Grantee Resources: Parent Cafes
Parent Cafes are parenting support program supported by the Prevention Board.
Resources:
- Be Strong Families: https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/cafes-overview
- Training: if you agency needs staff to be trained to offer Parent Cafes, SFTA coordinates trainings.
- Community of Practice: SFTA coordinates quarterly community of practice for Parent Cafe implementers.
- Reporting: most agencies are reporting Parent Cafes in DAISEY.
The Prevention Board has material for Parent Cafes. To learn more, contact your contract administrator.
Bodies and Boundaries Parent Café Series helps parents think about how to talk with their children about their bodies and what parents can do to prevent sexual abuse. The cafés respect parents’ values. They have all the usual parts of a Be Strong Parent Café, plus extra sections with information for parents on each subject. Table questions match the café subjects.
- Café 1: Talking with Your Child About Body Awareness and Sex
Explore ways to talk with your children about their bodies and body parts, how their bodies will change as they grow, and how to talk about these things in ways that fit their age. - Café 2: Body Safety & Empowerment
Learn about why and how teaching your child to set their own body boundaries, helps them gain more confidence, feel more in control of their own body, and be safer. - Café 3: Understanding and Minimizing Risk
Learn who and what situations pose the highest risk for child sexual abuse and find out what parents can do to help keep children safe. - Café 4: Advocating for Your Child
Build the knowledge and confidence parents need to watch over the people and places where children spend time. Being alert and ready to speak up is the most important way to reduce the chance of sexual abuse.
Healthy Media Habits is a series of
five videos created by early childhood media experts, Drs. Roxy Etta and Liz Horgan, for families and childcare providers of children ages 0-5. The videos offer research-based information and guidance on how to manage children’s media use, including tips for boosting the benefits of media and supporting families as they navigate media choices for their kids. There is a
toolkit and materials that can be used in a parent cafe series.
Reading Roots is a parent cafe created in collaboration with
Zero to Thrive at the University of Michigan and
Reach Out and Read. The parent cafe is grounded in the Five Strengths to discuss the importance of creating a strong and nurturing relationship between parent and child through reading, telling stories and singing.