Children's Advocate March-April issue

The Children's Advocate March-April 2008 issue is now available -- and online -- in English and Spanish. This issue includes articles about grassroots activism -- and efforts to push for a fair budget -- along with a package of articles for families and early care and education staff about helping kids learn to control their impulses. Check it out:

• Moms' walking group leads push for a walkable neighborhood


• Pushing for a fair budget: Parents and advocates mobilize to fight the proposed
  state budget cuts


• Kids with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity can learn to control
  their impulses -- but they need special support


• After-school programs are multiplying because of funding from Prop 49. How
  can parents make sure their children benefit?


• Parents and parent educators offer tips for helping children learn to control
  their impulses


• Children's books on keeping impulses in check


• News from the California Child Development CORPS: The Corps mobilizes to
  fight proposed budget cuts


• News from Parent Voices: Spreading the word about tax credits


• News from the Children's Advocates Roundtable

In English at http://www.4children.org/current.htm
In Spanish at http://www.4children.org/current.htm#esp
And Chinese coming soon!