Savannah Castanon

Early Childhood Education Coordinator

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Fact Sheets
Impostor Syndrome and Parenting: What Is It and How to Overcome It
Impostor syndrome involves feeling like a fraud despite one’s achievements and worry someone will find out about it. It can cause feelings of anxiety and affect relationships. Parents experience impostor syndrome when they doubt their own parenting capabilities, but it is possible to overcome these feelings.
 Kim, Y. and Petermeier, H. 2023, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, FS-23-23
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Avoid labeling your child
Parents (also caregivers and adults) easily label children without consciously realizing it. Labeling children typically entails using an adjective to describe a child's character, behavior or appearance (e.g., shy, bossy, picky eater, always crying, etc.). What adult says carries a lot of weight with children.
 YaeBin Kim and Heidi Petermeier 2019, Extension Fact Sheet-19-13
Family Storytelling and the Benefits for Children
Parents are encouraged time and time again to read stories from books with their young children, as the benefits are many – improved literacy skills, increased school success, parent-child bonding, developing a lifetime interest in reading and more.
 YaeBin K. and H. Petermeier 2016, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, FS-16-07
Annie Lindsay and her mom, Shirley, paddle boating at Lake Las Vegas
Summer Safety for Older Adults
This fact sheet contains information on summer safety for older adults to help them stay healthy and active. Learn more about different activities an older adult can do to live longer and prevent danger to one's health.
 Collins, C., Mazzullo, N. and Petermeier, H. 2011, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, FS-11-04
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Creating an Autobiography: A Family Keepsake
This fact sheet contains information on ways older adults can begin to write their autobiography or life stories.
 Collins, C., Petermeier, H. 2009, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, FS 09-03
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Creating an Autobiography: Starting the Process
This fact sheet contains information on ways older adults can begin to write their autobiography or life stories.
 Collins, C., Petermeier, H. 2009, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, FS 09-02
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Preventing Falls in Your Home
This fact sheet contains extensive information on ways to prevent the risk of falling in one's home.
 Collins, C. and Petermeier, H. 2007, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, FS-07-24
Preparing, Cooking, & Storing Food Safely
This fact sheet contains several examples and solutions to preparing, cooking, and storing food safely.
 Collins, C. and Petermeier, H. 2006, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, FS-06-02
Food Safety in the Kitchen
This fact sheet explores food safety in the kitchen by understanding how to avoid cross-contamination, safe food handling, proper cutting boards, and many more.
 Petermeier, H. and Collins, C. 2006, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, FS-06-01
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Winter Safety for Older Adults
This fact sheet contains information on ways older adults can stay healthy and active during the winter. Learn about the illness and accidents an older adult can fact if they are not healthy and ways to prevent it.
 Collins, C. and Petermeier, H. 2001, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, FS-11-02