Ask an Expert and Resources by Topic

1. Overview

Resources on these topics are available upon request. Contact the Parent Education Program at arlingtonfamilies@arlingtonva.us.

2. Adolescence

• Conflict Resolution Skills
• Dating Violence is Never OK
• Developing Relationships with Parents
• From Boy to Man
• From Girl to Woman
• Making Decisions about Sex
• Talking to Your Teens and Pre-Teens: Helping Your Child Make Healthy Choices
• Understanding Adolescence
• What to Expect From Your Teen

3. Anger/Stress

• Anger and Parenting
• Cool Down Before Things Heat Up
• Coping with Anger
• Coping with the Stress of Parenting
• Help Me with My Crying
• Keeping Your Cool When Your Young Child Cries
• Learning about the Dangers of Shaking a Baby
• Never Shake a Baby
• Parent and Stress
• Splash Water on Your Face
• Stress and Parenting

4. Bullying/Gangs

• The Amazing Spiderman on Bullying Prevention
• Gangs: A Reference Guide for Parents
• Preventing Bullying: A Manual for Schools and Communities
• What Parents Should Know about Bullying

5. Character Development

• Building Good Character: Teaching Your Child Positive Values

6. Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

• About Child Neglect
• About Emotional Abuse and Neglect of Children: How Violence in the Family Affects Children
• Breaking the Cycle of Child Abuse
• Emotional Abuse: Words Can Hurt
• Helping Children Cope with Trauma
• Help Prevent Child Neglect: You Can Make a Difference
• Is Your Child Being Abused?
• Parent’s Checklist for Preventing Child Abuse
• Putting a Stop to Child Abuse
• Putting a Stop to the Pain of Child Abuse
• Think You Know Something About Child Abuse?
• Violence in the Family: It’s Everyone’s Concern
• What Everyone Should Know about Child Neglect
• What Everyone Should Know About the Sexual Abuse of Children
• You can Help Prevent Child Abuse: About Alcohol, Child Abuse and Child Neglect
• You can Help Prevent Child Abuse: Alcohol/Drug Abuse
• You can Help Prevent Child Abuse: Alcoholic in the Family

7. Child Development

• Child Development: Birth to 3 Years
• Child Development: 3–6 Years
• Child Development: 6–9 Years
• Child Development: 9–12 Years
• From Boy to Man
• From Girl to Woman
• Great Beginnings with Your Child: Social and Emotional Learning for Your 3–7 Year Old
• Helping Your Child Grow: From Birth to Adolescence

8. Communication

• Communicating Well with Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Other Caregivers
• Let’s Keep Talking
• Talking with your Teens and Pre-Teens: Helping Your Child Make Healthy Choices

9. Disabilities/Learning Disabled

• About Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: What Everyone Should Know

10. Discipline

• About Disciplining Your Child
• About Temper Tantrums
• Child Discipline: Guidelines for Parents
• Dealing with Your Child’s Misbehavior
• Discipline: Teaching Your Child Self Control
• Disciplining Your Child: What Parents Need to Know
• Helping Your Child Behave Well
• How to Teach Your Children Discipline
• Responding to Misbehavior: Tips for Parents
• Would You Like to Wear the Red Sock or the Blue Sock?

11. Emotional Health/Self-Esteem

• About Your Child’s Emotional Health
• What You Should Know About Self-Esteem
• You, Your Child, and Self-Esteem

12. Family Violence/Domestic Violence

• How Family Violence Affects Children
• Partner Abuse: What Women Should Know
• Violence in the Family: It’s Everyone’s Concern

13. Health

• 50 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Baby Safe and Healthy
• 50 Things You Can Do to Help Your Child Stay Healthy

14. Internet Safety

• Internet Safety and Your Child: A Guide for Parents
• Staying Safe on the Internet: A Guide for Parents

15. Keeping Kids Off Drugs

• Help Keep Your Child Drug Free for Life

16. Parenting

• About Being a Positive Role Model for Your Child
• About Parenting
• About Single Parenting
• Being a Good Father
• Fatherhood
• Five Steps to Successful Parenting
• Good Ways to Raise Good Kids
• Parenting is a Hard Job: We’re Here to Help
• Parenting: It Takes Love
• Single Parenting
• What Every Parent Should Know
• What it Means to Be a Father

17. Safety

• Arlington County Child Supervision Guidelines
• How Young is Too Young to be Home Alone
• What Does a Safe Sleep Environment Look Like?
• Lower the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

18. Separation/Divorce

• Cooperative Co-Parenting: Making the Most of Custody Arrangements
• When Parents are Divorced

19. What Every Parent Should Know

• About Single Parenting
• Being a Good Father
• Fatherhood
• Single Parenting
• What it Means to Be a Father

Visit Arlington Families for more online resources and a calendar of upcoming programs for parents in Arlington.

20. Ask an Expert

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• Would you like strategies for improving communication with your child?
• Do you need discipline strategies?
• Is Internet safety a concern for your family?
• Are you looking for family-focused, age appropriate activities for your children?

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Don’t have the time to take a parenting class? Why not learn more about parenting in the comfort of your own home? We provide home-based learning modules on parenting topics at no charge to Arlington parents.

Email arlingtonfamilies@arlingtonva.us to learn more.