Nurturing Families Network

Breakfast for ChampionsNovember 1, 2011

What is Nurturing Families Network?

Nurturing Families Network works in partnership with parents by:

Building upon their strengths Providing information and support Offering parent education Creating community connections

Intensive Home-Visiting Services

A Short Story

Once upon a time there was a little girl, “Ina,” who had to kneel on rice on her bare knees when she was naughty.

Ina grew up to have a little boy of her own, “Marco.”

Ina was a young first time parent with very few resources and support.

She enrolled in Nurturing Families Home Visiting.

Her home visitor, Maribel, would come to her house every week until Marco went to Kindergarten.

One day when Marco was about 18 months old and being very busy exploring his world and testing his mother’s limits, as toddlers do, Maribel went to their home for a visit.

A box of rice was sitting on the table.

Marco was upset and crying.

Ina was frustrated and angry.

When Maribel left…

the rice was in the pantry cupboard,

Ina and Marco were reading a book together, and

Marco had a special place where he could sit and take a time out from misbehaving.

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