The percent of parents establishing child interaction practices such as talking, reading and playing with their child as part of their daily routine has increased from 71% in 2023 to 95% in 2025. With this percent being in the 95-98% range over the last two years, it speaks to our community partners ability to emphasize the importance of TalkReadPlay to their families.

*Year-to-year variation in results should be interpreted with caution, as the survey was administered by different partner locations across years.

Contributing Factors:

• Trusted messenger training.
• Robust program implementation and promotion. 
• Parent Education. 

Limiting Factors:

• Staff Turnover.
• Lack of flexibility for parents to attend TalkReadPlay programming. 

Empowering caregivers* to be their child’s first and most important teacher helps create strong, positive and nurturing relationships. 90% of brain development happens in the first 5 years of life. Caring, responsive interactions between children and the adults in their lives are the building blocks for early brain development.  

TalkReadPlay (TRP) is a community movement designed  to strengthen families by promoting Early Relational Health, or the emotional wellbeing that grows from the positive connection between children and their caregivers.

*The Foundation uses the shorthand term caregivers to refer to any individual who may be involved in raising a child.

Data relfect parents who list they agree or strongly agree with the following statement: As a result of attending a TRP program, I now build interacting with my child through talking, reading and playing int our daily routine. 

**2022 data only includes survey from Watertown Public Library with 21 survey respondents. 

**2023 data includes parent surveys from Watertown Public Library and Watertown Family connections with a combined total of 82 respondents. 

**2024 data includes parents surveys from Watertown Public Library and Jefferson County Birth-to-three program. A combined total of 120 respondents. 

**2025 data includes parents surveys from Watertown Public Library, which totaled 44 responses.