Now what should I do?
NICHDNow that you know about RPM3, it's time to put these ideas into action. Find the section that matches your child's age and read through it to see how parents like you have brought RPM3 into their lives. Take some time to think about the examples, answer the related questions, and make decisions about how RPM3 can fit into your style of parenting on a daily basis.
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Resources
Articles
- Adventures in Parenting
- Introduction to Adventures in Parenting
- So where do we start?
- RPM3: How responding, preventing, monitoring, mentoring, and modeling can help you be a successful parent
- Responding
- Prevention
- Monitoring
- Mentoring
- Modeling
- Now what should I do?
- Under 3
- Under 3: Responding
- Under 3: Prevention
- Under 3: Monitoring
- Under 3: Mentoring
- Under 3: Modeling
- Between 4 and 10
- 4 to 10: Responding
- 4 to 10: Prevention
- 4 to 10: Monitoring
- 4 to 10: Mentoring
- 4 to 10: Modeling
- Between 11 and 14
- 11 to 14: Responding
- 11 to 14: Prevention
- 11 to 14: Monitoring
- 11 to 14: Mentoring
- 11 to 14: Modeling
- RPM3 Summary
- References
- Infants: Parenting and Child Development
- Early Childhood: Parenting and Child Development
- Adventures in Parenting
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- Almost 1 in 5 Parents Are 'Vaccine Hesitant,' Study Finds
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- Social Media 'Kid Influencers' Are Promoting Junk Foods
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- Help Your Kids Navigate School Amid a Pandemic
- 2 in 3 Parents Nervous About Childhood Vaccines During Pandemic: Survey
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Self-Help Groups
Links
Videos
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- Monitoring and Limit Setting: Clear Rules
- Bullying Prevention: Lessons from Research and Practices
- Boys & HPV Vaccine
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- Teaching Kids to Get Moving
- Kids and Brain Strain
- Risks in Delaying Childhood Vaccinations
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- Most Kid's Fevers, No Worries
- 30 more
- Guidance for Uncertain Times: Mindful Parenting
- Vaccination: A Key Piece of the Puzzle
- Babies on the Move: Protecting Babies with Vaccination
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- Sick Kids: Viral vs. Bacterial
- Focusing your Children on Fitness
- Parents Slow to Recognize Obese Children
- Monitoring and Limit Setting: Privilege Removal
- 3 Easy Tips to Get Children Active
- NAMI's Ask the Doctor Calls--Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- All in On Water Safety
- The Sound of Your Voice
- Finding Effective Mental Health Treatment for Children
- Helping Children with Divorce
- Preventing Death by Suicide-Strategies to Help Children, Youth and Families
- Vaccines: Separating Myth from Reality
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- Dr. Bridget Biggs on Bullying
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- Positive Parenting & Promoting Mental Health
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More Information
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