Child Builders

Parents under construction( puc) childbuilders parenting education programming aims to empower parents and caregivers with targeted skills and knowledge for nurturing emotionally secure and safe family environments. Initiatives including parents under construction( puc) and build to nurture:(b2n) are the bedrock strategies of this program. Puc teaches teens and young adults foundational parenting skills that they will use in the future to become mentally healthy parents and caring adults as a primary prevention strategy against future child maltreatment, puc enhances social and emotional competence, provides and understanding of the connection between mental health and parenting, and builds skills in positive discipline and mentally healthy parenting. Similarly, b2n lays the foundation for positive parenting and caregiving by preparing young children(pre-k through 1st grade) with essential social and emotional skills. While this program is intended to develop caring and resilient future adults who will be positive influences in the lives of future children, this program also builds positive classroom climate and supports positive peer interaction and classroom behavior. Childbuilders parenting education program supports parents by offering focused webinars and workshops that address a range of topics on mentally healthy parenting, such as understanding childrens mental health, healing from trauma, and mentally healthy discipline. During the 2024-2025 school year, childbuilders served 272 adults and 67 youth through our parenting programming.

Healthy relationships- formerly known as love u2 childbuilders healthy relationships program encompasses a comprehensive approach to fostering emotional and social well-being through all kinds of relationships. It incorporates workshops and webinars for parents and educators designed to support positive peer and adult-child interactions and specialized curricula likerelationship smart plus and love notes, which provide teens and young adults with practical knowledge and skills to make healthy choices in their romantic lives.these initiatives focus on key skills such as effective communication, respect, and emotional intelligence together with its core principles of assertiveness, emotional control, empathy, and conflict resolution. Childbuilders healthy relationships program offers a holistic approach to creating mentally healthy families, classrooms, schools, and communities during the 2024-2025 school year, childbuilders served 180 children and 429 adults through our healthy relationships programming.