Articles in Chinese

The Children's Advocate is a bilingual (English/Spanish), bimonthly newsmagazine, which covers issues affecting children and families in California. A typical issue includes articles on grassroots activism, trends and policy issues, and tips for parents and early care and education providers. We offer several online-only articles in Chinese from each issue. Click on the link to read a pdf version of the article.

Current issue

(May-June 2008)

Find out about new articles in Chinese!

The California Child Development CORPS
Corps training prepares participants for budget activism
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable

• State budget crisis: Get the facts
• Fighting cuts to children’s programs
• Paid sick leave movement grows
• On the Ballot June 3rd
• Sacramento in May: Advocacy days

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Community resources: Two good resources to know

• 211—to find local human services
• Programs for caregivers for family, friends, or neighbors

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Early Care and Education -- Promoting Positive Behavior: “We couldn’t get her to engage”
With support from mental health consultants, early care and education programs can work successfully with some children with autism spectrum disorders
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: Riverside communities fight for clean air
Riverside county residents win important protections against diesel fuel pollution
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: “I knew something was wrong”
Crucial early treatment for autism and other disabilities can be hard to find for parents with low incomes or limited English
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: “We are speaking up”
Parent Voices activists push for more child care funding
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices
Parents push for paid sick leave
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Raising kids: Summertime, learning time
Families and parent educators talk about ways to keep kids learning over the summer
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

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Advocacy and Community Building

The California Child Development CORPS
(March-April 2008)
The Corps mobilizes to fight proposed budget cuts
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
(March-April 2008)

• New Preschool Foundations— and controversy
• National platform on family issues
• Governor’s budget proposal
• Family child care conference
• Advocacy for children: How to connect
• For your calendar: Sacramento advocacy days

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: Moms’ walking group leads push for a walkable neighborhood
(March-April 2008)
Bakersfield mothers formed the Greenfield Walking Group—and ended up making their neighborhood more "walkable" for everybody
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: Pushing for a fair budget
(March-April 2008)
Parents and advocates mobilize to fight the proposed state budget cuts
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: “Serving so many more kids!”
(March-April 2008)
After-school programs are multiplying because of funding from Prop 49. How can parents make sure their children benefit?
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Spreading the word about tax credits
(March-April 2008)
Parent Voices and LIFETIME let parents know that they may be eligible for state and federal tax credits
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(January-February 2008)
Corps campaigns for better pay for more qualified teachers and providers
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
(January-February 2008)

• On the ballot February 5
• California paid sick days campaign
• Fight poverty with bigger tax refunds
• CARES in the balance
• Crystal Stairs: Poor families need more

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: Parents push for a voice in CalWORKs
(January-February 2008)
Low-income parents meet with California Health and Human Services Secretary Kim Belshé about proposed cuts to CalWORKs grants
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: “It wasn’t acceptable”
(January-February 2008)
Parents use the Williams complaint process to get problems fixed at their kids’ schools
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Knowledge is Power: Advocacy training for parents
(January-February 2008)
A parent talks about how the training made her a stronger advocate
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
(November-December 2007)

• New laws in 2007
• Passed by legislature but vetoed by governor
• Advocates call for more food stamp funds
• Kids’ needs penciled out
• Grassroots survey on CA schools
• Tools for advocacy

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: PICO groups mobilize cities to oppose immigrant raids
(November-December 2007)
Pacific Institute for Community Organizing and other organizations successfully urge several Bay Area cities to reaffirm themselves as sanctuary cities.
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Parents rally for state budget
(November-December 2007)
Budget passes after pressure from groups around California, including Parent Voices
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(September-October 2007)
Early childhood teachers and providers organizing and advocating for better pay, benefits, job conditions, and professional respect.
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
(September-October 2007)

• Competing solutions for health care

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

• Mothers and others organizing online
• Federal bills for families
• Lights on After School
• Toys recalled
• Organizing against gun violence

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: Rural group ends gun shows
(September-October 2007)
Two years after a shooting rampage killed four people, a group of local residents had eliminated gun shows from Nevada County
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: "Devastating to families"
(September-October 2007)
California’s housing crisis makes it hard to keep children safe
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: Healthier schools
(September-October 2007)
Parents help promote nutrition and physical education at schools
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Parents rally for more child care funds
(September-October 2007)
Oakland Parent Voices members rallied in June in front of the governor's district office.
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(July-August 2007)
The Corps advocates for continued CARES funding
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
(July-August 2007)

• Bills in the legislature: Poverty and family income
• Foster family crisis
• National family child care conference
• More bills of interest
• Family child care organizing
• Call for changes in Preschool Foundations

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: Huron parents tackle unsafe schools, teacher training
(July-August 2007)
Padres Unidos, Mejores Escuelas successfully pushed the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District to begin fixing problems
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: “All in it together”
(July-August 2007)
California works on an ambitious plan to
overhaul its system of child protection
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Special supplement!
Play: It’s the way young children learn
(May-June 2007)
A special supplement to the Children’s Advocate, based on a policy brief from the Bay Area Early Childhood Funders
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
(May-June 2007)
California Child Development Corps participants give early feedback on CDE's early learning foundations
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
(May-June 2007)

• Bills in the legislature
• First 5 planning its future
• Sacramento: Lobby days in May
• Health care for all kids in US
• Early learning “foundations”
• Statewide campaign for educational justice

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: LAUSD adopts positive discipline policy
(May-June 2007)
Parents mobilize to promote "humane and holistic" discipline with less use of suspension
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: No Child Left Behind
(May-June 2007)
Advocates for educational justice disagree about how to
change it
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from Parent Voices: “Keeping child care safe”
(May-June 2007)
Parent Voices is campaigning for more funds so Licensing can make more frequent inspections of child care programs
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
March-April 2007

• Advocates react to the governor’s budget
• Children’s Advocate in Chinese!
• Healthy and unhealthy food: Reports and action agendas
• A TV show for people who care for kids
• Coming up...

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: San Diego parents tackle childhood obesity
March-April 2007
Parents are making changes throughout the community to improve their kids' food choices and get them exercising
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: A healthy environment for kids
March-April 2007
Parents and advocates take action to protect kids from environmental hazards
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: Low-income families under pressure
March-April 2007
Advocates say new federal welfare policies and proposed state policies will worsen poverty and push more children into foster care
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from Parent Voices: “Making this crisis real”
March-April 2007
Parent Voices campaign for more child care funding
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
March-April 2007
Taking advocacy “to the next level”
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: San Francisco families win $10 million in city budget
January-February 2007
The coalition of parents and community organizations won $10
million for rental assistance, child care, job training, and violence prevention programs.
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot Topic: “The support that leads to success”
January-February 2007
A new statewide organization of family resource centers promotes support for families
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
January-February 2007
“We definitely need to be organized!”
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Knowledge is Power: Coming soon
January-February 2007
Parents talk about Parent Voices' annual training for parent
activists
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Ready for school in the U.S.: School readiness for parents
January-February 2007
Classes help immigrant parents prepare for the U.S. school system
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Children's Advocates Roundtable
November-December 2006

• Fight poverty with bigger tax refunds
• Parents: Grants available for your school
• Paid leave for family care
• This year in Sacramento: New laws
• Important report on early childhood workforce

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Grassroots Snapshot: Community in Action: cleanups, new park
November-December 2006
Community in Action parents have organized community cleanups, opened the new park, and plan to plant trees
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot Topic: Healthier communities for kids
November-December 2006
Advocacy groups push for better food and more places to exercise
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: “She was like a new child”
November-December 2006
Information about the Earned Income Tax Credit and Paid Family Leave
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Early Care and Education: Preschool after Prop. 82
September-October 2006
The universal preschool measure lost at the polls, but the movement continues
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS September-October 2006
Including family child care in universal preschool
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
July-August 2006

• CORPS members: International experts
• SB 1600: Child care system reforms

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from the California Child Development CORPS
March-April 2006
Corps accomplishments, announcements, and member profile. The Corps is a statewide network of early care teachers and providers
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

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Bookbasket

Bookbasket: Keeping impulses in check
(March-April 2008)
These books will help adults and children talk about the hard job of learning to think ahead before acting on impulse
(English and Spanish versions include different books)
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Bookbasket: Arguments and solutions
(November-December 2007)
Children’s books show a variety of strategies for cooperating to resolve conflicts
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Bookbasket: Bedtime
Mar-Apr 2007
Stories in books can help kids and parents talk about their own bedtime issues
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Bookbasket: Talking about food
November-December 2006
These books can help grown-ups and kids start conversations about what foods are good to eat and why
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

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California Child Development Corps

The California Child Development CORPS
(March-April 2008)
The Corps mobilizes to fight proposed budget cuts
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(January-February 2008)
Corps campaigns for better pay for more qualified teachers and providers
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(November-December 2007)
Participants talk about compensation, licensing regulations, respect, and how important it is for educators to have a voice on these issues
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(September-October 2007)
Early childhood teachers and providers organizing and advocating for better pay, benefits, job conditions, and professional respect.
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(July-August 2007)
The Corps advocates for continued CARES funding
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
(May-June 2007)
California Child Development Corps participants give early feedback on CDE's early learning foundations
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
March-April 2007
Taking advocacy “to the next level”
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
January-February 2007
“We definitely need to be organized!”
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
November-December 2006
“I really, really want” a college degree
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS September-October 2006
Including family child care in universal preschool
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

News from The California Child Development CORPS
July-August 2006

• CORPS members: International experts
• SB 1600: Child care system reforms

(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

(Chinese pdf)

(English pdf)

(Spanish html)

(Spanish pdf)

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Child Care and Early Care and Education

The California Child Development CORPS
(March-April 2008)
The Corps mobilizes to fight proposed budget cuts
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Early Care and Education -- Promoting Positive Behavior:
Cant sit still and pay attention?
(March-April 2008)
Kids with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity can learn to control their impulses—but they need special support
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: Pushing for a fair budget
(March-April 2008)
Parents and advocates mobilize to fight the proposed state budget cuts
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Spreading the word about tax credits
(March-April 2008)
Parent Voices and LIFETIME let parents know that they may be eligible for state and federal tax credits
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(January-February 2008)
Corps campaigns for better pay for more qualified teachers and providers
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Early Care and Education -- Promoting Positive Behavior: “He became wild”
(January-February 2008)
Helping children rein in aggressive behavior takes patience and teamwork
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Community Resources: “What about the babies?”
(January-February 2008)
New report documents the need for more quality, affordable child care for infants and toddlers
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Early Care and Education -- Promoting Positive Behavior: “I need your help”
(January-February 2008)
Teachers can win parents’ cooperation by approaching them as experts on their own children
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Knowledge is Power: Advocacy training for parents
(January-February 2008)
A parent talks about how the training made her a stronger advocate
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

The California Child Development CORPS
(November-December 2007)
Participants talk about compensation, licensing regulations, respect, and how important it is for educators to have a voice on these issues
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Early Care and Education -- Promoting Positive Behavior: "From the inside"
(November-December 2007)
Teachers and caregivers share stories about how they help children develop the motivation to do the right thing
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: Finding the “win-win”
(November-December 2007)
Nonviolent communication skills help kids—and adults—resolve conflicts in ways that work for everybody
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Hot topics: Teaching children about Native American cultures
(November-December 2007)
American Indian preschool teachers offer tips for parents and early care and education teachers
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Parents rally for state budget
(November-December 2007)
Budget passes after pressure from groups around California, including Parent Voices
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Parent Voices: Parents rally for more child care funds
(September-October 2007)
Oakland Parent Voices members rallied in June in front of the governor's district office.
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)
(Spanish html) | (Spanish pdf)

Early Care and Education -- Promoting Positive Behavior: "The most important thing we teach"
(September-October 2007)
Positive ways to handle everyday behavior problems in early childhood programs
(Chinese pdf)
(English html) | (English pdf)