Women United has partnered with Lantern to deliver childhood development resources to parents and caregivers through an innovative text messaging platform.
Because kids don’t come with instructions, Lantern provides essential information tailored for nurturing children from pregnancy through preteen. Through free tips, information, games, and resources, Lantern is proven to build nurturing caregiver-child relationships, strengthen families and promote healthy child development.
What is Lantern?
Lantern provides expert-curated tips, engaging activities, and trusted, evidence-based resources via text messages to help families support their children's healthy development from pregnancy through the preteen years. Lantern is:
- FREE: Anyone caring for a child, from pregnancy to preteen, can join us.
- Evidence-based: Collaborates with more than 50 trusted early childhood expert organizations.
- Personalized: Messages tailored to a child’s age, family’s location, and topics of interest.
- Accessible: Offered in multiple languages and delivered to mobile phones across the U.S.
- Proven: Data shows strengthens families by increasing caregiver confidence, competence, and connection.
- Multilingual: Messages are available in English, Spanish, and Arabic.
Sign up now for Lantern: Text GREAT to 274448
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Contact
Have questions about Lantern? Email lantern@unitedwayofgnb.org.