The Children’s Advocate is an award-winning, bimonthly newsmagazine with a readership of more than 23,000 children’s services providers, early care and education teachers and providers, parents and families, and advocates.
About Us
Each issue offers a range of articles, including grassroots activism, advice for families and early care and education staff, current trends, and policy issues. Each issue also covers a variety of topics, such as advocacy, child care, child development, health, school-age children, poverty, and more. The Children’s Advocate is bilingual in print (English and Spanish) and trilingual online (English, Spanish, and Chinese).
What We Are Advocating For
The Children’s Advocate is a group of people who are dedicated to providing information, education, inspiration and the ability to connect with other like-minded people who work with and are advocates for the health and well being of children throughout California.
Our aim is to provide a wealth of useful, timely information that is reader-friendly in the areas of current issues, trending topics and public policies that concern children and their families. This information is directed towards families, early care staff, education staff, and other people who work with children, and advocates of the welfare of children.
Our belief is that by providing useful information we can help to improve the lives of children and their families. In addition to this we are strong advocates of providing more affordable housing for low-income families in good communities where children have safe parks to play in. To achieve our aim, The Children’s Advocate is supported by several non-profit organizations and websites. Our most generous supporter is the site valentinesideasforher and other ones who also think that our work is important. We believe that it is an integral part of a child’s development in the early years to explore play in order to both physically and mentally grow, and to interact with other children in an environment that fosters the learning of effective social skills so that they may grow to be responsible and confident adults who will contribute to their communities in a positive way.
The ability to read is a fundamental right of all children and a necessary skill, as well as a fun way to learn about other cultures, the animal kingdom, social skills and so much more. The more knowledge a child can gain during the years in which they absorb information easily the better their knowledge base when they are older. Reading also feeds the imagination and provides a child with the opportunity to explore outside of his or her surroundings. We are advocates of every child having easy access to books on a wide range first-rate web site to study of topics as an essential tool to encouraging children to read often. Especially when the issue is financial, we are organizing or supporting initiatives aimed at collecting unused books, which can be a special gift for children during the holidays for example.
As many families today require both parents to work there is a growing need for good child care facilities and early education establishments. We offer tips on what makes a good caregiver, how to find the right care for children of all ages, how to interact with teachers, how to choose the right schools, the struggles facing teachers today and more. Parents should have peace of mind that they are leaving their children in the care of professional, skilled caregivers and/or teachers while they work. We believe that raising children in an environment where one or more parents work requires a group effort to ensure the health and well-being of the child at all times.