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Hello Jeff,

A question: what does TIC mean? Trauma Informed Care? or Trauma Informed Community? or???

And wow - you're tackling a lot of subjects. I'm not sure I understand what you're looking for - my thinking goes down the path of how a community might re-think some basic assumptions/structures. Perhaps some of these links will help:

On parenting, please see my blog post on support and help for parents - noting especially that parents themselves make good choices about what kind of support they need (communities should avoid one-size-fits all "solutions.").

http://acesconnection.com/profiles/blogs/support-and-help-for-parents

The recent New York Times blog by David Bornstein - Protecting Children From Toxic Stress - has a wonderful description of the Child First program, which sends helpers to parents and asks them what they need (a very different approach than arriving to tell parents what to do).

 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/protecting-children-from-toxic-stress/

On the Child First website, there is a short video:

http://www.childfirst.com/index.php

The Child First model is being expanded to other states.

Also, on parenting - the significance of Mother-Friendly Maternity Care:

http://www.motherfriendly.org/

On education, on the harm done by many schools, on positive changes -- and on alternatives to schooling:

Rethinking Schools -  http://www.rethinkingschools.org/index.shtml

Cloaking Inequality -Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig writes about inequality, the psychological harm of high-stakes testing, failings of Teach for America and charter schools - http://cloakinginequity.com/

Increasing numbers of U.S. parents are choosing homeschooling. Here's a site about John Holt, whose observations and writing about children and learning inspired many homeschoolers.  http://www.johnholtgws.com/

On the importance of play: Researcher Alison Gopnik, Ph.D. of the University of California speaks out about how important it is "to give children's remarkable, spontaneous learning abilities free rein" and avoid "school for babies."

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2011/03/why_preschool_shouldnt_be_like_school.html

On play and play spaces: The Alliance for Childhood has several videos, including this one on Adventure Playgrounds, which began in England after WWII and have a philosophy of allowing children to play freely, with risk, with a minimum of interference from adults: http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/playwork_video

on historical trauma and the emotional emancipation of Black people:

Community Healing Network - http://communityhealingnet.com/

Enola Aird, cofounder of CHN, wrote this article - Toward a Renaissance for the African-American Family: Confronting the Lie of Black Inferiority - http://www.law.emory.edu/fileadmin/journals/elj/58/58.1/Aird.pdf

And finally - part of my work with the nonprofit organization Family and Home Network is in advocating for parents and children regarding their need for generous amounts of time together - here is my guest blog on inclusive family policies: http://assets.newamerica.net/blogposts/2013/equality_and_justice_for_all_families-87691

-Catherine

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