FAQ Number 8

How can you easily learn to be a great parent and make your child happy?

We want to be your partner in raising your child, we want to help you when you are frustrated, and ease you through each stage of your child’s physical and cognitive growth and development is such a way that you have the resources at your fingertips to be the best parent you can be in all realms of that role.

We not only keep parents apprised of the learning that is happening in your child’s classroom on a daily basis through daily notes, and on a semi annual basis with parent teacher conferences and portfolios, we also want you to know what we are doing to introduce new learning tools, tips, games, techniques and also discipline strategies.  We do this on a monthly basis through our newsletter as well as though the parent trainings that we offer from time to time.

We encourage your involvement in field trips, host regular events to bring families together like Grandparents day, picnic with parents, Christmas Programs and many more throughout the year. And of course, we have an open door policy at every level of the organization to answer your questions and concerns as well as provide resources for you to be the best parent you can be.

“New insights into brain development affirm what many parents and caregivers have known for years,

• Good prenatal care
• Warm and loving attachments between young children and adults
• Positive stimulation from the time of birth, really do make a difference in children's development for a lifetime.

"In June 1996, Families and Work Institute held a conference at the University of Chicago entitled "Brain Development in Young Children: New Frontiers for Research, Policy and Practice." Convening professionals from the neurosciences, medicine, education, human services, the media, business, and public policy, the conference focused on what we know about the developing brain and how that knowledge can and should inform efforts to improve results for children and their families.
- Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development by Families and Work Institiute.