New Website: Take Part in Discussions About Preteens If you want to discuss issues with colleagues
and other parents, find experts, or locate resources and information about preteens, be sure to bookmark
http://www.preteenalliance.org. This discussion-oriented website also offers quick access to local data and events related to preteens. Through www.preteenalliance.org,
you can comment on discussions that others have entered — or even start your own conversation on a topic of interest
to you (there are folders set aside specifically for parenting preteens, with issues ranging from "Normal Development" to
"Discipline" to "Single Parenting").
While anyone can view discussions, you need to log in to comment. It’s
easy to sign up for an account of your own — just click on the “join” link from the home page. With this
registration, you also become a member of The Preteen Alliance, a local collaborative composed of more than 500 members dedicated
to promoting the emotional and behavioral health of preteens. We never share your e-mail address with any organization.
Study: What We Know About Local Preteens
A new study
-- "A Portrait of Preteens in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties" -- offers a first-ever examination of available data about
local preteens and an initial assessment of how these children are faring. The study found that, while the majority of local
preteens appear to be doing fairly well, not all the news is good, and the study documents how Latino and African American
children are faring less well in a wide range of areas.
http://www.lpfch.org/preteenreport
Data from this report also are available online on http://www.kidsdata.org, the gateway to local data and other information about children's health and well being.
Report: San Mateo County School-Based Counselors Highlight Key
Issues Affecting Preteens
This tri-part study includes one-on-one interviews with San Mateo County school counselors
and nurses, focus groups, and an Internet survey. Family problems, along with stress and anxiety, cause serious difficulties
for many preteen students, school personnel say. The report also provides recommendations for improving local school counseling
services.
http://www.lpfch.org/informed/preteens/counselorstudy.pdf
We hope that parents will find this website and these reports useful.
Please feel free to contact us at preteens@lpfch.org. We also hope you will forward this e-mail to others who may be interested, and highlight these resources in your newsletters
and e-mail bulletins.
Many thanks,
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
Promoting
Children's Health in San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties
