Terrie Hess Child Advocacy Center Parenting

11/12/2025

Changes to federal policies are chipping away at supports for vulnerable families, and this puts a lot of pressure on caregivers. Rather than feeling hopeless about it, doing something - even a small thing - is empowering. It helps you see that you matter. Involving children in it helps them see they can make a difference, too.

When we build a mattering ecosystem that helps adults feel valued and significant, we’re creating the conditions for children to feel they matter, too. Policies and programs that support caregivers and minimize stressors—from paid family leave to housing subsidies—can play an important role in this ecosystem. On the new episode of our podcast, our Chief Science Office, Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, talks with Jennifer B. Wallace about the importance of mattering for young children and their caregivers as well as actionable strategies for creating a mattering ecosystem.

🎧 Listen here: https://bit.ly/4o7ckNb

11/11/2025

As much as we'd like our children to handle it well when things don't go as they'd like, we can all use a little help handling our own feelings - especially when our kiddos don't do as we'd like. Do yourself a favor and learn some ways to keep your calm - and set a good example for them!

Today’s fast-paced, high-tech, high-stress world and economic uncertainties create chronic stress in our daily lives, impacting our relationships with our children, which can negatively impact their development. Our life experiences, including early childhood trauma, create pathways in our brain t...

11/03/2025

It's amazing how much great info is packed into a single hour in these sessions! If you think you could use a different approach to help your kiddos change course a bit then sign up, show up, or log in for one (or all) of these topics!

10/29/2025

A lot of press has been given to the mental health damage done to children by technology. Make time for this webinar to hear how to prevent that in your child/ren from an expert, free! Sign up here:
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10/24/2025

Anything that makes learning fun is a good thing, so bring on the dancing skeleton!

10/21/2025

We tend to do what our parents did to us, because we don't know what else to do, or we do the opposite because we don't want to be like them. Let me help you find you own way!

10/01/2025

Fun times ahead!

Be sure to register for a free pumpkin!