Tips for promoting the blog
Promotional email
Newsletter article
Description for posting the link on organizational website
Promotional flyer
- Share the blog link with your local PTOs, faith communities
- Ask school principals to include information about the blog in his/her next parent newsletter
- Ask school principals to add the blog link to the school webpage and parent listserv
- Share the blog link with school deans, chemical health coordinator, school nurse, school resource officer
- Ask school principals to share the newsletter article with parents via their parent and/or community newsletters
- Ask local library, hospital, clinics, police department, mental health center, and dentists/orthodontist office to post the blog flyer
- Ask churches to hang the flyer in their library/resource center/teen center
- Invite the editor of your community newspaper to run a story on the blog - the newsletter article could be used for this purpose
Subject—Raising Teens Together: Parent to Parent Blog
Shoulder to Shoulder is a project developed by a collaboration of public health and educational agencies to share practical, evidence-based information and tools to support parents of teens and other caring adults. Through a web site, parent book clubs and educational materials, Shoulder to Shoulder helps parents and other involved adults find support and gain confidence to raise healthy teens through love, limits and respect.
Shoulder to Shoulder is launching a new effort to connect parents of teens to information and each other using technology. The Shoulder to Shoulder blog is now available so parents can pose questions, provide their ideas on topics of concern and learn about teen culture in our communities.
To see the latest blog postings, visit http://www.shouldertoshoulderminnesota.org/. An archive of past topics is also available.
You can read the blog, take the current poll and pose your own questions about raising teens. This is a moderated blog, with a panel of experts in the area of adolescent development available to respond. You can also sign up for the Shoulder to Shoulder monthly E-newsletter.
Promotion pieces, available on the project’s website, include: tips for promoting the blog, a newsletter article, a flyer in .pdf format and language that can accompany a link the blog on your school’s website.
Shoulder to Shoulder is a project of the Minnesota Institute of Public Health (http://www.miph.org), a non-profit organization founded in 1972.
Target audience: parents of middle and high school students
Length: 354 words
Suggested Timing: Anytime during the school year
Personalize it for your district:
- Add information about programs for parents of teens in your school
- Add contact information for your district
On-Line Support for Parents of Teens:
Does it feel like your delightful daughter or amicable son has been replaced by a “strange creature” you don’t understand?
Many parents of teens feel this way. It is challenging to be warm and supportive when you are struggling to understand your changing teen. You are not alone.
Shoulder to Shoulder is a project developed by a collaboration of public health and educational agencies to share practical, evidence-based information and tools to support parents of teens and other caring adults. Through a web site, parent book clubs and educational materials, Shoulder to Shoulder helps parents and other involved adults find support and gain confidence to raise healthy teens through love, limits and respect.
Shoulder to Shoulder is launching a new effort to connect parents of teens to information and each other using technology. The Shoulder to Shoulder blog is now available for parents to pose questions, provide their ideas on topics of concern, and learn about teen culture in our communities. To see the latest blog postings, go to http://www.shouldertoshoulderminnesota.org/.
You can read the blog, take the current poll and pose your own questions about raising teens. A panel of experts in adolescent development monitors the blog. You can also sign up to receive the Shoulder to Shoulder monthly E-newsletter.
Go ahead, log on… you’ll find that you aren’t alone. You can tap into the wisdom of parents who have made their way through the bumpy teen years. You can post your specific concern and get direct feedback from fellow parents. We look forward to connecting with you!
Shoulder to Shoulder is a project of the Minnesota Institute of Public Health (MIPH), a non-profit organization that was founded in 1972. MIPH is staffed by a group of people dedicated to working with individuals and organizations to safeguard and promote the public health. MIPH and Shoulder to Shoulder share the goal of reaching parents of teens and other responsible adults with information about positive parenting in order to increase comfort and confidence levels in raising their children.
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Description for posting the link on organizational websites:
The Shoulder to Shoulder blog helps parents and other involved adults find support and gain confidence to raise healthy teens through love, limits, and respect. To pose questions and to learn about teen issues or to read the latest blog, visit http://www.shouldertoshoulderminnesota.org/.
Click here to download a PDF copy of the Blog Newsletter - On-Line Support for Parents of Teens.