6 Ways to Know that a Child is Ready for School

New parents feel a combination of excitement and fear once their child is approaching school age. Stressing over the first days of school can be handled by either parent. When this happens, the child will likely feel some of this anxiety. When parents focus on the things that could go wrong instead of the growth [...]

2022-05-01T09:35:00-07:00

6 Easy And Practical Ways To Teach Children About Food Nutrition

Explaining healthy eating to children forms lasting habits and increases their understanding of nutrition. With information found online and more books published about research on specific diets, it can be challenging to filter which should be taught to our kids. While younger children first learn about healthy balanced diets through the MyPlate food groups, it [...]

2022-04-05T20:07:00-07:00

Three Habits to Teach Children for a Healthier Life

Living a healthy life begins with great habits. Learning good habits at an early age allows children to develop positive behaviors. Habits also create a sense of stability and structure in a child’s life. They increase physical and emotional wellbeing by reducing health problems and stress. Below we talk about three healthy habits that will [...]

2021-08-11T09:07:00-07:00

4 Helpful Tips for Raising Emotionally Intelligent Children

As caregivers (parents, grandparents, and anyone involved in childrearing), we often focus on helping our children reach academic success. This makes sense; we want to provide them with the best opportunities to thrive in the workforce during adulthood. However, we sometimes don’t stress the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ). Children who are emotionally intelligent benefit [...]

2021-07-26T09:07:00-07:00

5 Ways to Honor National Foster Care Awareness Month

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. This awareness month is less known and celebrated compared to others. With 5 ways to honor foster youth this month, we can begin to change that! Remember the Future It’s important we celebrate and find caring ways to honor National Foster Care Awareness month because these youth are [...]

2021-05-12T16:54:49-07:00

How to Teach Your Children About Volunteering

We all want to think our children will grow up to care about the world around them. There’s no better way to ensure that than to teach them how to do so. Children are naturally compassionate and caring. By fostering these traits, you can help them develop a passion for helping others. Here are a [...]

2021-03-22T16:55:16-07:00

HeartMath Keen on Teens

There are so many challenges in the world, especially for children and teenagers facing new challenges today. Unified Caring Association (UCA) has many caring tools and resources to help parents and teens during these tough times. We recently got a note from our friends at HeartMath that there is an upcoming online event to help [...]

2020-03-17T14:46:09-07:00

Scholarship Themes: Social Media and Bullying

Unified Caring Association (UCA) has scholarship opportunities for U.S. students each year. Each submission that arrives brings excitement and smiles. We are so happy to read about these caring students who share their ideas for a better world. Some of these essays share life stories that reflect how these caring ambassadors help bring more caring [...]

2020-02-12T15:16:28-08:00
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