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Helping kids by texting their parents? Here's what experts say about this exploding strategy

Colorado School of Public Health Dec 20, 2019
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Texting programs aimed at parents of young children have proliferated over the last several years as smart phones have become ubiquitous and health and education groups look for new ways to get kids on track early.   

Jini Puma, associate director of the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, said the six-week parenting class represents the “Cadillac” version of the program, but that it was a big ask for parents with multiple jobs or other conflicts. 

Texting, she said, is “super effective to use in this way, where it’s part of a multilevel intervention.”   

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