Home > Family & Home > Family > Parenting > Prepare an evacuation to-go kit for your child (Distributed 08/29/08) Adults are urged to assemble a “grab-and-go” box of important papers in case of a hurricane evacuation. How about making a “to-go kit” for your child? Assembling a few treasured items can help your child in times of disaster, according to LSU AgCenter family development professor Dr. Rebecca White. Overview of Parents Preparing for $uccess Program [Image: Mother and child] Parents Preparing for $uccess Program is designed for parents of infants looking for more information on best recommended practices in parenting and resource management to help create an environment that will help their children to grow and thrive. Understanding and Working with Teens This guide discusses the common physical, mental, social and emotional characteristics for high school youth. Keep in mind that no two children develop according to the same schedule and the transitions are gradual. By accepting youth at their current developmental stage and offering challenging growth opportunities to help them make the transition into the next stage. Teens: What They Are All About Between 1990 and 2000, the number of teens, age 12 to 19 soared to 32 million, an increase of nearly 4.5 million. By 2010, the teen population is supposed to peak at 35 million. Today’s teens live in a time of sweeping technological advances, relative affluence and a flattening divorce rate. Because of the rate of change in today’s society, teens change and develop quickly.  more articles... Changing Classes Can Be Stressful For Children Think you have fear of the unknown? Some of the most stressful times for children are moving from one classroom to another, according to LSU AgCenter child-care associate Cheri Gioe. Preparing Your Children to be Home Alone Is your child ready to be home alone? Prepare him or her with safety tips. Try a trial run first to be sure he or she is prepared to spend time alone as long as he or she is old enough to do so. Smart Choices: MyPyramid for Kids - Tips for Families [Image: Tips for Families] Tips for eating right and exercising for families. Household Items Make Homespun Fun [Image: Paper Puppet] It happens often when children receive a gift. The youngsters often are happier playing with the box than the present. Although amused at first, the gift-givers may soon suspect that their money was ill-spent. Hurricanes Brought Out The Best In Many Families Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have shown how strong Louisiana families can be. Parents and children faced with strains on time, money and emotions found ways to remain strong, healthy and happy. What Is There To Be Thankful For? [Image: Turkey] Hurricane victims will be faced with the question this Thanksgiving, "What are you thankful for?" and some will find this question difficult to answer. The holiday will be a reminder of what’s been lost in floods and devastating winds. Ideas Offered To Strengthen Family And Community Life, Resiliency Trying times can test family and community resiliency. Having our families and communities around us for support can go a long way in helping recover from disaster, emotionally as well as physically. Keeping Family Strong Requires Work, But All Can Help Keeping the family operating smoothly, particularly during these trying times following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, requires a lot of effort. Each of us, though, can contribute to keep the family strong. Teen Lingo “You got some bones to get some kicks.” “Backup your grill, you got the dragon.” “Boo, let’s go flossin.” Do these phrases seem like a foreign language? If you answered yes to this question, get the lowdown on teen lingo. Age Groups React Differently To Calamity Children's reactions to disaster depend on their age and maturity. Their responses also are affected by how close they are to the event, their level of exposure to it through TV and how they see their parents react. Click for more information...