Young children’s lives depend on their parents’ care.
Yet according to the most current data, Child Protective Services is receiving child maltreatment reports on behalf of 7.7 million U.S. children annually.
ETP’s mission is to prevent these tragic situations through early education of teens before they form families. Through school-based curriculum, we are empowering teens with the vital information and skills they need to care for our next generation of children.
During times of rapid change like we are living through now, families are a crucial stabilizing force to provide, protect, and nurture children.
It’s more important than ever that young adults prepare in advance for the parenting stage of life so they can be well-equipped to shoulder this responsibility with the necessary resources and capacity to care for a child.
During this Thanksgiving season, Educate Tomorrow’s Parents (ETP) is deeply grateful that our work has been generously supported by the community for 20 years. This support has enabled us to provide guidance to over 43,000 teens.
We are especially thankful that many of our students have remained in touch with us over the years. We are learning that our curriculum is helping young people in more ways than we even expected.
It turns out that ETP’s lessons on adult life-skills, children’s needs, and appropriate family care is also helping many young people blossom into outstanding professionals who work with children and families.
Take for example Kemani Mullins, a young woman we met in 2014 when we conducted a program in her freshman high school Health Education class.
In 2016, she shared with us that she had seen children in her extended family living in hostile and unsafe conditions. And she described how ETP’s curriculum had brought her personal and professional goals into clearer focus. Kemani’s story >
Fast forward to today, which is 11 years since we first met Kemani.
Kemani has become a first-generation college graduate in her family! Kemani has a Bachelor’s degree in health care administration and is a Certified Nursing Assistant. Her work experience with patients has spanned from bedside care to financial services support.
Reflecting on the value of ETP’s lessons, Kemani wanted to share these thoughts with you:
“I will truly cherish what I learned in the ETP program for my lifetime. ETP’s mission — to ensure that families are the central stabilizing force to provide, protect, and nurture children — continues to stay with me as I’ve grown.
ETP’s lessons followed me into college and even helped me earn my bachelor’s degree. When I took a psychology course on child development, I realized how prepared I already was because of what ETP taught us.
Those skills showed up again when I worked at a pediatric urgent care center, where I was able to advocate for my little humans with confidence and compassion.
And now, as a new auntie, those same values help me show up as the best auntie I can be.
I’m so grateful that these lessons were instilled in me at a young age through the ETP program.”
With Heartfelt Gratitude
Thank you for being part of ETP’s endeavor to prepare young adults to care for our next generation of children.
We wish you and your family all the joys of the holiday season.
Randi S. Rubenstein
Founder / CEO
P.S. During this season of thanks and giving, if you are able to do so, your support can help us continue our work.
