The Center for Child Well-Being was established at the Task Force in 1999. Since its inception, the Center has been dedicated to exploring ways to dramatically improve the lives of children. The Center has looked beyond improvements in physical health that characterized the twentieth century to envision a world in which all children have the supports, the strengths, and the opportunities they need to flourish in every aspect of life--physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally. The Center engaged in a variety of collaborative activities mindful of the following objectives:
To identify the strengths that children need to thrive
To provide guidance and support to all parents and caregivers on how to nurture these strengths
To give every child the opportunity to participate in quality early childhood development activities to foster their unique assets in safe, loving environments
To galvanize communities to invest in programs and policies that foster child well-being
A hallmark initiative of this program was the parenting workshop: Parenting in the Real World: Kids Don’t Come with Instructions. This interactive parenting workshop was designed to help parents of children from birth through 4 years and was tested with parents and child care providers throughout the State of Georgia.
The interactive kit helps parents understand the development of young children and also helps parents deal with stress so that they can be better, more effective caregivers.
The sessions of Parenting in the Real World cover normal child development, discipline, bonding and attachment, balancing work and school with family, and caring for oneself.
The parenting toolkit and training materials can be ordered by request. Please contact the Task Force at info@taskforce.org for information.
