Parenting Counts

Babies are amazing. That’s not just according to parents. Scientists are amazed at the capabilities of newborns, babies and toddlers to learn, feel and think. What’s more, researchers know relationships are vital to unlocking those capabilities. From birth through five, children develop healthy social and emotional skills through nurturing and responsive interactions. Those skills build the foundation for learning, behavior and health in school and in life. Parenting counts.

“Parenting Counts: A Focus on Early Learning,” co-developed by Talaris and KCTS Seattle/Television brings the research on best parenting practices into parent’s daily lives through a series of television spots and workshops. The goals of the program are:

• Stimulate greater awareness of early learning (birth to five years)
  
• Promote more effective parenting and caregivers techniques
  
• Enhance parent-child relationships

For more information about Parenting Counts and other KCPT Kids initiatives contact:

Dee Rusconi
KCPT
Early Education Manager
125 East 31st Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816)756-3580 ext. 4233
dee_rusconi@kcpt.org