Five Protective Factors

Nurturing and Attachment:

Building a close bond helps parents better understand, respond to, and communicate with their children.

Knowledge of parenting and of child and youth development:

Parents learn what to look for at each age and how to help their children reach their full potential.

Parental Resilience:

Recognizing the signs of stress and enhancing problem-solving skills can help parents build their capacity to cope.

Social Connections:

Parents with an extensive network of family, friends, and neighbors have better support in times of need.

Concrete supports for parents:

Caregivers with access to financial housing, and other concrete resources and services — that help them meet their basic need — can better attend to their role as parents.