Celebrating community engagement for "October is Resilience" Month in Walla Walla, WA!

The most important and most powerful source of resilience for children are parents who engage in parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting their healthy development.  So here's another kind of community engagement to think about.

In an effort to promote positive parenting and prevent adverse childhood experiences consider making use of Advancing Parenting’s fifty-three parenting norms bumper stickers.   Parenting messages on vehicles will be read thousands of times by thousands of people of all ages for years to come...a unique and powerful way to get quality parenting information out to the community.  Sets of the stickers can be put in holders and placed on counters and tables in doctors’ offices, agencies, schools, and businesses so patients, parents, customers, and clients can choose one or more for their cars. 

They can also be made available to attendees at events and meetings. The best strategy is to have them laid out on three tables... and it does take three tables!  Tell the attendees that they may choose one or two for their car(s). Handing them out doesn't work as well. Some folks don't put stickers on their cars and everyone who wants one will appreciate the opportunity to make their own choice.

Visit advancingparenting.org for more information.