Activities to Get Your Kids/Teens Out of the House and Playing Outside

Last month, we touched on some of our favorite books for parents, as well as what foods to stay away from for our kids. So in honor of it being the first week of spring, we want to talk about…โฃโฃโฃโฃ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ/๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž! โฃโฃโฃโฃAs spring approaches, our…

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The Cave Podcast

Hey parents! ๐Ÿ‘‹ Our CEO and founder @mrjasonwilson and some of his boys from @Cave313 started a Podcast! Itโ€™s called The Cave Podcast. On this episode, they talk about the danger of boys deflecting discipline and manipulating their mothers. Maybe we (and our kids) do these things without even realizing it. ๐Ÿ‘€ Hereโ€™s a sneak…

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Trauma Informed Parenting

Join us ๐˜“๐˜๐˜๐˜Œ this Wednesday for #WellnessWednesday! ๐ŸŒฑโฃ โฃ This week, we’ll be addressing ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  with Dr. Shantalea Johns, Ed.D., LMSW. โฃ โฃ These topics will include and go over:โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ”น๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ. โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ”น ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ…

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NeighborHUB Program

The Yunion is ๐˜š๐˜– excited that the Detroit Regional Chamber and General Motors announced their fourth cohort of awardees for the NeighborHUB grant program! From the programโ€™s largest-ever applicant pool, we are honored to be an awardee. ๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ The ๐๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐‡๐”๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ is an annual, collaborative effort between the Chamber and GM, that is designed…

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What Online Content is Appropriate for Your Teens

Parents, did you knowโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿป% ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ; ๐Ÿน๐Ÿฟ% ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. โฃ โฃ Since many teenagers like using social media websites, online message boards, internet chat rooms, and instant messaging programs, internet safety is a subject that must be discussed.๐Ÿ“ฑ…

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Happy International Women’s Day

In honor of #internationalwomensday we wanted to give a shout out to all the women who are a part of the Yunion! ๐Ÿ’™โฃ โฃ Nicole Wilson has served as the Yunionโ€™s Executive Director since the beginning, has more than 17 years of management experience, ๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹ an additional eight years of programmatic experience working with at-risk…

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Understanding & Engaging Gen Z

Calling all parents! ๐Ÿ‘‹โฃ โฃ Join us this Wednesday ๐˜–๐˜•๐˜“๐˜  for a free live webinar on ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ž๐ง ๐™ with Quan Neloms! โฃ โฃ This discussion with be available via Zoom and Facebook Live, 6:30-7:30 EST. โฃ โฃ We will cover all topics and questions related to understanding and engaging with your children!…

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Self-esteem

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง-๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โฃ โฃ Positive self-esteem for teens is so important! It allows them to try new things, take healthy risks, and solve problems. Their desire to learn opens the door to creating healthy habits, and sets them up for a bright and positive future. ๐ŸŒŸโฃ โฃ As parents of…

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