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Family Resources
Bright Futures for Families helps parents make decisions for their children by providing parents with the resources they need to become confident, well informed, active partners in their children's health and development. The resources provide insight and guidance as parents plan health visits and discussions with the many people who assist in the care for their children.
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School and Community Resources
Bright Futures family materials are appropriate for use in a wide variety of settings by school and community-based program staff (e.g., teachers, school counselors,
school nurses, after-school-program staff, coaches, social workers, law enforcement, recreation, food-and-nutrition-program staff, clergy, parent-education professionals) with health related content, resources, and tools to support community policy, family interaction, education, and training activities.
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Bright Futures for Families Theme Areas
The foundation of Bright Futures for Families is health promotion -- not just preventing or treating illness or injury, but actively promoting the physical, emotional, mental and social well being of infants, children, adolescents and their families.
The Bright Futures for Families Theme Areas provide a wealth of information on
child health and development topics for children of all ages, such as:
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- Attachment
- Child care
- Cognitive development
- Crawling and walking
- Crying
- Feeding
- Immunizations and screening
- Mother's nutrition
- Motor skills
- Parent-child interaction
- Sleep
- Temperament
- Tooth eruption
- Well-baby visits
 
- Bullying
- Child-teacher conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Family responsibilities
- High-risk behaviors
- Homework
- Obesity
- Peer relationships
- Physical activity
- School performance
- Self-care
- Self-image
- Sexuality and reproductive health
- Sibling relationships
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- Child Care
- Fears
- Immunizations and screening
- Independence
- Oral health
- Parent-child relationships
- Peer relationships
- School readiness
- Self-control
- Self-esteem
- Speech
- Social competence
- Tantrums
- Toilet training
 
- Academic and career goals
- Anxiety
- Coping skills
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Mood disorders
- Obesity
- Oral hygiene
- Peer relationships
- Physical development
- School performance
- Sexuality & reproductive health
- Sports
- Substance abuse
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