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Parenting · 5 min read
Protective factors
Prevention is quieter than intervention. It's a warm meal, a familiar face at pickup, a bedtime that happens whether or not the day was hard.
The five factors
Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of child development, concrete support in times of need, and social-emotional competence in children. Together they are the difference between families surviving and families thriving.
Takeaways
- ·Community is a protective factor. Isolation is a risk factor.
- ·Small, consistent supports outperform dramatic interventions.
Reflection
- "What quiet supports made the biggest difference in your life?"
Further reading
- Center for the Study of Social Policy
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