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Parenting Counts brings the research on best parenting practices into parents' daily lives through a series of television spots and workshops. The goals of the project are to stimulate greater awareness of early learning, promote more effective parenting and caregiver techniques and enhance parent-child relationships.

U of I Extension workshop teaches caregivers how to read kids' emotions

The latest research helps child care provider Nina Hewitt calm down the babies in her infant room.

Links:
  • Parenting Counts
  • University of Illinois Extension
  • Child Care Resource Service

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