch this video about Digital Footprints.
Grades 5-8: What's in Your Digital Footprint? Video
Grade 5 Family Activity: Digital Footprint & Identity
Grade 1 Family Activity: Pause & Think Online
Grades 3-4 Family Activity: Digital Footprint & Identity
Grades 5-8 Family Activity: Digital Footprint & Identity
Teen Voices: Oversharing and Your Digital Footprint Video
ARTICLES
What Should I Do If Other People Post Pictures or Videos of My Child Online Without Asking Me First?
Grades 6–12 Family Tips: Help Kids Post, Comment, and Upload Responsibly
Emotion Coaching Phrases For Parents
Emotion Coaching Phrases For Parents
1. It's okay to be upset -- it's good to let it out.
2. I hear you -- I'm here for you -- I'll stay with you.
3. It's okay to feel how you feel. It is not okay to _________.”
4. How you feel right now won't last forever. It's okay to feel how you are feeling. It will pass and you will feel better again soon.
5. Let's take a breath, take a break, sit down, pause for a minute…
6. You are good and kind.
7. I'll be over here when you need me.
8. Let's have a Do-over!
9. What can we learn from this? What is the lesson in this? What is the emotion trying to tell us?
10. You'll remember next time.
For Adults
For Adults
Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth after Mass Violence
Helping Kids Deal with Ups and Downs
Digital Health Resources (Apps)
3 "Bids" Children are Making During the Pandemic
Suicide Clusters: What Can Parents Do?
Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children: Info for Parents
Ability Connection CO - Parent Support
Permission To Feel for Kids: How Parents Can Support Children (Webinars)
One of the Biggest Mistakes Parents Are Making
10 Emotion Coaching Phrases to Use
Parents: Facts on Teen Drug Use
Positive Discipline - Words that Work
Parent Mindfulness, Child Management Skills, and Relationship Quality Study
Social-Emotional Learning
Social-Emotional Learning
Book Read Aloud: Heart's Treasure Hunt
10 Levels to Living Independently
From Anxiety and Avoidance to Brave Behavior
Help Your Child Manage Frustration
When Anxiety Doesn't Look Like Anxiety
My Kid is Different at Home and at School
Boundaries and Discipline: Setting Healthy Boundaries
Book Read Aloud for Lying (K-3rd)
Community Resources
Community Resources
Affordable Connectivity Program
Families can get help with access to affordable broadband internet: Low-income households that enroll in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) can receive up to $30 per month to pay for home internet service. They can choose any internet provider they wish that is a participant in ACP. Full program details are available on the FCC website in English and Spanish, including notes on eligibility and how to apply.
There are two steps to enroll:
Go to ACPBenefit.org to submit an application or print out a mail-in application.
Contact your preferred provider to select a plan and have the discount applied to your bill.
Some providers may have an alternative application they will ask you to complete. Eligible households must both apply for the program AND contact a participating provider to select a service plan.
Colorado Crisis Services
"When you don't know where to start, start here."
844-493-8255
Safe 2 Tell
"Anonymously report anything that concerns or threatens you, your friends, your family or community."
877-542-7233
Homeless Student Resources
Internet Essentials from Comcast
Brings affordable, high-speed Internet to your home so you can have greater access to homework, job opportunities, healthcare and benefits, higher education resources and more.
Available to even more households beyond those participating in the National School Lunch Program and receiving housing assistance, including Medicaid, SNAP, SSI and others.
Provides low-cost Internet service for $9.95 a month plus tax including in-home WiFi at no additional charge and access to 40 hours every 30 days of WiFi outside the home through Xfinity Hotspots; the option to purchase an Internet-ready computer for $149.99; and access to free digital literacy training available in print, online and in person. There are no activation or equipment rental fees. Certain eligibility restrictions apply.
Food Bank and the Littleton Life Center
Home and Health Food Bank Schedule
Tuesday 5 PM - 7 PM
Wednesday 10 AM - 12 PM
Eligibility
To receive groceries, please bring:
Photo ID
Proof of your address (typically your most recent utility bill)
Birth certificate for children under 18 years of age
5804 S. Datura St., Littleton, CO 80120
303-953-7180
Clothes to Kids Denver
The mission of Clothes to Kids of Denver is to provide new and quality used clothing to students from low-income or in-crisis families in the Denver Metro Area, free of charge.
720-379-4630
Students must be considered in need of assistance:
Family is in crisis (due to job loss, disaster, poverty, homelessness or displacement).
Eligible for Free or Reduced Lunch (FRL) at school.
They are in kinship or foster care.
They are receiving services from a school, school district, human service agency, shelter, hospital, clinic or place of worship.
Refugees and asylum seekers.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Please call (303) 312-9700 to speak with a resource specialist
The Coalition’s Family Support Services Program provides:
Emergency Shelter information and referral
Housing information
Referrals to other agencies
Programming designed specifically to meet needs of children ages birth to 6-years-old
Access to medical and mental health services through the Stout Street Health Center
Diapers and baby supplies when available
Advocacy
2111 Champa Street, Denver, CO 80205
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