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Healthy, Happy Families
Healthy, Happy Families is designed to deliver research-based information for parents of young children (ages 2 to 5) and parent educators. Supported by University of California Cooperative Extension, Healthy, Happy Families delivers information on building healthy eating habits and engaging children's learning at home.
Positive Parenting and Children's Healthy Eating
Click here to learn strategies for helping parents develop healthy eating habits with their young children. The information is designed to support nutrition educators using the Healthy, Happy Families course materials, but can also be useful to parents looking to make healthy changes with their families. Topics cover issues parents face when getting their kids to eat healthy, and includes information about how children develop and the role parents play in that process.
At Home With Kids
Young children are always learning. When children watch, listen, touch, and move things in the world around them they are learning. Parents and caregivers can make spaces and activities that children want to explore. Click here to find ideas for young children to learn at home.