History Happens Now
It’s been one year since the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in Maryland. Despite the risks, child care providers have remained open and caring for children as long as their government, their health, and their bank accounts would allow it. Some child care providers in Maryland have died from COVID in service to our children. Others got sick or risked illness to make sure parents could go to work. Most risked their livelihoods at great personal expense because they believed the maxim “we are all in this together.” Now they need help.
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Caring in Time of Pandemic: Will Maryland's Child Care Survive? (MFN)
Child Care Provider Support Act
What if the child care that your family relies on was suddenly gone? It could happen if help doesn't arrive soon. The Child Care Provider Support Act could help save child care in Maryland from the financial destruction caused by COVID-19.
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Maryland Needs Time to Care
We all need time to care—for new babies, for aging parents, for loved ones with health needs, or for healing ourselves. But are legislators listening?
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Healthy Providers, Healthy Kids
Has your child care provider told you her plans for staying safe from COVID-19 over the holidays? Have you told her yours? Sharing your plans are essential to keeping your kids healthy.
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Tips and Questions to Keep Child Care Providers and Families Healthy (Child Care Aware of America)
Early Childhood Educators Need the COVID Vaccination
On New Year’s Eve Crystal Hardy-Flowers died of complications from COVID-19. Crystal operated the Sandtown-Winchester based Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center for over a decade. We owe it to Crystal’s life lived in service to others that we don’t lose any more child care providers to this virus.
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Tell Us About Telomeres
Being a parent can feel like it ages us 10 years in just 10 minutes. But the stress a parent experiences before getting pregnant can take it its toll on both mother and baby.
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The Respectful Approach to Parenting
Helicopter parents take note: Sitting back and watching your child explore their world is good for your mental health and good for your child’s development.
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Too Many Tantrums
Tantrums are a normal part of a toddler's development. But you can help your child learn skills now that will help them cope well with all the disappointment and frustration that will come their way.