Social & Emotional Development

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August 1, 2017

This piece is published in partnership with Echoing Ida, a Forward Together Program. Current data indicates that black women have the lowest rates of breastfeeding in the US. There are many reasons for this, including lack of access to resources, substandard healthcare, personal choice and...

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Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

July 20, 2017

For many of us, our language is intimately tied to our culture, how we connect with our loved ones, and how we navigate our communities. But what does it mean to parent multilingual kids? Whether you’re trying to navigate the ins and outs of raising a bilingual kid, aren’t sure if you should be...

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Jeannina Perez

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

July 10, 2017

Welcome to another installment of #MomsReading! In this series, we discuss books and activities that parents and care providers can use to build a child’s social and emotional development. The rest of the posts in the series can be found here . Social-emotional skills support the success of...

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Abbie Gately

MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

June 23, 2017

We commend North Carolina state legislators for raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction for misdemeanors and low-level felonies in the budget they passed yesterday. This puts an end to the days when 16- and 17-year-olds were automatically prosecuted as adults, even for the most minor offenses...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Social & Emotional Development

June 7, 2017

Raising a child is no easy mission. Parenting is one of the most difficult, yet most rewarding tasks there is! While it’s important for parents to provide food, shelter and safety for their children, it’s also necessary for parents to focus on helping their children understand and express their...

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Khadija Gurnah

Environmental Health Gun Safety Health Care Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

June 4, 2017

BLM co-founder suggests some action items.

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Patrisse Cullors

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

May 30, 2017

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog Before my oldest daughter was born, when I still had not decided on a name or the type of diapers I was going to use,...

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Linda Stone

Childcare & Early Education MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

May 26, 2017

image2.JPG The moment they brought my baby girl to my arms, the only words that came out of my mouth where in Spanish. Since I married an English speaker, and realized we would be raising our family in a small town in North GA, I felt fear that my children would not be able to communicate with my...

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Natalia DuTeau

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

May 25, 2017

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Abbie Gately

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

May 24, 2017

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog I remember the first day of 7th Grade when I walked into my Spanish 1 class. We were given new names (Bethany was now...

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