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Free Parent Resources
Our Parent Resources equip families to keep students safe and supported— from Safetip.org for anonymous safety tips to the Raise app for navigating today’s digital challenges—helping parents stay informed, proactive, and connected.
Raise Videos
Confident Parenting in the Digital Age. Raise helps families navigate the challenges of today’s digital landscape. Visit joinraise.com to download the mobile app.
Nurturing Parent-Child Relationships
Improve communication and trust. Research confirms that the most important thing parents can do to protect their children against risky online behavior is to strengthen their relationships with their children.
Managing Screen Time Balance
Explore creative ways to balance the digital diet your child is consuming with the many valuable real-world experiences of childhood.
Navigating Inappropriate Content
Consider a variety of ways to help protect and filter out what you’d rather your child not see—and just as importantly, how to help prepare them for when they do encounter age-inappropriate content.
Confronting Cyberbullying
Learn how to protect your child from being victimized, as well as what to do if you notice signs of aggression in your child towards others.
Protecting Against Online Predators
It’s more common than you think. Know what signs to look for, so you can be proactive in ensuring your child is never targeted by an online predator.
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Other Free Resources
SafeTip.org
Students, parents, and faculty can report concerns confidentially at SafeTip.org. All tips instantly sync to the Impact Suite platform for quick, proactive action.
The Raise App
Raise is a parenting app made by Impact Suite that helps families navigate the challenges of today’s digital landscape. Download the app today!
The Impact Suite App
The Impact App is the friendly mental health assistant for your family — to help you build better habits and keep your minds and bodies operating at maximum efficiency.
Social and Emotional Learning
Download worksheets for each grade level. We cover subjects like: Active listening, communication, conflict resolution, empathy, resilience, decision making, and more.
What if your child's mental health struggles don't have to define their future?
As a parent, watching your child battle depression, anxiety, or other mental health challenges can feel devastating. You've likely been told these are lifelong conditions your child will simply have to "manage"—but what if that isn't the whole story?
In Restoring Hope, authors Clay Olsen and Dr. Jacob Hess offer parents a research-backed alternative to discouraging narratives surrounding childhood mental health. This essential resource reveals why traditional approaches often leave families feeling stuck, how evidence-based lifestyle changes can create profound shifts in your child's well-being, and what breakthrough research shows about young brains' remarkable capacity to heal.
Whether your child is just beginning to show signs of mental health challenges or you've been navigating this journey for years, Restoring Hope provides the compassionate, practical guidance every parent needs—complete with real stories from families who've found their way from struggle to healing.
Your child's story is still being written. And there's more hope than you may have been told.