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Take Time for Kids campaign
Positive parenting helps keep kids safeZ_
"Take Time for Kids" is the name - and
the aim - of a new child-health-and-safety
initiative being launched this month by the
Texas Department of Health.
Campaign to launch off on April 28
A kick-off is planned for April 28 at the
state Capitol. Texas Gov. George W. Bush
and members of the Dallas Cowboys foot-
ball team have been invited to attend. The
event is planned to coincide with the start
of a national early-childhood campaign, I
Am Your Child, an effort to engage the
public and to increase parenting resources
in communities across the country.
To help launch the national campaign,
ABC will broadcast a prime-time special,
I Am Your Child, describing brain devel-
opment during the first three years of a
child's life. The program is scheduled to
air at 7 p.m. CST on April 28.
Also this month, TDH will mail infor-
mation about the Take Time for Kids
campaign to about 12,000 agencies,
nonprofit organizations, child-care centers,
media outlets, child advocates, and pedia-
tricians in Texas.
Positive parenting
The focus of the Take Time for Kids
campaign will be on developing positive
parenting skills for the parents of children
up to age 4.
TDH will sponsor a statewide, toll-free
hot line offering information on parenting
skills. By summer, the hot line will become
accessible to child-safety advocates and
parents of young children.
The campaign seeks to help parents
prepare for the developmental stages that
young children go through. With educa-
tion, parents will be better able to recognize
these stages and deal with them. Parents
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challenges of child-rearing maybe
more likely to abuse their children.
TDH is working to ensure that
parenting classes with approved
curricula be available in all Texas
communities. A "health agenda" is
also planned; it urges parents to
seek regular checkups and immuni-
zations for their children. Parents
will also be encouraged to prepare
nutritious foods for their children
and to enroll them in WIC if they're
eligible.
Community participation
TDH is working with commu-
nity groups across the state to bring
the campaign to the local level. To
encourage participation of commu-
nity groups, the Take Time for Kids
campaign plans to recognize the top
communities in Texas that develop
the most effective programs to
address the promotion of healthy
parent-child relationships. Public
recognition will go to communities
that have taken clear, effective, and
documented steps to:
* unify community services for
children and families.
* increase access to services for
all children and families.
* promote healthy parent-child
relationships to reduce the
incidence of child abuse.
For more information about the
Take Time for Kids child-health-
and-safety initiative, contact Jere
Rolf, child-health consultant, at
(512) 458-7111, ext. 2133, or Linda
Prentice, M.D., director of the TDH
Division of Child Health and Safety,
at (512) 458-7111, ext. 2031.
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