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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, the Ramstein Family Advocacy Program encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making the KMC a better place for our families. By ensuring that parents have the knowledge, skills and resources they need to care for their children, Family Advocacy can help prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening families and our military community.
Research shows that five important factors are present in healthy families. Promoting these factors is among the most effective ways to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect. They are:
• Nurturing and attachment
• Knowledge of parenting and of child and youth development
• Parental resilience
• Social connections
• Concrete supports for parents
“April is a time to celebrate the lives of military children,” said Capt. Erika Best, Family Advocacy officer. “Focusing on ways to promote the five protective factors is the best thing our community can do to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.”
To get the word out, the Family Advocacy Program has partnered with other KMC organizations to offer some unique events that are sure to be fun for the whole family. Plans include a Story Hour at 10 a.m. April 22, where parents are invited to bring their children to Ramstein’s main library to hear stories on child safety topics, and “Shake your Bootie, Not your Baby,” a family dance event at 6 p.m. April 23 at the Ramstein Youth Center, where families will be challenged to a dance off, limbo contest and much more.
For more information about child abuse prevention programs and activities during the month of April and throughout the year, contact the Family Advocacy Program at 06371-46- 2370.
(Courtesy of the Ramstein Family Advocacy Program)
