Welcome to the 1199 Child Care Fund Parenting Page! The purpose of this page is to provide our members with information on families and how they balance parenting and work. Be sure to check back each month for new articles. This web page is about you, so please send us your ideas, stories, and suggestions about parenting. You can e-mail them to parenting@1199ccf.org.
Just because the weather is getting colder doesn’t mean that families can’t enjoy many of the activities that New York City and the surrounding areas have to offer. The following are just some of the free and low-cost activities that parents and children can enjoy together this winter, whether they live in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, the Bronx, Long Island, New Jersey, or Upstate New York”Click here for more...
Control the Environment, Not the Child
By: Bonnie Lou R. Mallonga
When you read books on discipline or talk about a wide variety of discipline models, the focus is always on the child -- on obedience and punishment or on tools and techniques in dealing with misbehavior. Click here for more...
It's Almost Summer Day Camp Time Again! By: Mary Ann M. Ward, Ph.D
In recalling her first summer camp experience, 8½-year-old Dagny Miller of Manhattan, told the Fund, "We had lots of fun things to do for each day. I loved that we swam at Barnard swimming pool everyday and our coach pushed me to the next level. Click here for more...
Paid Family And Medical Leave By: Sonte DuCote, Organizer for the NYS Paid Family and Medical Leave Coalition
In 1993 President Clinton passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which was the first national policy designed to help people fulfill both their work and family responsibilities. Click here for more...
Childhood Asthma By: Dr. Celia Shmukler, Medical Director, 1199 National Benefit Fund (NBF) Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children according to the Centers for Disease Control. It affects about 5 million children in the United States each year. Click here for more...
You Are Your Child’s First Teacher By: Dr. Delores Lowe Friedman
How often have we heard the phrase “You are your child’s first teacher” and how seriously do we take it? We bring our babies home from the hospital and have big dreams for their futures. Click here for more...
1199 Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Choosing child care is one of the most important decisions families make, but all too often they must rely on word-of-mouth information. 1199 Fund-eligible members who are looking for child care services can get help with their search from the Child Care Resource & Referral Department. Click here for more... |
1199 Parenting Page Editorial Staff: Choukri Chebbi, Ana Diaz, Roxanne Gordon, Carol Joyner, Lynelle Mahon, Mary Ann Ward, Anthony Soto
