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Evidence-based playful parenting tips available in more than 100 languages.
Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) provides open-source and evidence-based playful parenting resources to support parents and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. These resources focus on building positive parent-child relationships and reducing violence against children by learning through play, reinforcing positive and managing difficult behaviours, creating structure and routines, talking about COVID-19, keeping children safe online, and reducing stress and conflict.
We are working with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, USAID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Oxford University, the LEGO Foundation, the Internet of Good Things & many more, to keep children safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
NEWS
The Lancet: First global study estimates 1.5 million children worldwide have lost a parent, grandparent, or caregiver due to COVID-19
An estimated 1.5 million children worldwide have experienced the death of a parent, custodial grandparent, or other relative who cared for them, as a result of COVID-19, according to a new study published in The Lancet, and carried out by carried out by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Response Team, the University of Oxford & other leading agencies.
The “ParentChat” programme is helping Milos gain new skills
The “ParentChat" programme responds to the need to support parents in coping with children in stressful situations.Milos was one of the parents who participated in “ParentChat”, launched in Montenegro this year.
Thanks to conversations and exchanging experiences with the other parents, Milos has mastered new strategies to help him build a positive relationship with his four-year-old son.
Congratulations on the well deserved Alan Pifer Award, Professor Cathy Ward!
Professor Cathy Ward’s exceptional dedication to violence prevention and outstanding welfare-related research have been recognised with the 2020 University of Cape Town (UCT) prestigious Alan Pifer Award.
Thanks to conversations and exchanging experiences with the other parents, Milos has mastered new strategies to help him build a positive relationship with his four-year-old son.
GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PARENTS
On Monday the 28th of June, Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) launched a 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 with UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), End Violence Partnership, ECDAN, The LEGO Foundation & many others, urging for global scale-up of evidence-based initiatives to support caregivers.
Join us to #SupportParents and secure a more resilient & promising future for every child:
New webinar: Innovate! Accelerate! Evaluate!
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a dramatic impact on the lives of children with increased risks of child abuse, poverty, poor nutrition, and mental health problems, among other negative outcomes.
RESOURCES
Public Service Announcements
Our tips for Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and practical guides are helpful tools to broadcast positive playful parenting to families and communities.
Faith-Based Resources
Our Faith-Based Resources promotes positive playful parenting to families and communities.
Audiovisual Resources
See how our open-source and evidence-based playful parenting resources have been designed for specific audio and visual presentations.
Social Media Kit
Download our Social Media Squares, with suggested captions and # to use, to share our playful parenting tips on your Social Media profiles.
Tips for Caseworkers
We have designed special playful parenting tip sheets to be used by social workers for behavioral parent training, to help parents build positive parent-child relationships through play, reinforce positive and managing difficult behaviours, create structure and routines, talk about COVID-19, keep children safe online, and reduce stress and conflict.
PLAYFUL PARENTING TIP SHEETS
Playful & Positive
Our playful Parenting Tips have been developed by playful Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH), WHO and Unicef and are available in 100+ languages.They include evidence-based advice on playful parenting and reducing stress, as well as lots of playful activities for parents and caregivers to do with children of all ages.
