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Child Abuse Prevention Month 2011: Week #3 Recap

The third week of Child Abuse Prevention Month 2011 brings us more tips, more pictures, and a new podcast episode!

Below is the latest round of tips we have posted over on our Twitter account (follow us: @pcanj):

• Create a quiet, special place at home for reading, writing and drawing.
• “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” – Dr. Haim Ginott
• Catch your child being good. The best way to encourage children to repeat a positive behavior is to praise them for it.
• Kids do not deal well with gray areas. Set rules and stick to them so that it is fair to you and fair to your child.
• Spend time each day focused entirely on your child. If you spend positive time together, they will not need to misbehave to get attention.

Monmouth Mobile Home Park in South Brunswick once again set up their pinwheel garden this year in celebration of Child Abuse Prevention Month:

FAMILYConnections held a Community Workshop in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month on April 13th at the Family Success Center in Orange with workshops, discussions, and guest speakers. In attendance was Orange Mayor Eldridge Hawkins:

To wrap things up this week, we have a new podcast episode! We here at Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey took some time to discuss Child Abuse Prevention Month, what it means to the community, what events to look forward to, and some suggestions on how any person at all can get involved to make a difference. Visit our “Podcast” page to subscribe and automatically receive new episodes for free, or listen below!

Be sure to enter our Annual Pinwheel Contest for a chance to win a Donut & Coffee breakfast party and a $100 gift certificate toward next year’s CAP Month materials! Send your pictures in today to pinwheels@preventchildabusenj.org — we would love to feature them on the website and blog!