{"id":37465,"date":"2016-04-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/week-of-the-young-child-family-friday-2-3\/"},"modified":"2016-04-16T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T16:00:00","slug":"week-of-the-young-child-family-friday-2-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/week-of-the-young-child-family-friday-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of the Young Child: Family Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tIt’s the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)’s Week of the Young Child, and today is Family Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tFamilies are the first and most important teachers in the lives of young children. Family Friday is a time to celebrate your family’s unique story, and to focus on building your family’s strengths. Alaska’s Strengthening Families<\/a> initiative promotes five “protective factors” that make a family strong and reduce the risk of child maltreatment. These protective factors are:<\/p>\n