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September 20, 2023 New York Book Forum held a discussion at Scholastic Inc. featuring Andre Eaton, New York State Director, ParentChild +; Jill Hardy Heath, President and CEO, Heart of America; and Tami Mount, M. Ed., Senior Director, WETA / Reading Universe. The conversation was moderated by Deimosa…

Read here as ParentChild+ is featured in our Jericho Road Community Health Center site’s summer newsletter.  

  It is the hardest – and most important – job in the world. Yet there is no instruction manual and there are no minimum qualifications. Instead, parents are left to figure it out for themselves when raising a child – a hit-and-miss approach whose shortcomings are all…

Valentino Shine Jr. was a senior at Medaille College when his oldest son was born. He remembers taking him to some of his classes a decade ago, but knows a decision he made when both his sons were 3 years old has been key to their early academic…

Three-year-old Alicia Wityee picked up an alphabet block from the back of a wooden toy truck and showed it to her mom. “I?” she asked. Her mother, Lalpan Mawii, took a peek. “Look at it again,” she told her daughter. “T,” Alicia said, barely audibly. “Louder. I can’t…

PCHP’s site at the King Urban Life Center  in Buffalo has been featured as a Bright Spot by the Campaign for Grade – Level Reading. The article compares PCHP early literacy specialists to Mister Rodgers because they engage in warm and engaging conversation! The piece also highlights a study…

Jessica Rivera and her sons at the Parent Child-Home Program Ice Cream Social Students and families in the Parent Child-Home Program at The Belle Center enjoyed an evening of free ice cream, books & fun family activities at its recent ice cream social event! The Belle Center is…

Jessica Rivera and her sons at the Parent Child-Home Program Ice Cream Social Students and families in the Parent Child-Home Program at The Belle Center enjoyed an evening of free ice cream, books & fun family activities at its recent ice cream social event! The Belle Center is…

Home visitors help families prepare youngsters for school By Charlie Specht Seven years ago, Kimberly Sanders had a lot on her plate. Working as a nurse for Kaleida Health and going to school to earn an education degree, the single mother of three children from Buffalo’s East Side…