Children make you want to start life over.

~ Muhammad Ali

Parenting Tip

The best way to deal with tantrums is to avoid them when possible. Try using these tips: try to give toddlers “some” control over things, such as when they will brush their teeth or the flavor of their juice; choose your battles and accommodate them when you can. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all to a child, so make sure you are attending to the behaviors you want to encourage.

Take a Stand
What You Can Do

What You Can Do

There are lots of ways for you to get involved in this effort. Preventing child abuse starts with your own family. Are you a nurturing parent? Do you develop friendly relationships with your neighbors and their children? Stand For Maryland's Children is an opportunity to get others involved to build a support network in your community. It is a fun project for your family, neighborhood, school or community group.

Order a Stand for Maryland's Children toolkit by filling out this form or click on the links on the left to download campaign materials.

Here are some specific ideas for involving:

Youth Group, Scout Troop, School or Faith Communities

Design a Pinwheel - Help Our Garden Grow by designing your own pinwheel and adding it to our garden. Don’t forget to add your personal message on why you “Stand for Maryland's Children.” This is a fun project to do with children. Click here.
Share your Pinwheel with a friend via Facebook, MySpace, or email others to join us. Help us grow 1,000 pinwheels in our Garden by the end of April.
Seek permission from your school administration to disseminate the important Stand for Maryland's Children fact sheets to students' families.
Link the school’s social media page to the Stand For Maryland's Children Campaign. Speak to your youth group about Stand for Maryland's Children and what you can do to help.
Put together a yard sale or bake sale to benefit Stand for Maryland's Children.
Sell pinwheels for $1 at school or your church.
Organize your own pinwheel garden. Click here.
Volunteer - volunteer your time and talent to The Family Tree and benefit children and their families, preventing child abuse. Click here for more information.
Come up with your own great ideas to spread the word.

College Campuses

Design a Pinwheel - Help Our Garden Grow by designing your own pinwheel and adding it to our garden. Don’t forget to add your personal message on why you “Stand for Maryland's Children.” This is a fun project to do with children. Click here.
Share your Pinwheel with a friend via Facebook, MySpace or email and encourage others to join us. Help us grow 1,000 pinwheels in our Garden by the end of April.
Hold an awareness event in your college.
Build a pinwheel garden on campus. Click here.
Hold raffles or sell pinwheels during game nights.
Design flyers, banners or posters focusing on preventing child abuse and Stand for Maryland's Children.
Volunteer - volunteer your time and talent to The Family Tree and benefit children and their families, preventing child abuse. Click here for more information.

Involve Your Community - Click Here