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By Kerri Kreh Reda, M.P.H. Kerri Kreh Reda, M.P.H., is a Human Development Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County’s Family Health and Wellness Program. She can be reached at 631-727-7850 ext. 330 or at kkr5@cornell.edu. The Family Health and Wellness Program is pleased to announce a new resource for busy parents on the…
By Dinah Torres Castro During the weeks leading up to Election Day, my mailbox was flooded with ads promoting various candidates running for office in Suffolk County. There was one in particular that caught my eye. The headline read, “Suffolk County Leads New York State with the Highest Rate of Overdose Deaths.” It went on…
By Dinah Torres Castro Patience is a virtue, and it’s needed by parents every day. Imagine how difficult it is for grandparents and other relative caregivers to have that patience when they are called upon to raise their grandchildren or relatives. At a time in their lives when their thoughts should turn to planning a…
By Dinah Torres Castro In the USA, 7.8 million children live in grandfamilies where grandparents or other relatives are the heads of households. For a number of reasons, these grandparents find themselves raising young children once again. Sometimes it is a temporary situation like when a young couple can’t find jobs and they leave their…