Parent Tips
Healthy Waldo County
What About Parents?
“While we try to teach our children all about life,
our children teach us what life is all about.”
Involved Parents Are the Real Heroes®
All parents want to be MVPs
"Most Valuable Parents"
who help their children and teens
make smart choices and
avoid pitfalls of growing up.
Recognizing, developing and supporting the strengths of our children
is an ongoing process from the crib to graduation.
“We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may
direct their power toward good ends.”
Quote by Mary McLeod Bethune, American Educator
40 Ways to build on your childs strenghts
Tips and Tools for Parents: Downloadable tips and tool sheets for parents.
Parenting Matters Newletter: Positive Strategies for Parenting Challenges
Get positive, proactive, and down-to-earth guidance on how to respond to the changes and challenges of parenting in positive, healthy ways. Topics include underage drinking, family volunteering, curfews, school success, juggling work and family, and much more.
Idea Bank : Need a quick idea for dealing with a specific topic with your 3 or 13 year old? Check out the archives from the Everyday Parenting Ideas newsletters, which give quick ideas for how to address dozens of parenting issues for kids from birth through high school.
Everyday Parenting Ideas Newsletter : A collection of weekly affirmations and parenting tips from the experts at Search Institute, designed to speak to the specific parenting issues facing you and your child or teenager from a positive, asset-building perspective.
Parents often wonder if their child's skills are developing on track. Though each child is unique and progresses at his own pace, it's helpful to know when major milestones might be met. What About Parents?
“The child must know that (s)he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be,
another child like him/her.”
Pablo Casals
Do you enjoy a drink now and then? Many of us do, often when socializing with friends and family. Drinking can be beneficial or harmful, depending on your age and health status, and, of course, how much you drink.
For anyone who drinks, this site offers valuable, research-based information. What do you think about taking a look at your drinking habits and how they may affect your health? Rethinking Drinking can help you get started.
This site will guide you on the following topics:
How Much is too Much? Thinking about a Change?Strategies for cutting downSupport for quitting
If you suspect or know your child is using drugs or alcohol, it is important to take action right away.
Visit the Time to Act website for some helpful ideas:
HMP is a collaborative effort among 28 local coalitions, the Maine DHHS (Maine CDC and Office of Substance Abuse) and DOE, supported primarily by the Funds for Healthy Maine with federal grants from the US CDC, SAMHSA, and DOE.
