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Parenting Education Programs

Early Years: Birth through Five

  • Principles of Parenting
  • ABC's of Young Children
  • Family Storyteller - "Reading with Children"
  • Children in the Middle

School Age

  • Going to School
  • Principles of Parenting

General Parenting

The Master Family Life Education Volunteer

Intergenerational Programs

Focus is on connecting the generations through programs such as:

  • Grandletters
  • Making Memories

Family Life Programs

Focus is on family life issues:

  • Building Family Strengths 
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Publications

Publication Number: IS1697
Publication Number: P3599
Publication Number: P3899
Publication Number: P3901

News

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Filed Under: Family, Children and Parenting December 13, 2024

Do you know what technoference is? Chances are you’ve experienced it, whether you are familiar with the term or not.

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Filed Under: Family, Children and Parenting, Mississippi LIFT Resource and Referral Network September 16, 2024

GLUCKSTADT, Miss. -- Children, parents and child care providers in the Gluckstadt area now have a new learning center with free resources. The Mississippi LIFT Resource and Referral Network at the Mississippi State University Extension Service provides mini-learning stations throughout the center with themed hands-on, play-based educational activities each month. Various free services are available through the center, including an educational lending library, referrals for teacher training, and family support services training.

Success Stories

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Volume 10 Number 3

When 10-year-old Hasib of Starkville trots his horse during therapeutic riding, he experiences a lingering calmness that his mother attributes to the experience he shares with his horse.

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Volume 10 Number 3

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-the-ninth-grader-whos-helping-restore-mississippis-oyster-reefsMedia Chronicles Demi’s SuccessDemi Johnson is just 15 years old, but she is already impacting her community through 4-H and Girl Scouts.

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Volume 10 Number 2

When Kash Barnett started preschool, his vocabulary consisted of just five words.

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