“The idea that we are getting to use our powers as filmmakers to actually affect outcomes for kids across the country – not to talk about or record outcomes, but to truly be a part of them – is one of the greatest blessings our team has had in our long careers.”
– Scott Peterman, filmmaker
The Mount Sinai Parenting Center has created the new Sparks Video Series that aims to promote the parenting behaviors that have proven to positively impact child development and well-being. The series will include fourteen videos paired with the fourteen standard pediatric well-child visits from birth to age five and will discuss topics ranging from healthy sleeping habits to social-emotional learning in an easily digestible format.
The videos will be accessible to parents via tablet or text and can be watched in the waiting or exam room during their child’s visit. After engaging with the video content, parents will be primed to discuss relevant questions or concerns with their health care team.
In addition to reaching parents directly, the videos will also serve as a training tool for pediatric residents, modeling the delivery of routine anticipatory guidance in a relevant, sensitive, and intentional way.
The Burke Foundation is currently funding a program evaluation on the curriculum and child/family health outcomes, in partnership with the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. The data will be used to assess the efficacy of the program and to inform future scaling.
After their own immediate family, health care professionals are the second most used source of information for parents with children under 5 and the most trusted source of information
69% of parents say that if they knew more positive parenting strategies, they would use them
54% of parents wish they had more information about how to be a better parent
About half of parents believe that children are capable of self-control and other developmental milestones much earlier than they actually are
Program in Action
