April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and we are celebrating the month in different ways this year, due to COVID-19. Since we can’t plant our “pinwheel gardens” throughout Barry County, we are asking families to color pinwheels and put them on their windows. Pinwheels are nationally recognized as the symbol for Child Abuse Prevention and […]

Love in the time of Coronavirus: A HOPE-informed guide for parents

by Dr. Bob Sege, MD (Dr. Sege, a pediatrician in Boston, had planned to speak in Boise this week for the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund’s Strengthening Families Training Institute that was cancelled in the wake of coronavirus concerns.) This has been quite a week, and we are now facing major disruptions in our own family […]

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Every family has strengths, and every family faces challenges. When you are under stress—the car breaks down, you or your partner lose a job, your child’s behavior is difficult, or even when the family is experiencing a positive change, such as moving into a new home—sometimes it takes a little extra help to get through […]

August Community Breakfast

The August Community Breakfast will take place on Wednesday August 19th from 8-9 AM. Location or Zoom Meeting TBD.  We will be speaking about The Family Promise of Barry County with a second speaker reviewing CASA for Kids, Inc.  RSVP is appreciated by calling our office at 269.945.5439 or e-mailing linda@familysupportbarry.com.

March is Parenting Awareness Month

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