City of Davis

Parenting Handouts are available monthly (September through June). Individuals may request to be put on our mailing list by calling Child Care Services at (530) 757-5691 or (800) 378-5044 (from outside Davis or Woodland) or at the Child Care Services Office at 600 A Street in Davis.

The handouts are listed alphabetically by topic. In some cases they have been crossed referenced. To get individual copies of any of the handouts, first check to see if the handout is available to download - just click on the title of the handout. If we have not yet made that particular handout available on this webpage, please call the number above and ask for the desired parenting handout by date and title. So we can process your request quickly, please try to limit your request to no more than five different handouts at a time.

DATE	TOPIC	TITLE
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06/06		How to Talk to Children About Death
05/06		Remember to Connect
04/06		What Did My Child Do Now?
03/06		A Parent's Guide to Preparing Your Child for School
02/06		Children's Illnesses & Child Care
11/05		Early Years Are Learning Years - Teaching Young Children to Resist Bias
10/05		Early Bedtime Means Better Baby Sleep
9/05		Back to School Tips
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8/86	Artistic Development	Color Books Are Not Art
C
2/87	Child Abuse	Child Abuse Resources and Bibliography
9/85	Child Care	When You Have A Child in Day Care
9/85	Child Care	Your Child's Other Special Adult
12/90	Child Care	Save a Bundle on Child Care Costs
2/92	Child Care	The Benefits of Two Kinds of Day Care
1/93	Child Care	Cut Child Care Costs
9/91	Child Development	A Special Age: 7 to 10 Year Olds
2/93	Child Development	Just What Does Developmentally Appropriate Mean?
9/93	Child Development	The Organized Child
4/04	Child Development	Just Playing: Your Children at Work
9/04	Child Development	Toilet Learning
10/90	Childhood Fears	Childhood Fears
1/88	Chores	Developing Responsibility
2/94	Chores	Getting Young Children to Clean-up Their Rooms
7/86	Cognitive Development	Ideas That Work With Young children
7/87	Cognitive Development	16 Ways To Encourage Inquisitiveness
11/88	Cognitive Development	Valuing Flexible Thinking in Young Children
10/94	Cognitive Development	Is Your Child a Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic Learner?
5/05	Cognitive Development	Learning Through Water Play
6/05	Cognitive Development	Young & Old Together
6/02	Communication	"I'm Talking But They're Not Listening!" - Communicating With Children
2/97	Communication	Moms are from Venus, Sons are from Mars
5/99	Communication	How to Get Children to Stop Whining
4/89	Competition	The Case Against Competition
10/88	Creativity	Creativity: A Fresh Look at the World
10/88	Creativity	The Creative Climate
4/02	Creativity	Cultivating Children's Creativity
3/95	Creativity	Help Children Be All They Can Be
11/95	Creativity	Unleashing Your Child's Creativity
3/97	Creativity	Taking Risks as Children
2/98	Creativity	Getting Past Word-Phobia
12/88	Cultural Awareness	Cultural Unawareness
12/98	Cultural Awareness	Helping Children Develop an Antiracist Attitude
D
10/89	Death	Helping Children Cope With Death
2/91	Death	When Disaster Strikes: Helping Children Cope With Loss
10/99	Death	Helping Young Children Deal With Loss
5/85	Discipline	How Do We Get Children To Do What We Want?
2/90	Discipline	Setting Limits
6/94	Discipline	Lighten Up!
9/94	Discipline	Tell Don't Yell
2/95	Discipline	Setting Limits: Steering Down the Rocky Road of Childrearing
3/00	Discipline	Guiding Children's Behavior
6/92	Divorce	After Divorce: Some Visitation Guidelines
E
6/97	Entertainment	Things to Do for Absolutely Free
11/97	Entertainment	The How and Why of Homemade Toys and Activities
8/85	Environmental Education	Excerpt From The Sense of Wonder
4/91	Environmental Education	Ten Ways to Save the Earth
F
12/94	Families	Effective Families: Busy Families!
9/99	Families	Restoring "Child Time" to Family Life
4/88	Feelings	The Compassionate Child/Encouraging Compassion
2/89	Feelings	How To Help When Your Child Feels Bad
1/93	Feelings	Mad Doesn't Mean Bad
3/99	Feelings	Expressing Anger with Children: A Developmental Look
3/98	Feelings	To Yell or Not to Yell
11/03	Feelings	Dealing with Feelings:  Emotional Health
7/90	Fighting	What To Do When Children Fight
6/91	Fighting	Give Peace a Chance!
9/91	Fighting	Battling the School Yard Bully
5/96	Fighting	Teach Nonviolence in Early Childhood
10/96	Fighting	Don't Settle Children's Arguments--Prolong Them!
3/03	Fighting	Not In Front of the Children
9/98	Friendship	On Making Friends
G
11/85	Gift Giving	Gifts Ideas For Children of Varying Ages
12/86	Gift Giving	Give Gifts That Feed Your Child's Imagination
11/90	Gift Giving	Taming Holiday Greed
12/91	Gift Giving	Give Memories Instead of Gifts
H
12/85	Health	Another New Vaccine (H. flu)
4/92	Health	Preschoolers' Vision
5/93	Health	Be Aware of Hot Weather Hazards
5/94	Health	Coping with Bedwetting
11/94	Health	Nothing Nice About Lice
1/95	Health	I Don't Feel Well!
3/96	Health	When Asthma is the Problem
4/99	Health	Parents! Protect Your Children From Too Much Sunlight
11/04	Health	Going to the Doctor & Dentist
1/05	Health	Start 2005 Off Right!
12/87	Holidays	Holiday Greens and Blues
12/02	Holidays	Holiday Greens and Blues
6/93	Holidays	Traveling with Young Children
11/96	Holidays	Take Responsibility for the Community
11/98	Holidays	Surviving Family Gatherings with Children
2/88	Honesty	Cry Wolf: Honesty and Deception in Children
2/88	Honesty	Promoting Integrity in Children
10/95	Honesty	Why Do Kids Lie?
12/90	Humor	Let Laughter Ring
12/99	Humor	Honoring Silliness
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2/96	Imaginary Friends	Imaginary Friends
10/85	Importance of Play	Learning Vs. Playing
9/88	Importance of Play	The Importance of Play In Your Child's Life
4/85	Independence	Children Make Choices
4/85	Independence	Sometimes Doing Nothing Is The Best Thing To Do
9/97	Independence	Helping Your Children Get It All Together
L
10/93	Language Development	Baby Talk
1/97	Language Development	Learning a Second Language
9/02	Learning	Is Your Child A Visual, Auditory, or Kinesthetic Learner
10/87	Listening	Listening to Children
10/91	Listening	Listening to Children with Special Time
M
8/87	Manners	"Well Excuse Me!"
6/96	Manners	Teaching Children Civility... Treating others with Care & Consideration
1/89	Money	My Own Money/How To Handle An Allowance
4/93	Money	Mutuals Admiration/$ for College
8/93	Money	A Guide to New Federal Leave Act
1/96	Money	What Does Your Child Know About Money?
2/00	Money	Helping Children Develop Financial Responsibility
9/86	Mornings	"I Wanna Get Dressed Myself!"
9/87	Mornings	You Can Rise (And Even Shine!)
9/92	Mornings	Managing Morning Madness
5/86	Moving	Helping children Make the Move
N
3/85	Nutrition	Mealtime/Dinnertime
3/88	Nutrition	It's Habit Forming/Food Guide For Children
3/90	Nutrition	Feeding Your Finicky Child
12/96	Nutrition	Snack Time Suggestions
3/98	Nutrition	Vegetarianism
1/03	Nutrition	Nutrients Children Need
4/98	Nutrition	Milk: An Excellent Food Choice Throughout Life
2/99	Nutrition	Children Benefit When Served Family Style Meals
4/99	Nutrition	Feeding Your Two to Six Year Old Child
4/00	Nutrition	Helping the Overweight Child
5/04	Nutrition	Healthy Children, Healthy Choices
O
11/89	Over Scheduling	How Not To Be A Pushy Parent
1/90	Over Scheduling	How Much Is Too Much?
4/97	Over Scheduling	Frantic Family Syndrome
4/95	Over Scheduling	Coercion or Cooperation?
1/99	Over Scheduling	"Mom, Is There a Law Against Wasting Time?"
P
11/87	Parental Fighting	Not In Front of the Children
9/90	Parental Teasing	Hardly in Jest
12/84	Parenting	Parenting Styles: Avoiding the Extremes
1/85	Parenting	There's No Such Thing As A Perfect Parent
5/86	Parenting	Getting Another Chance
11/86	Parenting	A Memorandum From Your Child (Child's Needs)
6/87	Parenting	Being A Responsive Parent
6/88	Parenting	I Used To Be A Patient Person...Before Kids!
12/89	Parenting	Showing Kids How Much You Care
8/90	Parenting	Valuing & Sharing the Work of Parenting
1/91	Parenting	It Is Not Easy to Be a Good Parent
5/92	Parenting	Preparing for Peace in Early Childhood Years
12/92	Parenting	"I'll Give You Something to Cry About!"
11/93	Parenting	Some Mothers Make Bad Teachers
12/93	Parenting	Experts
9/96	Parenting	Public Parenting
5/00	Parenting	Only One: The Challenges and Rewards of Parenting the Single Child
4/03	Parenting	Helping Children Cope With War
2/04	Parenting	Enjoying Life with a Sprited Child
4/05	Parenting	Positive Actions for Parents
12/95	Parenting/Couples	Nourishing the Couple Relationship
7/89	Perfectionism	Is Perfectionism Killing Your Child?
7/88	Perseverance	Helping Children Persevere
5/88	Pets	Pets: More Than A Kid's Best Friend
12/97	Pets	Pets in the Family
4/90	Praise vs Ecouragment	Why Not Praise?
5/89	Profanity	Those Juicy Dirty Words
1/00	Profanity	The Power of Words
Q
6/90	Quiet Time	Kids Need Quiet, Too
R
2/03	Reading	Born to Read:  How to Raise a Reader
5/90	Reading	It's Never Too Early to Open the Door to Books
3/92	Reading	Let's Talk About Peace: Children's Books as a Starting Point
11/99	Reading	Entering the Land of Books
3/05	Reading	How to Create a Literate Home
11/93	Risk Taking	Children Enter Where Adults Fear to Tread
1/92	Rituals	Why Families Need Rituals
S
6/86	Safety	Summer Safety Tips
11/01	Safety	Dangerous Duo:  Hotdogs and Toddlers
10/03	Safety	Halloween Safety
3/91	School	Helping Children Achieve (Underachievers)
3/87	School	Home-School Relations/School Problems
3/02	School	How To Help Your Kids Love Math - Even If You Don't
10/98	School	How to Talk Effectively with Your Child's Teacher
10/92	School	Motivating Your Child to Be an Independent Learner
3/94	School	Parent-Teacher Conference
11/91	School	When Problems Arise: Working With Your Child's School
10/02	School	The Parent Teacher Conference
1/86	Self Confidence	Boosting Your Child's Self-Confidence
1/94	Self-esteem	Boosting Our Own Self-esteem Helps our Kids
4/94	Self-esteem	Building a Sense of Connectedness
9/95	Self-esteem	L-O-V-E: Your Child's Self-esteem Begins Here
5/97	Self-esteem	The Value of Healthy Self-Esteem
6/98	Self-esteem	Selfish Reasons to Volunteer
9/89	Separation Anxiety	What Children Learn From Each Goodbye
4/86	Sex Education	Banishing the Stork/Special Moments, Special Talks
1/87	Sex Roles	Sex Differences in Toddlers
1/87	Sex Roles	Early Sex-Role Messages Through Toys and Furniture
8/89	Shyness	The Key To Helping A Shy Child
3/92	Siblings	Vive la Difference!
3/93	Siblings	Ten Ways to Tame Sibling Rivalry
10/97	Siblings	When Siblings Grow Apart
6/89	Sleeping	The Family Bed
5/91	Special Needs	Brotherly Love
4/96	Special Needs	Grief is Good with Attention Deficit Disorder
1/98	Special Needs	Pointers for Teachers and Parents of Children with ADHD & Other Learning/Behavior Problems
9/03	Special Needs	Understanding ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
5/03	Special Needs	Welcome to Holland
3/89	Superhero Play	Managing Superhero Fantasy Play
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2/86	Tax Credits	Expanded Child Care Tax Credit For & After 1982
11/94	Teen Packet 1	Postponing Sex: Going on 12 and Dating
11/94	Teen Packet 2	Logical Grounding: Discipline that Works
11/94	Teen Packet 3	Supporting Our Adolescent Children Emotionally
2/97	Teen Packet 4	Teenager Discipline: The Impossible Dream?
10/97	Teen Packet 5	Teenage Drug and Alcohol Use: Be Aware and Keep Talking
1/99	Teen Packet 6	Teen Depression
5/87	Television	Television and Children
5/95	Television	High Tech Siren's Song
5/02	Television	Kids and Television - Tips on Setting Boundaries
3/04	Television	Teens and Media Stereotypes
12/86	Toddlers	Flying With A Toddler
1/87	Toddlers	Sex Differences in Toddlers
11/02	Toddlers	Toddler Eating Habits
2/05	Toddlers	Early Years are Learning Years - Helping Toddlers Become Problem Solvers
6/95	Travel	It's Travel Time!
5/98	Travel	Making the Skies More Friendly: Airline Travel with Small Children
6/99	Travel	Surviving Car Trips with Small Children
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3/86	Waiting Times	Tips on Waiting With Kids
2/91	War and Peace	Peace on Earth: Explaining War and Peace to Children
7/85	Working Parents	Kids and Working Parents
10/86	Working Parents	Survival as a Working Parent: Stress & Guilt
4/87	Working Parents	Keeping Up With Mom
11/92	Working Parents	Surviving Coming Home
6/00	Working Parents	Working Fathers - Balancing Paid Work and Caring for Children