'We Can' Campaign





WE CAN give children a good start in life!

Learn positive parenting tips for every age and stage.

Parenting is a process that prepares your child for independence. You can do many things to help your child as he or she grows. Learn more about your child’s development, positive parenting, safety, and health at each stage of your child’s life.

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Find out more about how you can make a difference.

As a supportive, caring adult in a child’s life, you can help a child overcome the effects of childhood trauma.

Set guidelines for your community and your organizations to prevent child sexual abuse.

Take five steps to help prevent child sexual abuse in your community.

Act on their behalf if you suspect a child is being abused.

Got concerns? Helpline staff can help you decide what to do next. Begin by calling a child abuse hotline. Most operate 24 hours a day, are completely confidential and can connect you to resources and information you need.

Empower yourself with these tips to prevent challenging behaviors in your child.

Check out How to Prevent Challenging Behaviors, which provides tips to prevent challenging behaviors that parents face when dealing with children.

Resource Link

http://www.apa.org/act/resources/fact-sheets/challenging-behavior.aspx

Make sure your child has access to safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments to support a healthy adulthood.

Learn how you can prevent adverse childhood experiences and the impacts they have on our adult lives.

Learn about protective factors.

Build strengths that will keep you strong when things get tough. Learn about protective factors.

For emotional support and empowerment, call the National Parent Helpline: 1-855-4-A-PARENT (1-855-427-2736).

Being a parent means being on call 24 hours a day. For emotional support and empowerment, call the National Parent Helpline: 1-855-4-A-PARENT (1-855-427-2736).

Learn about steps you can take to move your family toward greater financial stability.

Create a brighter future for you and your child. Learn more about steps you can take to move your family toward greater financial stability.

Help kids recognize the signs of child abuse and neglect, and teach them how to respond.

Teach children and youth the signs of child abuse and neglect with this new tip sheet—designed just for kids! It will help them know what to do if they or a friend are not safe.

Over 75% of child abuse and neglect cases are about neglect. Learn more.

Over 75% of child abuse and neglect cases are about neglect—and neglect is preventable. Learn more from CBLCC and the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds.

Supportive housing helps keep families together.

Home is where the heart is. Supportive housing helps keep families together. Learn more from the “Find Housing Help for Your Family” fact sheet. The Center for Supportive Housing also has tools you can use.

We can all send the message that bullying behavior is not okay. Check out StopBullying.gov for ideas and tips.

Resource Link

http://www.stopbullying.gov/

Share your dad skills with a child who’s growing up without a father.

Read the Guide to Mentoring Fatherless Children to learn how to identify a child who needs a mentor and build a positive relationship with the child. The guide includes tips for activities and links to more mentoring organizations and resources.

Educating our coaches and athletic program leaders on child abuse prevention is a game changer.

Childhelp’s Speak Up Be Safe for Athletes gives coaches and athletic program leaders a curriculum and materials to promote child abuse prevention for young athletes.

Stay connected, even when serving your country takes you away from home.

Track your child’s development and progress.

This easy-to-use, illustrated checklist can help you understand and support your child’s development.

Resource Link

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones-app.html

You’re making a difference.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Thanks to everyone who is part of our prevention community for the work you do. You’re making a difference!

Learn more and get your “tune-up” tips.

Taking care of yourself can make you a better parent. Learn more and get your “tune-up” tips in this brochure from the Center for the Study of Social Policy.

Resource Link

http://www.cssp.org/reform/strengtheningfamilies/2015/SF-Parent-Brochure-web.pdf

Asking the right questions helps kids feel seen, heard, and cared for.

Ask questions that will get your child talking using the Ultimate Guide to Connecting with Your Child.

Resource Link

https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/135704/file-429286351-pdf/The_Ultimate_Guide_for_Connecting_with_Your_Child_RJS.pdf

Thanks to everyone who is part of our prevention community for the work you do.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Thanks to everyone who is part of our prevention community for the work you do. You’re making a difference!

You’re making a difference.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Thanks to everyone who is part of our prevention community for the work you do. You’re making a difference!