Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs are potentially traumatic events that happen in childhood and can have long-term impacts on health, opportunity and well-being. They are more common than you may think but fortunately, safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments can buffer children from this harm and prevent many ACEs from happening in the first place. Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) create the safe, stable and nurturing environment children and adolescents need to thrive. This doesn’t have to be done by just a parent or caregiver, other adults can provide these experiences as well and community resources can provide the support for that families need, which is why we are encouraging parents and caregivers to #findyour3 for their children and adolescents: 3 people or 3 community resources that can provide support to children, adolescents and families.
With generous funding from the CDC*, the AAP worked with social media influencers on a national campaign to #findyour3. A report summarizing the work over the 5-year period can be found here. The report includes lessons learned, considerations for a public health campaign with influencers, and a sampling of key posts over the 5 years.
We encourage you to use the toolkit developed below to message about ways to provide PCEs for children and prevent ACEs. Use these sample messages with the graphics and resources below to share information on social media and in other networks to prevent ACEs by helping parents create positive childhood experiences.
All posts should include the hashtag #Findyour3 and #PreventACEs.
* This campaign was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number, NU38OT000282, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the AAP and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.
