Hi all. I’m here with the IEI crew in Raleigh.

Rosa Bolden Columbus County Partnership for Children

Hello! Jessica Stokes, NC Council of Churches/ Partners in Health and Wholeness

Jackie Straub from Resilience Ministry of St. Paul’s, Cary

Hello All from Harnett County Partnership for Children

Welcome Everyone! We are so glad you are here and thankful for your time! Tracey O'Neal Prevent Child Abuse NC

Jonathan Conrad. Chair of New Hanover Disaster Coalition. Also Senior Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilmington

Hey Tondrea from PEERS Family Development Center, Jacksonville, Onslow County

Hello I am Dawn Baldwin Gibson- Peletah Ministries/Peletah Academic Center for Excellence in New Bern....serving Craven, Pamlico, and Jones Counties

Grace Thompson..... Bladen County Partnership for Children

Good afternoon. John Dempsey Parker from the Institute for Emerging Issues.

Hey Y’all! Ellen here with IEI! Excited to continue chatting about all good things resilience!

Peletah Ministries: https://www.peletahministries.com/

Prevent Child Abuse NChttps://www.preventchildabusenc.org/IEI:https://www.google.com/search?q=institute+of+emerging+issues+rural+fatih&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS901US901&oq=institute+of&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59j0i433i457j0j46j46i175i199j69i60.5611j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Partners in Health and Wholeness:https://www.ncchurches.org/programs/phw/

Ellen, therapy is mentioned we have to hype!! :)

Nadia Moreta: nmoreta@preventchildabusenc.orgKylie Foley: kdfoley@ncsu.eduEllen Beasley: mebeasl2@ncsu.edu

Tracey O'Neal: toneal@preventchildabusenc.org

https://onetoughjob.org

Life Stages CDC:https://www.cdc.gov/features/lifestages.html

One Tough Job:https://onetoughjob.org/

Rev. Dawn’s church and CDC: https://www.peletahministries.com/genesis-457-cdc/

Yes, I identify with that Dawn!

That’s a prayer closet! A snack closet! A nap closet!

I hide in the bathroom. And then watch some 1980’s wrestling on YouTube. There. I said it.

That's awesome

I hide in the closet too, lol!

modeling self-care that is GREAT

Thank you Dawn!

Thanks, Dawn. I know that was hard to share

Thank you, Dawn.

Than you Dawn!

Taking care of ourselves allows us to have more of ourselves to take care of others.

Thank you, Dawn. your words were powerful.

Thank you Dawn! your sharing and vulnerability helps inspire us to face the fear of sharing and vulnerability

Dawn your words hit different for me today.. full of emotion

Can't give what you don't have!

Can I talk about what I am starting to do with my 6 year old son?

"My Big Life Journal" it does cost about $20 but every Friday you get free handouts you can print out. We tell many parents about this. It has activities, positive affirmations, and helps guide parents to have open conversations with children. Biglifejournal.com

Having plans and strategies creates something folks can get clear about, even if they need to change it and adapt from

One quality resource that can help parents work through difficult situations is Sesame Street in Communities - https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/

Therapy is part of my self care plan.

Obsessed with therapy ❤️

That is so powerful to be able to share with your son in this way.

Would love to hear from the parents on the call what is helping your kids these days!

The kids I babysit LOVE telling me about Minecraft and want me to stay during their screen time so that they can teach me

Be in the moment!

everyone has their own way of responding to uncertainty, change, & transitions - it’s important to ask questions or learn how and why folks do what they do and nurture healthy responses

My grandson says....I do not feel the wind of God on that :)

Thank you John! Helpful to remember the how's and why's

Another parenting resource—delivered by text to parents—is “Bright by Text”. You put in your child’s age and it delivers age appropriate tips and information on how to promote their development. https://brightbytext.org/. They just offered a FB live session on Monday about parenting in a pandemic.

I love the questioning framework.

I visited my grands this weekend, I noticed that my son and his wife plays a game with their girls every evening. The girls take turns choosing their games. They talk to them about are great they are playing the games and the strategies they use in the game especially the 4 years old in Jenga

But the normal pattern is for them to send you 2-3 texts a week with tips/info

Thank you Rosa for sharing! What a great way to bond as a family and siblings! Love the words of affirmation from their parents.

I so love the sharing here...thanks so much!!!

AMEN John! Negotiating with children and teens not for the weary!

haha, thank you Kylie for the reference!

The CDC Milestone Tracker App is a really effective tool

That is so important!!!!

yes. everyone’s an individual. so true.

Each child is an individual...thank you for sharing!!!!

Folks, I don’t mean to be rube, but I have to drop off. THANK YOU for this discussion. And THANK YOU for all that is being done.

Enjoy those video games and dances!!!!

I’ll get those dance pics for you later :)

Not only is there no instructions manual….what you learn for one child may not help you for #2 or #3…

absolutely Pat

The Wonder Weeks, A Stress-Free Guide to Your Baby's Behavior- By Hetty van de Rijt, PhD, Frans X. Plooij, PhD, and Xavier Plas-Plooji

That is the definition of strength-based

<3 <3

Love that…a week of grace. We can all use more of that these days.

LOVE GRACE WEEK! Giving it to our boys! Grace week is self care for everyone!!!

Thank you for taking us to church, Dawn.

Love the message of Grace and meeting children where they are

Thank you for Great Presentation !

Dawn - thanks for sharing your adoption story. I was adopted as an infant myself.