{"id":37288,"date":"2019-05-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/strengthen-your-parenting-skills-3\/"},"modified":"2019-05-02T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:00:00","slug":"strengthen-your-parenting-skills-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/strengthen-your-parenting-skills-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthen Your Parenting Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>There\u2019s so much to learn about the world of parenting and child development. Every day is a learning experience, and the more you know, the more your family<br \/>\n    will thrive. <\/p>\n<p>Your knowledge of parenting and child development is an important tool to help you raise a strong, resilient child. Learning more about parenting and child<br \/>\n    development helps you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize your child\u2019s unique needs<\/li>\n<li>Know how to best help your child learn and thrive<\/li>\n<li>Understand how to respond in a positive way to challenging behavior<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy parenting more and build a stronger family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Never Stop Learning<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>So how can you increase your knowledge of parenting and child development?<\/p>\n<p>First, focus on your strengths. Make a list of what you do well as a parent. <\/p>\n<p>Then, write down at least one thing you want to learn about parenting for each of your children. Brainstorm with people who could help you learn those<br \/>\n        things. Your child\u2019s doctor and child care provider are great people to talk to.<\/p>\n<p>You can also call <strong>thread<\/strong> when you have parenting questions. <strong>thread<\/strong> serves as the call center for <a href=\"https:\/\/helpmegrowak.org\/\">Help Me Grow Alaska<\/a>.<br \/>\n        By calling Help Me Grow at 833-HMG-ALASKA, you can get child development information as well as tools to help track your child\u2019s milestones.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Strengthening Families<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Being informed about parenting and child development is one characteristic of a strong family. This along with other characteristics are known as \u201cprotective<br \/>\n        factors\u201d in the <a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/ocs\/Pages\/families\/default.aspx\">Strengthening Families<\/a> framework. Strengthening Families is<br \/>\n        a research-based approach used to help children and their families thrive. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/ocs\/Documents\/families\/SF- Parent-Brochure.pdf\">Learn more about Strengthening Families<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>More Parenting Resources<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/dsds\/Documents\/InfantLearning\/pdf\/MilestonesBookletWeb.pdf\">Milestone Moments Booklet<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotothree.org\/resources\/series\/parent-favorites\"> ZERO TO THREE<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/our-work\/for-families\">National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbeginningsalaska.org\/\">Best Beginnings<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskachildrenstrust.org\/strengthening-families\">Alaska Children\u2019s Trust<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37288","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Strengthen Your Parenting Skills - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/strengthen-your-parenting-skills-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strengthen Your Parenting Skills - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There\u2019s so much to learn about the world of parenting and child development. 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