PARENTING MATTERS FOUNDATION

What they do

FIRST TEACHER and PARENTING MATTERS PUBLICATIONS- THE GOAL of PARENTING MATTERS FOUNDATION is to HELP PARENTS BECOME EXCELLENT PARENTS. OUR FUTURE RELIES ON RAISING HEALTHY CHILDREN. WE BELIEVE THAT MOST PARENTS WANT to DO A GOOD JOB of RAISING CHILDREN, BUT PARENTS BENEFIT EVEN MORE WHEN THEY LEARN of RESEARCH THAT POINTS to WAYS to HELP CHILDREN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL and IN LIFE. THROUGH OUR MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS, FIRST TEACHER (BIRTH- PRE-KINDERGARTEN), KINDERGARDEN PARENTING MATTERS, and PARENTING MATTERS (GRADES 1-2-3), WE COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS ABOUT RESEARCH-BASED PARENTING ISSUES IN ORDER to INCREASE PARENTS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHILD DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVE PARENTING SKILLS, INCREASE PARENTS KNOWLEDGE of HEALTH, SAFETY, and NUTRITIONAL ISSUES, and HELP PARENTS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AS THEIR CHILDS FIRST TEACHER. WE EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE of PARENTS BEING INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDS SCHOOLING, UNDERSTANDING AGE APPROPRIATE EXPECTATIONS, and KNOWING ABOUT LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES and SERVICE