Parents for Prevention
working together to end sexual violence
a project of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Infant to Preschool: Resiliency
As parents, we hope that no harm ever comes to our children. But despite our best efforts, it is impossible to keep them from witnessing or experiencing traumatic events. Resiliency is the quality that helps us all to recover from bad things, and there is a lot we know about how to increase that ability to “bounce back”.
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To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up — and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise confident girls with stories and advice from firefighter, paraglider and all-around adventurer Caroline Paul.
The Most Powerful Response When Your Child is Inconsolable
If you’ve ever tried to help a crying kid calm down, this might sound familiar to you. My 4 year old stands there bawling in the middle of his room. All I did was ask him to put away the Duplo bricks that have been haphazardly strewn all across his room, and he loses it.