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Parenting articles written by experts in the field.
A Parent's Greatest Gift Self-Management
Ideas for how parents and those in a parenting role can best promote the invaluable skill of self-management at various ages and stages.
Children’s Growing Identity Cultivating Self-Awareness to Inspire Confidence
Ideas on how to cultivate self-awareness in children by teaching them to recognize their emotions and how they influence their behavior.
Cultivating Trusting Relationships
Learn how an adult can become “ask-able” - the kind of adult in which children and teens are comfortable approaching and confiding.
Decisions, Decisions… How Can we Prepare Our Children to Make Responsible Choices?
Learn how preparing your child for independence requires numerous small chances to make decisions so that they are ready for the big choices to come.
Empathizing With a Bigger World in Your Own Backyard. How Parents Can Support a Child’s Growing Social Awareness
Learn a number of ways you can help your children and teens become more socially aware.
Guiding Children With Tools for Success. Parenting With Social and Emotional Learning
Learn how to parent in an intentional way that develops social and emotional skills within children.
ParentingMontana.org: A Source of Support for Montana Families (Physicians)
Learn how ParentingMontana.org can support family doctors when asked about parenting, how to handle certain behaviors, and available resources.
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Join the Tools for Your Child's Success podcast in conversations about the challenges and the joys of being in a parenting role.
In this episode, we have a conversation about how providing guidance with discipline can grow skills and improve our relationships with our children. We are joined by Jennifer Miller, author of the book, Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids — From Toddlers to Teenagers.
In this conversation, we talk about our relationships with our children. Joined by Dr. Shannon Wanless, an Applied Developmental Psychologist and the Director for the Office of Child Development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, we learn intentional ways we can grow a healthy relationship that can be a foundation for our children’s success.
In this episode, we have a conversation about a step-by-step process parents or someone in a parenting role can follow for dealing with simple and challenging parenting topics. The process can help to build critical life skills and improve your relationship with your child.
In this conversation, we talk about social and emotional development. We are joined by Maurice Elias, Ph.D., one of the pioneers of social and emotional development, director of the Rutgers University Social-Emotional Development Lab, and author of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting. We discuss the importance of social and emotional development for a child’s success.
In this episode, we talk about intentional communication. Intentional communication is a way of communicating that deliberately fosters social and emotional skill development. It supports and enhances the relationship between parents and their child.
In this episode, we talk about some of the conversations we should be having with our children about alcohol and drugs and get specific ideas about what those conversations could sound like.
In this episode, we have a conversation about ways parents and those in a parenting role can be at their best for their children. We discuss intentional ways to develop our own skills and care for our own well-being – both physical and mental. We welcome back Jennifer Miller, author of the book, Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids — From Toddlers to Teenagers.
As parents, we want to be at our best for our children. In part 1 of this episode, we discuss how taking care of our own health and wellbeing can include learning ways to improve our relationships with our parenting partners.
In part 2 of this episode, we continue the conversation on ways to improve our relationships with our parenting partners.
In this episode, we discuss parent judgment: dealing with criticism and unsolicited advice, the impact it can have on parents and children, how we can develop empathy and understanding towards others' choices, and tips for overcoming being judged by others.
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Press Releases
A collection of press releases to share key information about ParentingMontana.org.
Print Materials
Print materials to educate parents and promote ParentingMontana.org.
Promotional Cards
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In Montana, parents want what’s best for their kids.
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In Montana, we have many things to be proud of, and it’s the best place to live and raise a family.
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In Montana, parents want what’s best for their kids.
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In Montana, we have many things to be proud of, and it’s the best place to live and raise a family.
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ParentingMontana.org Promotional Card Tool: Chores
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ParentingMontana.org Promotional Card Tool: Discipline
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“I Feel…” (Feelings Chart)
Teach your child feeling words to help in their emotional growth now and through their teen years.
Parenting Process for Your Child’s Success Printable Graphic
A one-page printable graphic of a step by step process to build critical life skills and improve your relationship with your child
Parenting Process for Your Child’s Success Printable Graphic Summary
A 4” x 6” printable graphic summary of a step by step process to build critical life skills and improve your relationship with your child.
Rack Cards
4”x9” at-a-glance resources highlighting key information.
Ages 11-14
Tips from ParentingMontana.org that address common issues for children ages 11–14.
Ages 15-19
Tips from ParentingMontana.org that address common issues for children ages 15-19.
Alcohol and the Teenage Brain
Discover the consequences of underage drinking, the impact of alcohol on the developing teenage brain, and your role as a parent in delaying their use of alcohol.
Building Secure Attachment: Simple Ways to Help Your Child Feel Safe and Loved
Discover how secure attachment fosters confidence and emotional health in children by learning simple ways to build secure attachment with your child.
Calm Down Strategies for Parents and Children
Tips for developing healthy ways to calm down.
Cannabis and the Teenage Brain
Discover the consequences of marijuana use in adolescents, the impact of marijuana on the developing teenage brain, and your role as a parent in preventing marijuana use.
Cannabis: What Does the Law Say in MT?
Understand the laws about cannabis in Montana and learn about scenarios that you, as a parent, might encounter.
Child Trauma
Learn about child trauma and what actions you can take to support your child after they have experienced a traumatic event.
Deciding to Become a Foster Parent
Answer questions to help you decide if becoming a foster parent is right for you and whether now is the right time.
Developmental Screenings
Discover the importance of early screenings in identifying developmental needs and accessing resources to support your child’s healthy growth.
Finding the Right Mental Health Support for Your Child
Learn how to find the right mental health support for your child for ensuring their emotional well-being and future success.
Guidance and Discipline for Skill Building
Tips for discipline practices to build your child’s skills.
Healthy Risk Taking
Learn about ways to support healthy risk taking and help your children and teens avoid taking unhealthy risks.
Infant Crying
Learn about infant crying and how to develop a plan for staying calm when your infant cries and get guidance about how to ensure others who help care for your infant also have a plan.A
Intentional Communication
Learn about ways to develop good communication with your children and teens.
Intentional Ways to Grow a Healthy Parenting Relationship
Tips for ways to promote a healthy parenting relationship with your child.
Is My Child Drinking? What Do I Do?
Explore the signs and symptoms of alcohol use, ways to talk with your child about concerns, and options you have for getting your child help.
Is My Child Ok? Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Learn how to identify potential issues, when to seek support, and how to prevent suicide.
Is My Child Vaping? What Do I Do?
Discover ways to talk with your child/teen about vaping.
Is My Child Using Drugs? What Do I Do?
Explore the signs and symptoms of drug use, ways to talk with your child about concerns, and options you have for getting your child help.
Logical Consequences
Tips for using logical consequences as teaching opportunities.
Navigating High Conflict With Important People in Your Child’s Life
Learn about actions you can take to manage high-conflict situations.
Parenting Process for Your Child’s Success
ParentingMontana.org uses a 5-step process to address common parenting issues. Learn how to engage in each step with your child.
Parenting Process for Your Infant's Success
ParentingMontana.org uses a 5-step process to address common parenting issues. Learn how to engage in each step with your infant.
ParentingMontana.org
ParentingMontana.org has information and tools for parents of children at every age to address simple and challenging parenting issues.
Preparing for a Child in Foster Care
Discover tips for welcoming a child in foster care into your home.
Preparing Your Child to Transition to a Child Care Provider
Learn how to engage your child in the transition to a child care provider.
Prescription Pain Medication
Understand the misuse of prescription pain medication, the risks associated with misuse, and what you can do to prevent it.
Prevent Substance Use at Every Age
Learn about things you can do with your child at every age to prevent substance use.
Refusal Skills for Teens
Help your teen learn how to say “no” to alcohol and drugs while maintaining their friendships.
Serve and Return: Simple Activities to Build Your Baby’s Brain
Learn how "serve and return" interactions, simple, back-and-forth exchanges, build your baby's brain, strengthen your bond, and support their emotional and social growth.
Social and Emotional Development
Developing social and emotional skills is essential for your child’s success. Learn how social and emotional skills can be taught and practiced in everyday interactions and situations.
Supporting Your Child During Stress and Adversity: Building a Strong Brain
Discover how a safe, loving relationship with a caregiver can support a child's brain during stress and build resilience, even in the face of adversity.
Supporting Your Childs Mental Health and Resilience
Learn to support your child's mental health and build resilience.
Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent: Why Your Well-Being Matters
Discover why prioritizing your well-being as a parent is essential for your child's emotional development and how self-care practices can help you show up as the parent you want to be.
Teaching Your Child to Identify and Name Their Feelings
Teach your child to identify and name feelings while growing your own ability.
The First 24 Hours, Week, and Six Weeks of a Child in Foster Care Joining Your Family
Learn how to navigate the first 24 hours, week, and six weeks of welcoming a foster child into your family
Underage Drinking
Learn about underage drinking and strategies to delay alcohol use.
Underage Drinking: What Does the Law Say in MT?
Understand the underage drinking laws in Montana and learn about scenarios that you, as a parent, might encounter.
What Do I Do When Important People in My Life Have Different Ideas About Parenting My Child?
Learn how to navigate differing parenting perspectives with important people in your child’s life while fostering positive communication and considering your child's best interests.
Why Teens Shouldn’t Drink Alcohol
Gain insight into the consequences of alcohol use, reasons to delay, and specific strategies you can implement to avoid underage drinking.
Why Teens Shouldn’t Use Cannabis
Gain insight into the consequences of marijuana use, reasons it’s important for teens to not use marijuana, and specific strategies you can implement to help your teen avoid marijuana.
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ParentingMontana.org “Parenting Process” 30-Second Radio 1
“ParentingMontana.org provides me with a way to build the skills my child needs to be successful.”
ParentingMontana.org “Disapprove of Alcohol” 30-Second Radio 2
“Like 9 out of 10 Montana Parents, I disapprove of high school students drinking alcohol.”
ParentingMontana.org “Parenting is Important” 30-Second Radio 3
“Parenting is important to me. Figuring it out doesn’t come easy.”
ParentingMontana.org “Build Skills” 30-Second Radio 4
ParentingMontana.org has tools to teach about chores, better ways to handle stress, and daily routines like getting ready for school and going to bed on time.
ParentingMontana.org “Relationship and Communication” 30-Second Radio 5
“A strong, healthy relationship and good communication skills help us work through challenges.”
ParentingMontana.org “Birth Through Teen Years” 30-Second Radio 6
“ParentingMontana.org has easy to use tools that support my child’s success from birth through her teen years.
ParentingMontana.org “Foster Parent” 30-Second Radio 7
“I have used ParentingMontana.org with my daughter, and now I am using it to help me in my role as a foster parent.”
ParentingMontana.org “Raising My Grandson” 30-Second Radio 8
“Now that I’m in a parenting role raising my grandson, I’m using ParentingMontana.org’s 5-step parenting process.”
ParentingMontana.org “Being at My Best” 30-Second Radio 9
“ParentingMontana.org has podcast episodes about taking care of my own health and wellbeing, improving my relationship with my parenting partner, and supporting my child’s physical and mental health.”
ParentingMontana.org “Underage Marijuana” 30-Second Radio 10
ParentingMontana.org has information to teach about the dangers of marijuana, about the brain, and about Montana’s laws.
ParentingMontana.org “Marijuana Information” 30-Second Radio 11
ParentingMontana.org has information about Montana’s marijuana laws and how to establish family rules.
ParentingMontana.org “Podcasts” 30-Second Radio 12
“ParentingMontana.org has podcast episodes about taking care of my own health and wellbeing, improving my relationship with my parenting partner, and supporting my child’s physical and mental health.”
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Social Media Messages
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Videos
Videos highlighting information from ParentingMontana.org.
Getting Started?
Explore a process for dealing with simple and challenging parenting topics, discover ways to promote a healthy parenting relationship, and learn how to better communicate with your child.
Inspirational Video 1
A 5-minute inspirational video that introduces ParentingMontana.org and highlights how in Montana, we have many things to be proud of. It’s the best place to live and raise a family.
Inspirational Video 2
A 4-minute inspirational video that introduces early childhood into ParentingMontana.org.
Educational Video 1
A 4-minute educational video that discusses the process and tools found on ParentingMontana.org to raise our kids to be confident, respectful, and make healthy choices.
Educational Video 2
A 2-minute educational video that discusses how the process and tools found on ParentingMontana.org can be used with early childhood.
Alcohol Family Rules
I used tools I found on ParentingMontana.org to help establish our family rules about alcohol
Homework
The homework tool on ParentingMontana.org has improved my relationship and communication with my daughter, and her studying has improved.
Manage Stress
I found information on ParentingMontana.org to teach my child simple ways to help manage stress.
Birth to Teen Years
“ParentingMontana.org has easy to use tools that support my child’s success from birth through her teen years.”
Confident, Respectful, Healthy Choices
ParentingMontana.org gives me tools to raise my kids to be confident, respectful, and make healthy choices.
Daily Chores
ParentingMontana.org featuring daily chores with an adult in a parenting role and an elementary-aged child.
Family Rules
ParentingMontana.org has information about Montana’s marijuana laws and how to establish family rules.
Foster Parent
I have used ParentingMontana.org with my daughter, and now I am using it to help me in my role as a foster parent.
Grandparent
Now that I’m in a parenting role raising my grandson, I’m using ParentingMontana.org’s 5-step parenting process.
Information about Alcohol
ParentingMontana.org has information to teach about the dangers of alcohol, about the brain, and about the law.
Intentional Parenting
30-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org featuring an adult in a parenting role and a middle school-aged child.
Marijuana
ParentingMontana.org has information to teach about the dangers of marijuana, about the brain, and about Montana’s laws.
Parenting Relationship
ParentingMontana.org featuring a parenting relationship with a ranching adult in a parenting role, elementary, and high school-aged children.
Podcast 1
ParentingMontana.org has podcast episodes about taking care of my own health and wellbeing, improving my relationship with my parenting partner, and supporting my child’s physical and mental health.
Podcast 2
The ParentingMontana.org podcast talks about the challenges and the joys of being in a parenting role in Montana.
Tools to Build Skills
Parenting Montana.org provides me with a way to build the skills our kids need to be successful.
Promo 1 Video
ParentingMontana.org has information for me about my children at every age.
Promo 2 Video
As a Montana parent, I can raise my children to be more confident, communicate better, and be respectful.”
Promo 3 Video
“In Montana, we have many things to be proud of, and it’s the best place to live and raise a family.”
Promo 4 Video
ParentingMontana.org provides me with a way to build the skills my kids need to be successful.
Promo 5 Video
Here in Montana, we want the same things for our kids. We want them to be confident, communicate well, and have respect.
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Montana parents are concerned about their children managing stress, developing confidence, and facing peer pressure.
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As a Montana parent, I know that parenting isn’t easy.
Promo 8 Video
As a Montana parent, I know that having conversations about alcohol and marijuana isn’t easy.
Promo 9 Video
ParentingMontana.org for guidance on conversations to establish family rules about alcohol and marijuana.
Promo 10 Video
As a Montana parent, I want to learn more about alcohol and marijuana’s effects on the teenage brain and Montana’s laws.
Promo 11 Video
ParentingMontana.org helped me understand the warning signs to look for if my teen might be using alcohol or marijuana.
Promo 12 Video
ParentingMontana.org has a short how-to video about approaching discipline as a way to grow skills.
Promo 13 Video
ParentingMontana.org has a short how-to video about intentional ways to grow a healthy parenting relationship.
Promo 14 Video
ParentingMontana.org has a short how-to video on a parenting process that works at every age.
Promo 1 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org featuring an adult in a parenting role and a middle school-aged child.
Promo 2 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org featuring an adult in a parenting role and an elementary-aged child.
Promo 3 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org featuring a ranching adult in a parenting role.
Promo 4 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org’s guidance on family rules about alcohol and marijuana.
Promo 5 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org and what to do if your teen is drinking or using marijuana.
Promo 6 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org’s information about alcohol and marijuana and the teenage brain
Promo 7 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana for help with conversations about alcohol and marijuana.
Promo 8 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org for Montana’s underage alcohol and marijuana laws.
Promo 9 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org to learn about mixed messages, alcohol, and marijuana.
Promo 10 Video
6-second video to promote the ParentingMontana.org podcast.
Promo 11 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org’s how-to video about approaching discipline as a way to grow skills.
Promo 12 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org’s how-to video about intentional ways to grow a healthy parenting relationship.
Promo 13 Video
6-second video to promote ParentingMontana.org’s how-to video about a parenting process that works at every age.
Guidance and Discipline for Skill Building
Learn how you can choose to be purposeful and deliberate in the ways you provide guidance and discipline.
Intentional Ways to Grow a Healthy Parenting Relationship
Learn how you can choose to be purposeful and deliberate in the ways you parent to create a foundation for your child’s success.
Parenting Process for Success
Learn how to use the 5-step parenting process with your child at every age.
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