May 2007

Mother’s Day message: Support kids by supporting their moms!

If you want to help children thrive, the best place to start is by supporting their parents—children’s first and best teachers. Since Mother’s Day is this month, consider how you might best support the moms you know (including you, if that applies).

While breakfast in bed and massages are nice, what moms really need is a strong support network, year-round, so they can take care of themselves because if a mother’s physical or emotional health fails, she will not be able to care for her children. If a mother is lucky, she will have lots of family and friends to help her through the daily pressures of caring for a family. What about those who don’t?

United Way of King County knows that mothers (and fathers) need a continuum of ongoing support and that one of the best ways to ensure that all parents get the help they need is to help shape effective public policy. Thanks to many of you who helped contact your legislators during the 2007 session, our state can now celebrate significant victories for parents and children, including $2 million for play-and-learn groups, parent education workshops, a parent resource and referral hotline, and a public awareness campaign.

The art of being a mom is all about balance, which requires community support. This Mother’s Day, consider honoring the critical role mothers play by making a donation of time or money to United Way.

Mother’s Day resources:

Mother's Day occurs annually on the second Sunday in May, which falls on May 13 this year. To help you celebrate and support moms everywhere, we’ve pulled together the following resources:

• Visit our Recommended Reading section for a collection of great books for and about moms.

• Visit Parent Map for a compilation of ideas for how to celebrate Mother’s Day in King County.

• To learn more about statistics on moms in King County, take a look at Communities Count, essentially a report card that assesses the health and well-being of our community.

• Visit our Web site for useful parenting tips on reading to children, spending quality time together, the importance of play, and more. 

Together we have the ability to change our community
for the better in fundamental, lasting ways.

For more information on why United Way of King County cares so much about kids and what we're doing to promote early learning in our community, visit our web site. If you have specific questions or needs pertaining to early learning, please contact earlylearning@uwkc.org

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