Saskatoon Support for a Growing Family
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This booklet is a collection of FREE programs that parents and their children can access in Saskatoon, but it is not a complete list of services in the community.
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Keeping Peace at Home
Video, 1998
This is one of a three-part series entitled “Parent and Child” produced by Sunburst Videos. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, authors of “How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” discuss parenting issues.
A variety of conflict management and problem-solving skills are presented to help families promote respect, cooperation, and successful communication. By learning concrete, practical skills, parents can acquire strategies to ease tensions, prevent family fights, and peaceably resolve those conflicts that do occur. The video demonstrates conflict management skills that can benefit the whole family.
SKU: 5-V-507
Healthy Steps for Teen Parents, 2nd Edition, Volume 1: Pregnancy
Video, 2010
Hosted by an empathetic and positive young woman, viewers get the straight story as they follow six teens who share their personal pregnancy experiences. Watch how teens cope with their changing life and take the necessary steps to ensure a healthy pregnancy, birth, and baby.
Content includes:
- Prenatal Care & Nutrition – telling someone you’re pregnant, prenatal visits, nutrition, weight gain, warning signs
- Protecting Your Baby – avoiding harmful substances
- Physical & Emotional Changes – exercise, dental health, sleep, premature labour signs, emotional changes, relationship abuse
- Getting Support – friends and family, staying in school, alternative education options
SKU: 7-V-721
Cherish Me for I am a Child
Poster, 2011
This brightly coloured wall hanging with the poem “Cherish Me for I am a Child” talks about the importance of a child growing up feeling safe, secure, and happy and in order for a child to do this he needs to be protected, cared for, and loved by the adults in his life. This can be used as a wall hanging for anyone to have in their home or office.
SKU: 5-504
To Be a Father (I Am Your Child Video Series)
Video, 2005
New research has shown that fathers can have an enormous impact on children – from how well they succeed in school, to how they get along with their friends.
This generation of dads is responding to the challenge, by taking a more active role in everything from changing diapers to helping with homework … and it’s paying off, as you’ll hear from men who talk about the rewards of being close to their kids.
This video provides information on:
- How fathering begins even before the baby is born
- How dads can connect with their children right from the start
- What fathers can do to foster a close relationship with their children – even when they live miles apart
- How fathers can overcome the challenges of parenting under special circumstances, like separation and divorce
SKU: 5-V-524