For Parents and Families

Great Kids helps you make our world a better place for kids.

For Parents and Families

We provide family-strengthening resources and tools derived from decades of child-development research to help shape a world where all parents and caregivers become competent in their ability to nurture children in their early childhoods today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.

Join our community and help make the world a better place for kids!

It’s Child Abuse Prevention Month! Nelson Mandela reminds us of the importance in protecting children and raising awareness for this cause.

Let’s be sure, as a society, to help prevent child abuse this month and every month, and ensure that every child feels safe, valued, and loved. #preventchildabuse #preventchildabusemonth @pcaamerica

Grief comes in all shapes and sizes.

Trainer and Success Consultant Laura Joyal explains the importance in acknowledging this fact and allowing ourselves and others to feel this emotion. In the end, allowing ourselves to feel grief and all of it's impacts is both a part of life and a way to be kind to ourselves.

To learn more about how to process grief and all of the emotions that come with it, check out our Growing Great Families Next Generation curriculum at the link in our bio!

Stronger attachments build stronger futures!

With stronger attachment relationships, children are better protected against neglect and abuse and grow up feeling loved, nurtured, and valued.

Our Science of Attachment Course teaches the importance of building these strong, secure attachments and how you can help families start building them today!

To learn more about The Science of Attachment, check out the link in our bio! #preventchildabuse #preventchildabusemonth @pcaamerica

Relationships are the most important factor for recovering after a trauma and to help us get through difficult times.

In times of need, it's important to have someone to turn to. Trainer and Success Consultant Zoe Lemme explains that this can be with a friend, parent, family member, trusted adult, or even a pet. To learn more about how trauma-informed professionals can help relationships and a sense of trust, check out our Hope at Home curriculum at the link in our bio.

Rebuilding relationships during recovery is essential for both the parent and child. Rebuilding and fostering that connection can allow the family to feel more connected and the child to feel safe and nurtured while the parent is on their journey to healing.

Our substance use disorder recovery curriculum, Hope at Home, recognizes this need and provides support to those looking to rebuild those connections.

To learn more about Hope at Home and how it can help YOU help your families, check out the link in our bio! #preventchildabuse #preventchildabusemonth @pcaamerica

For years, researchers have been studying the factors that may put families at a higher risk for child abuse and neglect, as well as the conditions that prevent abuse. One of these six Protective Factors is social and emotional competence to promote well-being and safety for children.

This factor supports healthy connections for children and their families, which is the main focus of our group parenting curriculum, GK Together.

To learn more about this curriculum and how it can help promote healthy connections through conversation guides, developmental activities, and more, check out the link in our bio! #preventchildabuse #preventchildabusemonth @pcaamerica

Recent Articles From Our Blog

Vanderburgh County ‘Pre to 3’ aim to decrease area infant mortality rate

by Great Kids | Apr 4, 2023 | In the News

Thank you to 14 News for featuring the Pre to 3 program that is working to lower the area’s infant mortality rate through a home-visit program for new moms.

New Home Visitor Training Looks to the Positive in Helping Families Facing Substance Use Disorder

by Great Kids | Apr 4, 2023 | In the News

RISE (Recovery, Impact, Support, and Empower) is an online course developed by Great Kids, Inc. to support the early childhood field in learning more about the opioid crisis and SUD.

Growing Great Kids Next Generation Curricula Earns Prestigious Evidence-Based Ranking

by Great Kids | Apr 4, 2023 | Updates

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start has given the Growing Great Kids Next Generation Curricula
Products their highest Evidence-Based Ranking on the latest Parenting Curricula Review
Databases.

The World Awaits Your Learning!

by Great Kids | Mar 7, 2023 | GKI Blog

When I think of March, I think of spring. Since childhood, I’ve awaited the newness of this season. Unfortunately, spring isn’t a smooth transition for me and many others. In Kentucky, this time of year is defined by warm, sunny days followed by freezing flurries. It’s quite a vicious and frustrating game that mother nature likes to play with us Kentuckians.

Healthy Habits for Keeping Colds Away

by Great Kids | Feb 10, 2023 | GKI Blog

This morning I woke up with a dull headache and to the sound of icy rain beating against the window. It’s the kind of dreary, low-energy day that makes you want to opt-out, roll over in bed, and pull the covers up. Ugh.

2023 Best Musician Award, Goes to You!

by Great Kids | Jan 11, 2023 | GKI Blog

As we kick off 2023, let’s take some time to celebrate. Let’s talk about music! For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved music. As a child, I would sit at my desk with my boom box, changing out CDs as I pretended to be a radio DJ.