Parenting Information & Resources

Kids don’t come with an instruction manual.

Raising a family takes courage, patience, knowledge, and love. Every family has a unique set of skills that they use to face challenges. All parents can benefit from information, guidance, and help in connecting with resources as they meet the challenges of parenthood and family life.

Six Steps Every Parent & Caregiver Should Know about a Developing Child’s Brain

Phone Apps Every Parent Needs

New Resource from the CDC: Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers

Are you a parent of a toddler or preschooler? Let CDC’s new resource Essentials for Parenting help you make challenging behaviors more manageable and build a good relationship with your child. Get advice from experts, watch “how-to” videos and practice your skills. Learn about giving praise, setting expectations, using discipline, how to use time out, and giving clear directions. Also, learn new ways to encourage your child’s good behavior!

Nevada 211: One Stop Shop to Finding Services

Need Parenting Classes or other services? Nevada 2-1-1 is an essential lifeline between community services and Nevadans that need them the most. Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the resource specialists of Nevada 2-1-1 help people navigate the overwhelming amount of services in the community and direct them to the resources that best address their needs.

Contact Them Now!
Dial 2-1-1 or visit their website Nevada211.org

Educational Training and Parenting Classes

Below is a complete comprehensive list of all free training and presentations available to the State of Nevada relating to abuse prevention and creating healthy relationships.
Nevada Presentations and Public Education Campaigns Addressing the Prevention of Child Abuse, Teen and Young Adult Relationship Abuse, and the Promotion of Healthy Relationships

New Information on Toxic Stress, please watch this video:

Toxic stress response can occur when a child experiences strong, frequent, and/or prolonged adversity—such as physical or emotional abuse, chronic neglect, caregiver substance abuse or mental illness, exposure to violence, and/or the accumulated burdens of family economic hardship—without adequate adult support. This kind of prolonged activation of the stress response systems can disrupt the development of brain architecture and other organ systems, and increase the risk for stress-related disease and cognitive impairment, well into the adult years. (From the Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University)

What Every Parent Should Know

• Advice for New Moms and Dads
• Parenting Wisely
• Protecting Your Toddler at Home
• “Home Alone” Child Tips
• Teaching Children Discipline
• Shopping with Your Children
• Twelve Alternatives to Lashing Out at Your Child
• Helping Your Child to be Successful at School
• Help Prevent the Long-Lasting Effects of Bullying
• Making Meaningful Connections 2015 Prevention Resource Guide
• Growing and Sustaining Parent Engagement – Tool Kit for Parents
• Tips for Parents – Vol. One: English | Spanish
• Tips for Parents – Vol. Two: English | Spanish

Protect Children Starts with You

• Recognizing Child Abuse: What You Should Know – English | Spanish
• An Approach to Preventing Child Abuse
• Ten Ways to Help Prevent Child Abuse
• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in Families and Communities
• Mama Bear Effect: Parenting Resources
• How to Talk with Kids about Personal Safety and Sexual Abuse – What to Say at Every Age
• Abierto y a Menudo – Conversationes por edad de como mantenerse seguros ante el abuso sexual

Mandatory Reporting Information: