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Wales Leads with Parent Cafés: Inside BSF's First International Affiliate
We're proud to share the story of PAN Cymru — Be Strong Families' first international affiliate. What began as a small coalition in Neath Port Talbot in 2020 has grown into a national movement, with Welsh Government funding and parents leading the way. This is how they did it.
Parenting & Nutrition: It’s Not Just on Parents — What Family Support and Early Childhood Centers Can Do
When healthy food costs more, takes longer to prepare, and is harder to find, the burden can't rest on parents alone. We explore what family support organizations and early childhood centers are doing to step up as partners in nutritional equity, from two-generation cooking classes to school meal advocacy.
The Lost Art of Cooking — and Why it Matters More Than Ever
Not long ago, cooking wasn’t a hobby; it was a basic human skill. BSF CEO Kathryn Leigh Goetz traces how we lost that art, what replaced it, and why reclaiming the kitchen may be one of the most important things families can do for their children's health and future.
When Did Vegetables Become So Threatening?
"I'm going to have to eat vegetables for the rest of my life?!" A ten-year-old's horror at a few microgreens on a sandwich turns out to be a window into how the food industry captured children's palates, and what it will take to win them back.
Tending the House: Connecting Snacks to our Children’s Future
The most intimate house we inhabit is the body and what we feed our children shapes that house daily. BSF CEO Kathryn Leigh Goetz draws on an inherited pocket Bible, a cancer diagnosis, and modern food science to make the case that snacks are not just treats. They are small, repeated acts of protection.
Why Parents Lead: Voices from the Field
Ask most parent leaders how they got started, and you'll hear the same thing: someone saw something in them before they saw it in themselves. Members of our National Parent Café Leadership Team share what brought them into leadership — and what keeps them coming back.
When Illness Touches the Family: A Gentle Wake-Up Call About Food
When BSF CEO Kathryn Leigh Goetz received a breast cancer diagnosis, the principles she'd spent decades teaching families became deeply personal. Here, she reflects on what a serious illness reveals about how we nourish ourselves and why small, loving changes around the kitchen table can be among the most powerful acts of resilience a family can take.
A Letter to our Partners: Why This Work Matters — And Why I Need It Too
This is for everyone doing the real, messy, beautiful, heavy work of supporting families. BSF's Robyn Harvey writes with honesty as a mother, grandmother, leader, and human, about the weight she carries and why she needs this movement just as much as she helps build it.
Evanston Families Showed Up Big for the 3rd Annual Family Fun Fest!
More than 850 people filled the Robert Crown Community Center for our 3rd Annual Evanston is Family Strong Back to School Family Fun Fest. We gave away 1,000 backpacks, 500 books, and a whole lot of joy. Here's a look at the day that reminded us what community really looks like.