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

The Importance of Learning about Culture and Traditions Early and Often

by Great Kids | Dec 15, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

In her book, Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou tells the story of an embarrassing incident that happened during a trip to Senegal. She went to dinner at friend’s home...

Parenting Kids Who Are Ready to Parent

by Great Kids | Dec 8, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

It’s the holiday season. As I write this post, one grandfather is playing a round of golf on the course behind our house, while the other is playing an old show tune on...

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

by Great Kids | Dec 1, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

During several of our recent GGK Preschool trainings we’ve been showing the video the Long Reach of Early Childhood (beautiful, culturally diverse video by the way –...

Supporting Goal Success

by Great Kids | Nov 24, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

Goal setting is one of those topics that we all know is important, but can prove to be challenging. For this reason it comes up frequently during trainings. Goal setting...

Where’s the Research?

by Great Kids | Nov 17, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

It is so exciting that parents are thinking critically and asking good questions. This question is harder to answer than one would expect, but not because of a lack of...

Building a Relationship with your Conversation Guide

by Great Kids | Nov 10, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

Often at the beginning of the GGK training week, we find participants feeling uncomfortable with the concept of the conversation guide. At a recent training, one home...