The Brampton News honours members of the Brampton community who deserve recognition for their academic excellence, sportsmanship, noteworthy leadership or genuine caring and citizenship. Nominated persons will have the opportunity to appear on The Brampton News and brampton.com websites as well as in the brampton.com e-Newsletter. Submit your nomination: http://www.brampton.com/botw/
Rafael - Brampton's New Year baby
Rafael is this week's Community Star. Rafael is Brampton's New Year baby. He was born on January 1, 2007 at 12:05am weighing in at 7lbs 6oz to proud parents MaryAnn and Raoul. Rafael was born at William Osler Health Centre, Peel Memorial Hospital in Brampton.
MaryAnn and Raoul will receive a Welcome to Parenting Box from Invest in Kids. This box features resources and information based on Comfort, Play & Teach: A positive approach to parenting™.
About Invest in Kids
Invest in Kids is a national charitable organization promoting the healthy social, emotional and intellectual development of children 0-5 years. By translating the science of parenting and child development into engaging, easy-to-understand, relevant resources, Invest in Kids helps parents become the parents they want and need to be.
Parents can use Invest in Kids' simple, research based approach to parenting Comfort, Play & Teach™ to help their children reach their full potential. Comfort, Play & Teach™ is built on everyday moments that are already part of a parent's daily routine and shows the relationship between a parent's behaviour and a child's development.
The Welcome to Parenting Box features resources and information based on Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting™: The Amazing World of Your Baby: Birth to 18 Months; an age-appropriate developmental toy, with Comfort, Play & Teach card to make the most out of playtime; a bath mitt; a Parenting with the Zap Family video and guidebook, featuring the animated Zap family seen on CBC Television; a children's book; and more!
These Welcome to Parenting resources show parents how they can promote certain developmental outcomes throughout every stage of their baby's development and help them nurture their parent-child relationship. For more information about Invest in Kids, visit www.investinkids.ca