As the Nation’s Voice for Children, American SPCC is empowering society to nurture and protect our kids. The following free educational resources are made possible through your support and contributions.

A better future starts right here.

Parenting is a full-time job, full of joys, trials, challenges, and triumphs. There is no doubt that parenting can be rewarding and exhausting all at the same time. No parent is perfect.

Parent-child relationships have a powerful effect on a child’s emotional well-being, basic coping and problem-solving abilities, and future capacity for relationships.^2,3,4

Through sensitive, responsive, and predictable care, young children develop the skills they need to succeed in life.

Good parents take their parenting roles seriously, and are empowered to learn and develop their positive parenting skills. They accept responsibility for the total healthy development of their child and act as a positive role model. They mentor and guide their child through childhood to a successful adulthood.

Engage and connect on our Community & Support forums.

Whether you need advice or have advice to give, our forum is the place to connect with a growing community committed to the care of the next generation.

What happens to kids during childhood shapes who they become as adults.

Kids learn what they live, and live what they learn. Mentoring and guiding children prepares them for success.

Positive parenting is the solution to raising happy, healthy and productive adults.

Children who are nurtured and supported throughout childhood are more likely to thrive and live to their fullest potential.

We thank all those who are protecting our kids and keeping them safe every single day.