Protected: A Hybrid Workshop, “Thinking About Boys,” for Spartanburg County First Steps
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6 Ways You Can Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
The prevention of child abuse and neglect is the work of all of us. If we turn a blind eye to the problem, we all suffer. Providing nurturing environments and safe relationships requires us to accept this responsibility and engage in every way possible.
Weathering the Storm of Housing Instability During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 blog series In February 2021, ICS was pleased to co-host a webinar on housing challenges with Root & Rebound, a Greenville-based organization whose mission is “to restore power and resources to the families and communities most harmed by mass incarceration.” (Slides and the recording are available here.)…
Food Insecurity Remains an Issue for Families with Children
COVID-19 blog series More than a year into the COVID-19 health crisis, millions of American families, especially those with young children, are still struggling to access nutritious and adequate food their families need. Throughout much of 2020, food insecurity rates…
But I Am a Child! – The Adultification of Black Girls and Implications for Early Childhood
Officer: Stop acting like a child.Young Girl: I am a child! In a recent blogpost we detailed some of the structural failures that contributed to the pepper spraying and arrest of a nine-year-old girl in Rochester, New York. Prior to…
Celebrate Child Life Month: How Hospitals Connect with Children and Adolescent Patients
by Taylor Stathes, MS, CTRS, CCLS - Manager, Child Life and Special Programs, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Upstate My “Introduction to Child Life” professor started class by asking, “What will your elevator speech be?” I pondered this question, not knowing I would…
Children’s Dental Health Month – Practice Taking Precautions during Pandemic: Don’t Postpone Your Child’s Dental Care
by guest contributor Rosie Kickish, DMD, Inspiration Dental in Riverview, FL Everyday life looks different lately. We shop for groceries online and curbside, refrain from visiting loved ones for birthdays and holidays, and we wonder how safe it is to…
Handcuffed and Pepper Sprayed: A 9-year-old’s Encounter with Police Cries Out for Appropriate Mental Health Response
The fact that accessible and adequate mental and emotional support are not easily available for all children and families is a systemic failure. The realization that in a moment of severe crisis the guardians’ only option was to call the police is a systemic failure. And, if we can be brutally honest – we do not believe that the officers in question started their day with the intent of using pepper spray on a child.
Child Care Staffing a Major Challenge in South Carolina as Providers Do More with Less
"Staff childcare workers want some type of Health Benefits to be issued and affordable for ALL childcare workers also like State health plan, Teachers Benefits. Childcare workers are needed just as much and often as other workers. People can't go to work without childcare needs. So, WE must open and be here daily no matter what pandemic is going on. WE ARE FRONT LINE WORKERS ALSO!!”
COVID-19 Impacts Different Child Care Settings Differently and More Assistance is Needed
by Rachel Perkins, ICS Policy Research Intern COVID-19 blog series The COVID-19 pandemic has upended all aspects of everyday life – with increases in working from home, financial strain, and general anxieties about exposure – the child care sector has…