Child and Family Center

Lieutenant Eric Heath, with the Vanderbilt Police Department, spoke with Family Center Coordinator Stacey Bonner about ways to ensure a safer holiday season for you and yours.

Between now and December 11th all Child and Family Center sites will be collecting non-perishable food items for Second Harvest Food Bank.  It is a great way to talk to children about giving to others during the holiday season.  Items needed include ca...

The Nashville Scene Magazine's Annual Readers Poll selected the Vanderbilt Child Care Center as the Best Child Care Center. They were also selected as the Best Employer-Supported Child Care Center by the staff of the Nashville Scene.

Glen Harness of Vanderbilt Health & Wellness talks to Stacey Bonner, the Family Services Coordinator at the Child and Family Center about the new Vanderbilt Sitter Service. The Sitter Service is currently taking applications from students and employee...

Be on the lookout for signup sheets for parent teacher conferences.  Older classrooms generally have their conferences early in the fall while the rest of the age groups have them later in the year.  Your classroom newsletters will have details.  This...

The new Vanderbilt Sitter Service is a free service that will allow students/employees of the Vanderbilt community to connect with clients that are in need of babysitting and care giving services. Students and employees will be able to register for the Si...

Melody Crossland, a teacher at the Child and Family Center, spoke with Jennifer Smithson recently about how she is coping with not having any children in the house and some things that she does to help her get through this transition.

The Metro Public Health Department received confirmation today of the death of a child as a result of H1N1 influenza. The child, a 5-year old boy from Davidson County, became ill on Friday evening and died Monday night at a hospital. Health officials are...

Gail Horton, a teacher at Vanderbilt Child and Family Center, talks with us about how she has been doing since she quit smoking. Gail was interviewed for this podcast last October and explained why she finally quit smoking.

Jennifer Smithson talks with Linda Lewis, a teacher at the Child and Family Center,  about her role as caregiver for her grandmother.