With summer in full swing and June being Online Safety Month, now is the perfect time to equip teens and tweens with tools that foster healthy digital habits and prevent risky behavior.

Topics: education, parent involvement, positive parenting, prevention, Informed Families, social media, drug prevention

Staying Ahead While Staying Connected...Raising teens has never been easy—but parenting in 2025 comes with a unique set of challenges that didn’t exist a generation ago. Social media trends shift by the hour, vaping continues to evolve under the radar, and artificial intelligence now plays a growing role in how kids learn, communicate, and even think.

Topics: parenting, positive parenting, Informed Families, social media, drug trend, parents

In today's interconnected world, digital technology has become an integral part of our daily lives.

Topics: parenting, positive parenting, Facebook, summer, miami, tiktok, instagram, snap chat

If you want your child to do well both in school and in their career, it turns out that helping them maintain a positive attitude may be the most effective technique you can use.

Topics: parenting, parent involvement, positive parenting, teenagers, teens

There’s an old joke about a young boy who wakes up Christmas morning and, instead of gifts under the tree, finds a pile of manure. Excitedly he begins shoveling through it, telling his bewildered parents, “There’s got to be a pony in here somewhere!”

Topics: positive parenting, Family Table Time

The first Thanksgiving was all about gratitude. So is the reason we celebrate it today. So one of the topics in this month’s Family Table Time activity kits focuses on the subject of gratitude.

Topics: parenting, positive parenting, thanksgiving, healthy kids

Research has shown that resilience helps children better face disappointment, cope with loss, and adapt to change. Studies have shown that this life skill not only helps their childhood and teen years go more smoothly, but can serve them throughout their entire lives by providing better physical and mental health, making them more likely to graduate from college, and receiving better-paying jobs.

Topics: tips, parent involvement, positive parenting

National Family Day is on the Fourth Monday of September - that's September 28, 2020 this year. It’s a great opportunity for families to eat dinner together. Watch this 1 in video to learn more about why you should engage in regular family dinners.

Parents are often surprised to hear that something as simple as eating dinner together 4 times a week can reduce the likelihood that their kids will engage risky behavior. Parental engagement is the single most potent weapon in preventing substance use among youth. Check out our Family Days Activity Guide for ideas on how to turn dinner time into something everyone looks forward.

Topics: Family Day, tips, parent involvement, positive parenting, communication, family bonding, children, Informed Families, drug prevention, Family Table Time

Informed Families/Florida Family Partnership is teaming up with Family Table Time to help families bond, communicate better and deal with difficult scenarios.

Back to school time is a stressful time for many families. With schools reopening for the first time since March or continuing remote learning, many families are more anxious than usual. Family Table Time’s unique, dinner table conversation starter toolkit can help families better navigate this stressful time together. Conversation starters for the month of August include Back to School and Fears & Anxiety.

Topics: positive parenting, communication, family bonding, Covid-19, Family Table Time

Americans continue to celebrate essential workers keeping the country going during the coronavirus pandemic. McDonald's provided essential workers with free 'Thank You Meals'. Starbucks offered all front-line responders a free tall brewed coffee.Give Essential, a new nonprofit that boxes up people's extra household items to donate to those on the front line, was recently profiled on ABC News (see the coverage here). We are continuing to demonstrate our capacity to come together and support others during these unprecedented times.

Informed Families, the National Family Partnership and Family Table Time are also saying thanks and giving it up for front-line workers. While families are away from the office and school, these heroes put their health on the line to keep us safe, happy and healthy.  When you buy a six-month subscription to Family Table Time, the family of an Essential Worker will receive a six-month subscription for free. You can designate the family to receive this gift or select an option to send  it to an essential worker who needs it.

Topics: positive parenting, communication, family bonding, Covid-19, Family Table Time